Fox News chairman Roger Ailes said Tuesday that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has gone too far in criticizing Megyn Kelly and needs to apologize to the network’s star.
Ailes’ statement came after Trump went on a Monday night tweetstorm upon Kelly’s return to the air from vacation.
In a statement provided to TPM, Ailes said:
Donald Trump’s surprise and unprovoked attack on Megyn Kelly during her show last night is as unacceptable as it is disturbing. Megyn Kelly represents the very best of American journalism and all of us at FOX News Channel reject the crude and irresponsible attempts to suggest otherwise. I could not be more proud of Megyn for her professionalism and class in the face of all of Mr. Trump’s verbal assaults. Her questioning of Mr. Trump at the debate was tough but fair, and I fully support her as she continues to ask the probing and challenging questions that all presidential candidates may find difficult to answer. Donald Trump rarely apologizes, although in this case, he should. We have never been deterred by politicians or anyone else attacking us for doing our job, much less allowed ourselves to be bullied by anyone and we’re certainly not going to start now. All of our journalists will continue to report in the fair and balanced way that has made FOX News Channel the number one news network in the industry.
In related news, Roger Ailes subsequently apologized to presidential hopeful Donald Trump for demanding an apology, and promised to have Trump on as many shows as can can if it will help Ailes maintain his influence over Republican politics.
Pity you have chained yourself and FOX News to the GOP Primary debates.
Maybe you want to back out of that agreement ?
Popcorn!
This is going to get more interesting than the North and South Koreans exchanging artillery fire.
I want to say that this resembles a cat fight among 14-year old girls, but I know I should avoid any description that has a gender association.
dah Trump has discovered that women speak mexican!