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So How Long Will Meygan Kelly Last At FOXNEWS (Original Post) rsmith6621 Jun 2014 OP
Whe the carcass starts to stink everyone moves away malaise Jun 2014 #1
Egg-xactly... truebluegreen Jun 2014 #11
I'm just shocked these people recognize the carcass is fubared! cheney certainly doesn't. Cha Jun 2014 #13
But she actually didnt, it was a set up, softball randys1 Jun 2014 #2
The question wasn't softball at all, it was the lack of followup that was softball. phleshdef Jun 2014 #3
I just dont think fox ever does anything that doesnt promote their sick agenda randys1 Jun 2014 #7
Eh, he seemed to chuckle it off. joshcryer Jun 2014 #18
Exactly cilla4progress Jun 2014 #15
As long as she wants to. Notice she asked "...what do you say to those who say you were so wrong.." AlinPA Jun 2014 #4
Ailes loves Megyn more than Cheney elfin Jun 2014 #5
you think she is a liberal now or something ? they know Cheney hurts the Republican Party JI7 Jun 2014 #6
She does this occasionally padfun Jun 2014 #8
Forget Cheney. Forget Bush................. wandy Jun 2014 #9
It's all part of an act. xfundy Jun 2014 #10
Was cheney shocked? Did he get sneerier? What's up with meygan kelly, pat robertson, and Cha Jun 2014 #12
Kelly, like everyone else at Fox is strictly scripted rustydog Jun 2014 #14
This may just be a way for them to try to distance the GOP from Cheney fujiyama Jun 2014 #16
You think she did that without marching orders? Iggo Jun 2014 #17
Had Kelly thrown Cheney under an ACTUAL bus davidpdx Jun 2014 #19

malaise

(267,808 posts)
1. Whe the carcass starts to stink everyone moves away
Thu Jun 19, 2014, 07:43 PM
Jun 2014

Everyone is moving away from the stinking Cheneys

 

truebluegreen

(9,033 posts)
11. Egg-xactly...
Thu Jun 19, 2014, 08:38 PM
Jun 2014

they want to distance themselves from their own previous positions, and 13%-approval-rating Darth (when he left office) is a convenient target. Makes 'em look all serious and thoughtful and stuff.




Which is not to say I didn't thoroughly enjoy it.

randys1

(16,286 posts)
2. But she actually didnt, it was a set up, softball
Thu Jun 19, 2014, 07:43 PM
Jun 2014

Rehearsed, planned, etc

Read the transcript, she poses the questions so he can give his filthy answers then she ends up agreeing with him...or at least taking it easy on him, etc.

 

phleshdef

(11,936 posts)
3. The question wasn't softball at all, it was the lack of followup that was softball.
Thu Jun 19, 2014, 07:45 PM
Jun 2014

And the way Cheney started sputtering, I don't think it was setup.

I'm no fan of Kelly, but I'm just calling it like I saw it.

randys1

(16,286 posts)
7. I just dont think fox ever does anything that doesnt promote their sick agenda
Thu Jun 19, 2014, 07:47 PM
Jun 2014

But yes the questions were technically not softball, but as you say the follow up.

He would never take a chance to be interviewed by Rachel Maddow or Greg Palast or whatshername on Democracy Now, he would be torn apart

joshcryer

(62,265 posts)
18. Eh, he seemed to chuckle it off.
Fri Jun 20, 2014, 03:17 AM
Jun 2014

Since he already knew he wasn't going to be called out on Obama offering to keep the troops there.

Had she called him out on that, I would've been impressed, but he seemed pretty confident that he could state his lie and it would be glossed over.

cilla4progress

(24,587 posts)
15. Exactly
Fri Jun 20, 2014, 01:15 AM
Jun 2014

I don't know why everyone thinks she gave the evil twins a hard time. It was an obvious setup, allowing Darth and sick Bambi to swill their disgusting vomit-enrobed spittle.

AlinPA

(15,071 posts)
4. As long as she wants to. Notice she asked "...what do you say to those who say you were so wrong.."
Thu Jun 19, 2014, 07:45 PM
Jun 2014

Typical "journalist" way of not actually telling it like it is.

elfin

(6,262 posts)
5. Ailes loves Megyn more than Cheney
Thu Jun 19, 2014, 07:46 PM
Jun 2014

She can do whatever she wants, and I suspect Roger is just dandy with ditching Darth Cheney if it means a different enough image of the Rethug propaganda machine to make them seem "fair."

padfun

(1,780 posts)
8. She does this occasionally
Thu Jun 19, 2014, 08:13 PM
Jun 2014

She has potential to become a journalist so let's wait and see. She has some freedom at FOX but only a little. And Murdoch knows that she actually has a following, one that he doesn't want to lose. So lets see how far she goes from here.

wandy

(3,539 posts)
9. Forget Cheney. Forget Bush.................
Thu Jun 19, 2014, 08:14 PM
Jun 2014

Forget all those bad things. They never really happened.
Wait. Just wait to see the shiny new object we have for 2016.
It's new and improved and better than ever.
It even has a bright new image.
?color=White&height=460&width=460&qv=90
Forget Cheney. Forget Bush
Please Oh Please Forget Cheney. Forget Bush!

xfundy

(5,105 posts)
10. It's all part of an act.
Thu Jun 19, 2014, 08:20 PM
Jun 2014

So Faux can claim they haz librulz. See the many similar "opinions" coming from cons lately, in fact, all at the same time, including Murdoch, who is "heartbroken" that Cantor lost.

There are no coincidences. Perhaps I've got tinfoil on my head, but I've been right before when seeing their patterns.

Cha

(295,903 posts)
12. Was cheney shocked? Did he get sneerier? What's up with meygan kelly, pat robertson, and
Thu Jun 19, 2014, 08:38 PM
Jun 2014

glenn beck?!

rustydog

(9,186 posts)
14. Kelly, like everyone else at Fox is strictly scripted
Thu Jun 19, 2014, 08:47 PM
Jun 2014

She never once hit back when the Cheny duo basically said she was spewing Democrat talkin' points...
I'm sure Roger Ailes saw the script before Meygan read it on air.

fujiyama

(15,185 posts)
16. This may just be a way for them to try to distance the GOP from Cheney
Fri Jun 20, 2014, 02:56 AM
Jun 2014

Cheney is one of the most unpopular politicians in the country of the last several decades. His brand is poison and no one in their right mind wants to be associated with him.

This gives an easy out for Fox to appear Feighrundbalanced! This way they can still attack the president with whatever incoherent talking points they have, but act like they're real journalists. It's brilliant in a way. And Ailes loves Kelly. As they said after the Rove election dust up, "hey we'll use any excuse we have to show her legs". Yes, that pretty much says it all right there.

davidpdx

(22,000 posts)
19. Had Kelly thrown Cheney under an ACTUAL bus
Fri Jun 20, 2014, 03:54 AM
Jun 2014

I would have been impressed.

Personally I'd like to see him tied up and then cover him in $1 bills and dropped off in the desert in Iraq.

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