FOX’s Megyn Kelly, Poorly Masking Bias, Airs Attack on President Obama Appointee

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by Jeffrey Joseph

Occasional past attempts by FOX News to deflect the criticism of bias have most famously resulted in their differentiation between opinion programming such as Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity with straight news programming from the rest of the network. Roger Ailes certainly hopes that the claim of differentiated programming helps to lend his network credibility, but to disabuse someone of the notion that FOX can handle unbiased coverage, viewers need look no further than the midday centerpiece to FOX's "news" programming, Megyn Kelly.

Of the many things FOX might criticize the president for having, one would expect his faith-based council advisory board to be last on the list. Yet FOX has maintained an opposition to the appointment of Harry Knox to said board, and Kelly played her part in that narrative. She illustrated her willingness to cover the full breadth of the story by introducing the story of GOP opposition to the appointment by quoting John Boehner as calling Knox a "Catholic bashing bigot." Then to further that notion, Kelly brought in Laura Ingraham to discuss the issue, Ingraham a commentator so far right that Bill O'Reilly called her an "ideologue."

The closest thing to a counter to Ingraham's attacks about Knox would presumably come from Kelly, but her strongest volleys came in the form of saying, "It isn’t a huge shock that President Obama would have a guy like this advising him," something that comes across as just a further indictment of the President than a defense of Knox. Ingraham also asked Kelly, "Megyn, do you think he'd survive on this administration's faith council if he said something similarly insulting about the Prophet Muhammad?" Kelly opted against deflecting the irrelevant hypothetical and rather endorsed it by smilingly responding, "That's a good question." Kelly continued to offer little interjection while Ingraham voiced her rage about the "great disrespect to the Holy Father" and complained about how people needed to "show some respect to the people of this country who do take their faith seriously," an unbelievable demand coming from a woman who openly mocks the sick for political gain. Kelly and Ingraham obviously agreed, regardless of how much that meant taking a biased stand on a news story.

Kelly's blatant bias would surprise more if not for her long history of exhibiting just that. As Jon Stewart pointed out with ample detail, Kelly and her staff only air interviews that agree with their preconceived opinion, such as those with opponents of healthcare reform. For support, Kelly cherry-picks poll numbers to illustrate an overwhelming opposition to reform, ignoring those that show majority support of reform. Then she tells viewers something like she did in October 2008 regarding Obama's success in the polls: "Don't trust the polls; with all due respect to our pollsters, they might not tell us anything."

Viewers should not be fooled by the purported news and opinion programming differentiation at FOX. Most of the FOX personalities are likely to push the same conservative agenda regardless of time slot. If anything, the "news" programming occasionally aims at subtlety, but not much else. People should ignore shows like Kelly's midday dose of unqualified conservative propaganda -- and choose to Turn Off FOX.

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