D L Hughley is about the best we can hope for. Yeah he could have been better prepared but if he gets invited back maybe he will keep that in mind.

Thank you DL because a lots of people want you to not speak the truth(Wendy William) I love w FAUX FAKE NEWS.

I agree Hughley could have been more effective if he had been better prepared. But he said in this interview that he was supposed to go on Fox to talk about his book and that he spoke out because he saw Mark Fuhrman there. Had Hughley just stuck to the Fuhrman point and not let Megyn Kelly divert him to Ferguson, he may have done OK.

Also, I give Hughley credit for calling out Fox’s tactic. How many professional Democrats, including African American regular Richard Fowler have never pointed out that hosting Fuhrman is a slap in the face of African Americans? And that’s only a sliver of how Fox works its message with barely a peep from those who are paid to advocate for Dems or liberals.

I saw an interview with Kelly and Trump. She literally started flirting w/ him it was a joke. She’s a joke and should be fired. #FoxNews in a non-credible news org.

You also have to remember Fox picks its guests carefully. Hence, a guy like Farrell isn’t going to be on because he doesn’t fall into traps. They’ll win the emotional war every time because they set the rules. You beat them by being calm, collected and attack carefully. Going after Fuhrman is a good idea on a live show. They have to either defend or deflect. Hughley started strong with that but allowed himself to be distracted.

David is right. Heck, even Bill Maher isn’t always spot-on during his own show. Witness his encounter Friday with “Real Time” guest Republican frat boy Frank Luntz. Bill got emotional, lost his composure with his debate skills going with it, and made an ass of himself interviewing Luntz.

I’ve seen Maher on Fox’s “The Factor” and he didn’t exactly shine. Roles are reversed. O’Reilly picks the topic. O’Reilly has all the prepared research and notes in front of him. Tough forum for anyone but a sycophant (“The Factor” features many).

Though, as Maher points out, his show is live. O’Reilly’s isn’t and is heavily edited (obvious if you ever compared Jon Stewart’s pre and post edit interviews on “The Factor” as I have).

It’s next to impossible for an opposing viewpoint to shine on “The Factor” though you know you’re close when O’Reilly either does an outburst or more commonly ceases eye contact as he starts muttering “I don’t believe that” without any back-up other than his personal credibility. Ending all discussion so “The Factor” can return to its regularly scheduled establishment conservative propaganda. Not sure why even that stuff doesn’t hit the cutting room floor. Too much content cut out already to fill a show? Makes you wonder what we’re not seeing! ;^)

More to the topic: Hughley winged it and it shows.

How do you beat Fox?

Well, recognize Fox News is a news format thinly veiling it’s nothing more than a different flavor of conservative talk radio. Most of Fox’s content is field tested (on talk radio) shallow soundbites. Fox is also expert at data-mining to prop up the same. I don’t think they’ve ever done a segment or news story touching politics even remotely where they told over 1/2 the truth.

Know their repertoire of soundbites. Not that hard since they pretty much repeat the same crap over and over, day after day. Don’t fall into the trap of repeating the liberal version of the same which Fox is rehearsed at addressing because they do their opposition research well. Best to be prepared for their tired set of facts and fill it in with all the stuff they’re purposely ignoring. There’s a 90+% their audience has never heard it before.

Not saying that’ll end in total victory by any means because they’ll turn to debate tactics. But you know you’re winning if they quickly redirect to different topics or get desperate and end the segment short. Anything to bring an end to their embarrassment and a glimpse of the whole truth to their fans.

An example of this today was Kirsten Powers on “Fox News Sunday.” (Yeah, I know I’m a frequent critic of her but, while she really toned down her point, at least a bit of sunshine shown threw.) The backdrop for the show was naturally the Republican Convention and Donald Trump. It helps here that The Donald isn’t so popular with establishment Republican types you typically find dominating the “All-Star Panel” (and host Chris Wallace?). Anyhow, she brought up white supremacists supporting Der Furor. Surprisingly, there was no pushback. It’s an uncomfortable fact that was dropped when she was done and the GOP-loving panel moved on.

Yeah, a small victory. But I’ll take it!

There are some liberal celebrities who really are on top of their game. Mike Farrell, of MASH fame comes to mind. There are a few others. But for the most part, liberal Hollywood celebrities are not on top of their game. Not to the degree they can take on the likes of former attorney Megyn Kelly.

They can usually hold their ground on the Bill Maher show but not Faux. And then there are the superficial Hollywood liberals who don’t have a clue.

Faux will invite a whole army of the latter on their network.

His language describing Ms. Kelly is inexcusable. That plays into Fox’s hands. The only way you take on an opponent like this is to be ultra professional. For the most part, Hughley did well. But Kelly got him off message for a brief moment – and that is all it takes.

Sorry, but I have mixed feelings about this. Hughley has run off to his comfortable bubble where he talks some fine points mixed with a whole lot of smack.

You can apologize for Hughley not appearing on FBN up until the point he brags here he’s not afraid to show up anywhere. Uh, really?

Also, where he derailed badly with Megyn Kelly was on Ferguson. I’ve read both Ferguson DoJ reports. If you haven’t, it’s easy for partisans like Fox or Hughley to lead you by the nose to their pov. It’s must-read material for anyone holding this conversation.

If Hughley on Fox News had stuck with a broader dialogue on cops shooting blacks and the broader Ferguson report, he’d have Megyn over a barrel. It’d be a breakthrough perspective rarely mentioned on GOP TV.

However, he chose to go after Wilson. There’s a clear preponderance of evidence including black witnesses backing up Wilson’s exoneration. Hughley should have accepted that and moved on. Unfortunately, he’s a die-hard and Megyn was allowed to undermine his credibility and deflect attention from the larger issue by continually pounding him on Darren Wilson.

Fox isn’t afraid of liberals like Hughley because he’ll get emotional, go off the deep end, and skilled Fox hosts holding all the cards will undermine his credibility. Liberals appearing on Fox need to really have their s—t together.

D L Hughley maybe should know that there is Royal Ascension at Faux. Everyone who works there knows who’s in line for the crown. And D L Hughley is not standing in that line.
Royalty is treated like royalty at Faux. Everyone else can go straight to hell. What do you think this is? A democracy?

That’s right! Go for the jugular, and call these cafeteria Catholic frauds out on national television. He’s not through with the Foxies.