Curtis Houck writes in an April 3 MRC NewsBusters post:
Megyn Kelly sat down for her latest interview with CBS/PBS host Charlie Rose and in one portion that aired on CBS News Sunday Morning, The Kelly File host rejected Rose’s belief that there’s “a right-wing bias” at Fox News and not a liberal bias across the larger news media.
After playing some clips from her early years at the Fox News Channel (FNC), Rose pointed out that not only is she someone who “doesn’t hold back,” but she has been “equally aggressive in her defense of Fox News.”
Kelly responded that she does, however, “believe that there is a left leaning bias in news, in most of news” and in turn Rose put forth the belief among the liberal media that they’re not bias but it’s Fox who has an agenda.
She then firmly shot back: “No I don’t. I think Fox News is far and balanced. The conservatives who are on air here make no bones about their ideology.”
When Rose pressed her on whether or not many at FNC have a “closer relationship with Donald Trump,” Kelly did not dispute it seeing as how he’s “on our air every day.”
Since this is the Media Research Center we’re talking about, it’s not going to point out that Kelly is actually telling a falsehood when she claims Fox News is “fair and balanced”; it is not, and neither is she. But that’s to be expected — MRC officials would like to continue appearing on Fox News, after all (including on Kelly’s show).
But Houck rather dishonestly whitewashes Rose’s question to Kelly about whether “many at FNC have a .closer relationship with Donald Trump.'”In fact, as the transcript attached to Houck’s post shows, Rose’s actual question was, “But does Fox News have closer relationship with Donald Trump, with the Republican Party than it does with liberals and Democratic Party?”
In other words, Rose highlighted Fox’s close Republican ties, and it’s not clear that Kelly’s response was limited only to Trump, as Houck insinuates.
We know that the MRC is in bed with Fox, presumably to keep that sweet airtime flowing its way. But at least tell the truth, guys.