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Fox’s Kelly File Spends Almost Three Minutes Sneering About Hillary Clinton’s Accent

Posted by Ellen -7842.60pc on May 28, 2015 · Flag

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“Fair and balanced” Fox News is so obsessed with Hillary Clinton’s accent that it can’t be bothered to report on the substance of anything she said.

Last night, Megyn Kelly started off an entire segment on the subject by saying, “We noticed something a little different about Mrs. Clinton after a stop at a waffle restaurant.”

Fox’s chief Washington correspondent James Rosen “reported” – in the snarkiest manner possible.

ROSEN: It didn’t take long once candidate Hillary Clinton returned to Dixieland for her patented southern accent – that fickle and elusive creature that only surfaces in select settings – to raise its proud head once more.

Maybe the trigger was the reportedly unscheduled stop at KiKi’s Chicken and Waffles… outside of downtown Columbia, South Carolina, the state Clinton lost to Barack Obama in 2008 by nearly 30 points - because it was directly from Kiki’s that the former secretary of state, the Illinois native who graduated from Wellesley and represented New York in the U.S. Senate headed off to address a group of South Carolina Democratic women. And there found herself careening, accent-wise, from the Chitlin’ Circuit to the debutante ball.

Funny, but while jeering at Clinton for talking southern while in the south, Rosen forgot to mention that Clinton lived in Arkansas for nearly 20 years, from 1974 - 1993.

But wait, there's more.

ROSEN: After a pit stop in the familiar Midwestern nasality with which she usually speaks, pronouncing the word “hard” with two syllables, Mrs. Clinton again pointed her dialectic compass southward.

Yup, there was another clip of Clinton speaking in Columbia.

And Rosen didn't stop there, either.

ROSEN: In comparative historical terms, long-time Hillary watchers will observe that today’s southern digressions were relatively tame in juxtaposition to the most pronounced drawling on record, back in 1983, when the future first lady of the United States was merely the first lady of Aransas.

Now, there was a clip from, presumably, that historic day.

The scorn continued right up until the end.

ROSEN: Details of the Clinton campaign’s strategy and schedule have been slow to reach news organization. As soon as we learn of another unscheduled change of accent, however, we’ll bring it to you right here.

Back in the studio, “straight news anchor” Megyn Kelly was giggling with delight. “There does seem to be a pattern,” she said, in a mock drawl.

Media Matters noted that in Clinton's South Carolina remarks, she “laid out her vision for America and highlighted her support for President Obama following their 2008 primary fight.” She also placed “a heavy emphasis on her support for gender pay equality and helping middle class families, while pushing for civility and coalition-building.”

But Fox News had no interest in any of that. Along with Megyn Kelly, Media Matters also caught Fox & Friends attacking Clinton’s accent along with some other news outlets.

But Fox is the one that’s supposed to be “real news, fair and balanced.”

Think you’ll ever see a report like this comparing Mike Huckabee’s accent in various venues? Or Marco Rubio’s?

While you're making up your mind, watch the snarkfest below, from the May 27 The Kelly File.

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Sandman2 commented 2015-05-30 01:08:52 -0400 · Flag
Isn’t when Bill O’Reilly mispronounces the word “terror” and says “terra” or “terruh” he is using his voice he learned when he worked at a legitimate news organization back in Boston?
I’m surprised he’s not being called on that accent since he’s done it far more often than Ms. Clinton.
Maybe for O’Reilly it’s more of a speech impediment that Faux News is reluctant to mock him about, or maybe it’s ‘cause he’s a REPUBLICAN!
Jane S commented 2015-05-30 00:54:27 -0400 · Flag
Yeah, Brian McGill, I had the same problem. I had to strain to figure out what they were even talking about. Oh, and by the way, I didn’t see Kelly, that was a segment Hannity did on the same thing.

The one clip where HRC does rather notoriously and fairly grotesquely imitate an accent some years ago, was actually a black Southern accent, but she was quoting from an old song— correctly, but painfully.

I lived in the Boston area for as long as HRC did in Arkansas, and whenever I go back for a visit, I slip right back into the Boston “patois,” whether I intend to or not. “Hi, howaya?”
Brian McGill commented 2015-05-29 20:08:09 -0400 · Flag
I’m not sure I even heard the offending syllables. I’m sure this is the result of a Fox news strategy session. You really had to point out the one or two syllables that Fox focused on. Pretty pathetic. She is from Arkansas. Thanks for the "Fair and balanced reporting GOPTV.
Brian McGill commented 2015-05-29 14:08:43 -0400 · Flag
And now the news for stupid people…….
Gaetano Balestra commented 2015-05-29 13:38:59 -0400 · Flag
Fox, has got to be kidding. Is this all they can report on? Kelly, is no Southern Belle.
Sandman2 commented 2015-05-29 09:37:39 -0400 · Flag
I hope Hillary and those on the left pick this up and accuses FauxNews of mocking or discounting the folks in what is called “fly-over country.”
It would be satisfying to see Faux in a tizzy over an issue they simply meant to insult Ms. Clinton over.
Aria Prescott commented 2015-05-29 02:59:49 -0400 · Flag
Jokes about how people talk are only funny when:

A) There’s an actual joke, and

B) When you tell said joke, instead of just being a dick.

This is not a joke by any stretch of the imagination.

And Megyn Kelly doesn’t have the first lick of room to talk about how people speak. She talks like someone who’s sixth in line for the bathroom after her seventh drink.
Hulk commented 2015-05-29 01:54:09 -0400 · Flag
My God, are they stretching for anything to criticize. I honestly didn’t notice what the f.. she is complaining about, but I will tell you that when I travel to Ireland or England, I slip into a pathetic rendition of accent myself. I double-dog dare you to avoid it.

I just don’t get these stupid ass-holes at fox-nonsense. So what? My ears aren’t all the keen to picking up a tinge of accent, but this is really a pathetic waste of “bitch-time” on fox. I’m sure their brain dead geriatrics and haters will be boiling over the whole "no"thing.
Steve St John commented 2015-05-29 00:52:11 -0400 · Flag
Good to know Fox is focusing on the really important aspects of the campaign.
John McKee commented 2015-05-28 23:23:54 -0400 · Flag
Much as I try not to, I have to admit I pick up accents during conversations – often to the point that people think I am deliberately taking the piss. Shoot me.
mlp ! commented 2015-05-28 22:47:20 -0400 · Flag
What a classy ‘person’ Megyn Kelly is!
marco commented 2015-05-28 21:35:32 -0400 · Flag
Having moved from northern Indiana to Kentucky for only 2 months, my nine year old had the full dialect and phrases going on. It happens and isn’t done to impress people. I never saw southerners talk with a New York accent, though. Guess Lindsey Graham will just have to be his little old self.
NewsHounds posted about Fox’s Kelly File Spends Almost Three Minutes Sneering About Hillary Clinton’s Accent on NewsHounds' Facebook page 2015-05-28 19:57:42 -0400
Think we'll ever see a report making fun of the way Mike Huckabee or Marco Rubio talks on Fox News prime time?








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