Fox News host Megyn Kelly on Wednesday night lashed out at the liberal media for covering comments she made on Monday about the black teenage girl slammed to the ground by a McKinney, Texas, police officer.
After viewing the video of Officer Eric Casebolt, Kelly said his treatment of the teen was “brutal,” but also commented that the “girl was no saint either” because she lingered when the officer told her to keep walking.
Numerous outlets, including TPM, covered Kelly’s comments. On Wednesday, she singled out Salon and Media Matters for unfairly covering her remarks.
“I took no position on the matter, other than to acknowledge the brutality of the cop’s actions, and the decision-making of the young woman that brought her into his focus,” Kelly said, noting that two out of her three guests on Monday evening opposed the cop’s actions.
Kelly criticized Salon and Media Matters for not pointing out that she called the officer’s actions “brutal” or that she said she was “not defending his actions.”
“It’s almost pointless to respond to these kinds of smears, and I almost never do it,” she said. “But this one struck me as an example of how drastically the press — really, the blogs — distort innocuous comments to promote their own agendas. It is not just a left-wing thing, to be fair; but too often, it is done by the far left with glee, and with total impunity.”
In a post on Wednesday night, Media Matters responded to Kelly by noting that the website “included the full context of Kelly’s comments in a June 8 post detailing Fox News personalities’ reaction to the controversial video.”
Watch Kelly’s Wednesday night comments via Media Matters:
This “privileged bigot as victim” scenario is getting a little threadbare. When a tactic is overused, it loses effectiveness.
Then again, she’s not looking for objectivity, she’s looking to further energize the John Birchers and keep them riled up. It’s like telemarketing: we wonder who’s buying it and how they can stay in business, but we know that some fools must be buying it or they wouldn’t be doing it.
She simply confused Media Matters with FOX news on tactics.
It could happen to anyone.
"But this one struck me as an example of how drastically the press — really, the blogs — distort innocuous comments to promote their own agendas.¨
Besides the obvious - that distorting comments to promote it’s own agenda is Fox’s stock in trade - this comment shows how oblivious she is to her own racialist worldview. I realize that being around all those troglodytes at the network does not promote self-awareness, but in ignoring the criticism she’s missing a chance to think about her own deeply held prejudices. We all carry them around, and one could use these opportunities when they occur to improve oneself.
Oh, what the hell am I thinking. She’s probably just an inveterate asshole who doesn’t give a flying fuck beyond getting a paycheck
LOL, she had to search long and hard to find a guest that wanted to support the police action for “balance”. And calling the girl that was abused “no saint” was low even by Fox standards. I’m still suprised she was the one to say it.
Sorry Megyn, you jumped the shark on this one, but I know, you are the real victim in this story.
“It is not just a left-wing thing, to be fair; but too often, it is done by the far left with glee, and with total impunity.”