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Megyn Kelly Legitimizes Ted Cruz’s McCarthyism

Posted by Ellen -7455.60pc on June 15, 2013 · Flag

In case you missed it, Tea Party Senator Ted Cruz has been revealed as a modern-day Joe McCarthy, thanks to the reporting of the New Yorker. The magazine quoted him a few months ago as saying Harvard Law School had “twelve” Communists who “believed in the overthrow of the U.S. Government” on its faculty when he attended in the early nineties. That allegation is disputed by one of Cruz’ former professors, Charles Fried, a Republican who served as Solicitor General in the Reagan administration. But yesterday, Megyn Kelly, in a segment obviously designed to present Cruz as a conservative victim of liberals, “asked,” when confronted with Cruz’ McCarthy-esque allegation, “But do you have reason to believe that’s not true?”

Either Kelly did no research for this segment or she was only interested in presenting one side of the picture. Regardless, she once again proved that on Fox News, asking loaded questions is more important than imparting information.

Oh, and don't forget that Kelly's America Live show airs during what Fox News calls it "objective" programming lineup.

Video below via Media Matters.


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Kevin Koster commented 2013-06-16 15:23:37 -0400 · Flag
Cruz is deliberately being outrageous and Fox News is encouraging the behavior. I have a feeling you’ll see him following Allen West onto the airwaves after his short Senate career is over. If you think about it, he’s taking a pretty smart approach – get some visibility riling up the right wing base while doing nothing in Congress, and then parlay that notoriety into millions on the media and personal appearance train. Hasn’t been a bad thing for Sarah Palin, no reason it can’t work for Cruz.
Bemused commented 2013-06-16 02:31:43 -0400 · Flag
What I get out of this story is that having been subjected to the evil influences of 12 (twelve!) commie professors did not somehow infect him.

The foxies are so wont to going on and on about mere exposure to progressive ideas being supposedly sufficient to pervert young minds.
W mace commented 2013-06-15 17:09:18 -0400 · Flag
Why wasn’t Alan Colmes mentioned in this summary? Hat’s off to him for speaking clearly and forcibly against the Cruz pr.
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Megyn Kelly's "objective" question.










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