Did Fox News Just Hire This Misogynistic "Professional Dirty Trickster"?

from Media Matters:


Roger Stone Founded An Anti-Clinton Group With An Acronym You "Cannot Repeat On The Air"

Fox News states twice on its website that Republican political strategist Roger Stone is now a "Fox News contributor," a title given to those with network contracts. Stone is a "professional dirty trickster" who once formed an anti-Hillary Clinton group with the acronym "C.*.*.T." after he tried "to come up with words for B.*.*.*.H. and just couldn't do it."

Fox News and Stone did not respond to Media Matters' requests for comment.

Stone is a veteran Republican operative who worked on campaigns for Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and George H.W. Bush, among others. Fox News CEO Roger Ailes has a long history working with Stone going back to the Nixon campaign. Stone's apparent contributor status was first noted by the blog News Corpse.

Despite his controversial history, Stone has found regular airtime on Fox News over the years. He most recently appeared on Fox & Friends and The Kelly Files in March to promote his book The Benghazi Report. Host Megyn Kelly said during her segment with Stone that she couldn't tell viewers what Stone called his anti-Clinton group:

KELLY: Our viewers should know that you formed an organization, the acronym of which I cannot repeat on the air. But it begins with a C and ends with a T, and it was all about Hillary. And that would lead many to say you know that this is not a fair presentation.(Fox News, The Kelly Files, 3/12/14)