Posted on 07/11/2010 5:38:27 AM PDT by Kaslin
I don't know the politics of Megyn Kelly. But after a few years of seeing her operate, and occasionally running into her in the hallways at Fox News, I think I've learned a tiny bit about her as a person.
For instance, I know that Megyn is a kind person, and someone who demonstrates gratitude for those who have done her kindness. Exhibit A in that bit of evidence is the affection she shares for Brit Hume the retired senior admiral of the Fox News editorial operation. Brit was the one who discovered Megyn and first put her on microphone with a camera and assignment in the beltway.
"Anyone watching her even from a distance knew that her natural talent would take her a long way," said Fox News Radio host John Gibson when I once asked him about the rising star.
Those that watched her stint in the mornings with Bill Hemmer last year knew that she was personable and funny, and if anything, always proper--even when animated.
Megyn's public persona seems to capture a cut-throat "tell me the truth" kind of persistence in her line of questioning, but always one that carries tact and taste with it.
Even when the infamous Howard Stern asked her to come on his Sirius morning show and asked her the questions that Howard Stern would naturally ask, she kept her demeanor and composure and did not yield in her expectations to be treated like and to respond in kind as--a lady.
Megyn's had big stories. But her most recent, and perhaps most important story that she's been able to break is one that runs right to the core of our American life. Her willingness to put on-air J. Christian Adams, a former attorney for the Department of Justice, who had resigned his post in order to expose the racism inherent in the department, is serving all of America extremely well.
Megyn's show was able to uncover that our current Department of Justice has issued an edict that would prevent the department from any involvement in prosecuting voter intimidation cases in which the victims were white and whose initiators were black. A policy implemented once Eric Holder and the other political appointments were in place following the coming to power of the Obama administration.
Her tenacity in unveiling each new wrinkle that was revealed this week to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights provided her an exclusive amongst America's larger media. An exclusive on a story, that I might add, should have been front page news for the major newspapers and top of hour feeds for the 24/7 newsers. Four days after her original exclusive interview a highly rated fellow Fox broadcaster, Glenn Beck, finally provided the first corollary coverage. Yet the New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, MSNBC, and all the major networks, have yet to pen their first word of coverage.
Had Kelly been covering the dismissal of a case against two Ku Klux Klan members, every paper in America would've pinged it. Further had the Justice Department issued an edict to ignore any further cases of voter intimidation by whites in which the victims were black, riots would've broken out in most of the nation's urban centers.
She has endured pathetic treatment from the Department of Justice on the matter. She along with (J Christian Adams,) Mr. Beck, myself and my morning listeners coast to coast have been slimed as racist for even relaying some of the basic information she has brought to light.
Kelly left the morning slot on Fox in 2009 to give birth to her newborn. When she returned she was awarded the afternoon solo gig that has dominated its ratings time-slot but not without cause.
In a world where facts are often run roughshod over, Megyn Kelly's tenacity on knowing, properly understanding, and relaying the factual information in the stories she features is without question. Talk to pundits on either side of the political spectrum and they will confirm that though she does not always ask them the questions they want to have to answer, they are unable to fault her personally.
In other words Kelly does what good journalists have always done.
The problem now is that so few do, when one does it with such crispness and expertise then it stands out as refreshing amongst the journalistic hash being slopped around these days.
It likely drives the anchors, even of Fox's prime-time "competitors," a little nuts that someone like Kelly can grow so big and become so effective so quickly. But perhaps if the former Air America hosts, and dried up sportscasters that those other networks employed were able to be half as intellectually honest as Kelly is, they wouldn't be. Of course they aren't so it's easier to slander Kelly as a racist media "satan" than to adjust their shoddy, agenda-driven practices.
The biggest scandal to date in the Obama administration is his own Justice Department's edict to enforce a racist and discriminatory policy against Americans based on the skin color of the parties involved. It is a scandal that Eric Holder should be brought before Congress to answer for. (As should all of the political appointees that played a hand in the decision.)
Yet if it were not for Megyn Kelly's tenacious ferocity to find the truth, to report it accurately, and to keep digging when everyone else involved is spitting in her face, America would not know.
It's disgusting to see a true lady, much less a graceful new mom, treated in such a way.
But something tells me that Megyn's "lady enough" to handle it.
Now...about our Justice Department's institutionalized racism...
Who honestly believes that FOX journalists have not been champing at the bit to cover the BC controversy?
Someone at the top is either doing serious background research or has determined the issue is too explosive at this time.
Waiting patiently for the 2012 election coverage.
You’re just as big a fool as the truthers are
Waiting patiently for the 2012 election coverage.
Place my bet on that.
Where to start????
For me, Megyn Kelly is the perfect woman. As hard as it is to overlook the fact that I find her absolutely gorgeous, she’s intelligent, witty, smart, and one heck of a conversationalist. She can and does hold her own in conversations on any topic I’ve ever seen her cover, while still keeping her sense of humor. I love the way she can shut down BOR when she tells him he’s wrong. I also love the way she won’t let someone weasel out of answering a question, tearing the weasel to shreds, and making him or her look like they’re trying to avoid answering the question.
This is the sort of woman that I dream that I’ll meet someday.
Mark
I think Megyn may have missed this video before she interviewed Shazam. This link has a very damning speech that old Shazam made. Ok, I’m showing off my comic book knowledge, if not my spelling. Check out the video.
I have a philosophy of “accept the good I can get”. She’s doing some good work, I applaud.
BDS (Birther Derangement Syndrome) would be my guess.
Their tenuous connection to political reality has them attacking good solid conservatives who refuse to promote unfounded birther theories.
Example sentence: Kelly left the morning slot on Fox in 2009 to give birth to her newborn.
Others of us give birth to 4-year-olds?
Whoever handles this guy *really* needs to hire an editor for him.
At this time, if the first black president is removed on (what his supporters will perceive as) a technicality, the cities will explode in riots bigger than anything we've ever seen. This, I think, is why they're not touching it.
The instinctive attack on the “birthers” by those on the right was a mistake.
A bad one.
By now, it’s clear that there is no real— as in ‘long form’—birth certificate for our Barry. To prove his bona fides they would have to declassify TONS of stuff they have to keep secret. Doing THAT would cause too many problems for our left and not even prove Barry’s citizenship.
This stuff could be used to put a spoke in the D’s plans-—iffen the right had balls.
Too bad they don’t.
I think your bitterness is misplaced. We recently had a very important primary in my congressional district to decide the republican candidate to challenge a democrat incumbent. A whopping 7.2% of registered voters cast their votes. I personally observed one polling place and it was senior citizens only who were voting. Voter apathy is your enemy, not the party.
BUNP
Huh? *rme* What does does it represent?
Indeed
I am watching less and less of Fox as BO and the others seem to have moderated their views. The few who haven’t sound like broken records, covering the same thing over and over again with the same guests night after night until I can’t take it anymore and switch channels.
Megyn is the only one on Fox who gets my attention for most of her show. She’s good, she’s fair and she’s thorough.
Except for Megyn’s show, I find myself tuned to Animal channel most often.
Sobering.
If our speculation is correct - then we are being held hostage to a diabolical deal with the Devil. Perhaps the reference to *being a one-term President* is part of it.
e.g. No BC = No second term. If HC runs for the Dem nomination - that will tell the story.
What’s with the article title?
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