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Donald Trump's Silly Claim of Bias Against Megyn Kelly

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The Washington Post here does a nice job of skewering Donald Trump over his laughable claim of bias against Fox News's Megyn Kelly.




Why Trump rips Fox’s Kelly over alleged debate ‘bias’

Real estate mogul Donald Trump is unafraid to use Twitter as a showcase for his ignorance about the media. Stupid tweets about failing news organizations and misfiring complaints about reporters failing to note popularity, though, are nothing compared to the laugher he leveled Saturday at Fox News star anchor Megyn Kelly:

Donald J. Trump ✔ @realDonaldTrump Based on @MegynKelly's conflict of interest and bias she should not be allowed to be a moderator of the next debate.
11:52 AM - 23 Jan 2016


This absurdity presented Fox News with what we’ll call the crank dilemma: Respond to a dumb allegation and dignify it? Or ignore it and run the risk of appearing to hide from it? Neither option is a good one. In this case, Fox News opted for Door No. 1, and did so with panache: “Megyn Kelly has no conflict of interest. Donald Trump is just trying to build up the audience for Thursday’s debate, for which we thank him.”

Nicely done. Think quotemeister-cum-Fox News chief Roger Ailes — he who’s supposed to be asleep at the Fox News switch — had something to do with crafting that zinger? . . . .
 
Article is probably right. If anything, this "feud" between Trump and Kelly will end up helping the ratings of the next debate.
 
OrphanSlug said:
Article is probably right. If anything, this "feud" between Trump and Kelly will end up helping the ratings of the next debate.
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And give Trump fans their excuse for whatever their Boy Wonder screws up this time.
 
cpwill said:
And give Trump fans their excuse for whatever their Boy Wonder screws up this time.
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Generally being negative and lashing out at just about anyone has been Trump's campaign path for enough time now that it makes sense for this nonsense between Trump and Kelly to continually come up. And you right in that Trump's supporters will eat up whatever controversy he can generate next.
 
I'm guessing 30 million viewers for this one. :)

Tim-
 
OrphanSlug said:
Article is probably right. If anything, this "feud" between Trump and Kelly will end up helping the ratings of the next debate.
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You are right and I think Trump is made his statements about Kelly primarily just to get more focus on him. I think he really goes by the maxim that all publicity is good publicity, and so far it seems to have played out that way for him.
 
Kelley, like all the other talking heads, are not reporters - they are news commentators posing as news reporters. Okay, so that's the majority of FN's staff, I'm not a FN fan. Kelley, whether ordered to or she believes her twist, has taken the anti-Trump road in her commentary and pretend reporting. Why shouldn't Trump call her out?

And what is with all this defense of a talking head, mostly by the left who normally despise any right leaning commentator? Oh, that's right, it's a typical poison the well tactic. They can't sell their ideas, so they try to poison any opposing ideas.
 
clownboy said:
Kelley, like all the other talking heads, are not reporters - they are news commentators posing as news reporters. Okay, so that's the majority of FN's staff, I'm not a FN fan. Kelley, whether ordered to or she believes her twist, has taken the anti-Trump road in her commentary and pretend reporting. Why shouldn't Trump call her out?

And what is with all this defense of a talking head, mostly by the left who normally despise any right leaning commentator? Oh, that's right, it's a typical poison the well tactic. They can't sell their ideas, so they try to poison any opposing ideas.
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Exactly. She is nothing but a piece of empty-headed fluff. Her having once been a lawyer doesn't excuse her. She had no business whatsoever bringing up Trump's past comments about that pig, Rosie O. If one of the mods lit into Hillary about her horrible comments about women, it might be fair, but that hasn't happened. Why doesn't one of them flat out ask Hillary why she called Bill's accusers "bimbos"?

And really, is there a soul on Planet Earth that hasn't called Rosie a pig? It's what she is. Why mince words?
 
Maxwell Edison said:
Exactly. She is nothing but a piece of empty-headed fluff. Her having once been a lawyer doesn't excuse her. She had no business whatsoever bringing up Trump's past comments about that pig, Rosie O. If one of the mods lit into Hillary about her horrible comments about women, it might be fair, but that hasn't happened. Why doesn't one of them flat out ask Hillary why she called Bill's accusers "bimbos"?

And really, is there a soul on Planet Earth that hasn't called Rosie a pig? It's what she is. Why mince words?
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Soooo a mod asking Trump about his past comments ISN'T fair, but a mod asking Clinton 'might be fair'?

What?
 
Trump campaign said we will not participate in Thursday's debate.
 
Trump will probably get more publicity from NOT being in the debate then if he was in it. Because of Trump people have been watching this year's debates. But the people who watch these debates, are they really changing anyone's mind on how they are going to vote? If they are just watching these debates for the Trump entertainment value, I doubt they are really changing anyone's opinion.

Carly supposedly did great in a couple of the past debates. This time? She's on the JV debate team.
 
I thought that Trump's claim of bias was reasonable. At least as far as that debate some time ago. Kelly tried to turn Trump's comments about Rosie O'Donnell into a case of misogynism. Haven't we had enough of this tribalism? A critical comment about a person does not automatically signify bias, bigotry, racism, misogynism, or any similar belief. It is simply a comment about a specific individual. One can comment about Obama without being a racist, Palin without being a misogynist, Bloomberg without being an anti-Semitic.
It seemed clear that Kelly was biased against Trump. A good reporter would have had data on women in Trump's employment or comments about women as a group. Not just a comment about an individual who happened to be a woman.
 
Eric7216 said:
I thought that Trump's claim of bias was reasonable. At least as far as that debate some time ago. Kelly tried to turn Trump's comments about Rosie O'Donnell into a case of misogynism. Haven't we had enough of this tribalism? A critical comment about a person does not automatically signify bias, bigotry, racism, misogynism, or any similar belief. It is simply a comment about a specific individual. One can comment about Obama without being a racist, Palin without being a misogynist, Bloomberg without being an anti-Semitic.
It seemed clear that Kelly was biased against Trump. A good reporter would have had data on women in Trump's employment or comments about women as a group. Not just a comment about an individual who happened to be a woman.
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Kelly was a professional journalist, asking tough questions. And no, Trump's quoted comments were not all about Rosie O'Donnell. Trump is a crude buffoon, and Kelly exposed him as such.
 
As was pointed out by others in another thread though I don't think this is any longer about Kelly. Ailes statement was in very bad taste and childish. I am NO fan of Trump. And IMO his thin-skinned it's all about him act is already very tiring and old.

But Ailes was out of line.
 
SenorXm/Sirius said:
As was pointed out by others in another thread though I don't think this is any longer about Kelly. Ailes statement was in very bad taste and childish. I am NO fan of Trump. And IMO his thin-skinned it's all about him act is already very tiring and old.

But Ailes was out of line.
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I thought Ailes was perfect.
 
Jack Hays said:
Kelly was a professional journalist, asking tough questions. And no, Trump's quoted comments were not all about Rosie O'Donnell. Trump is a crude buffoon, and Kelly exposed him as such.
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The most illegitimate question was when Kelly asked him about prior remarks he has made about women. Nearly every question asked to Trump was not policy based. Every other candidant was asked only policy questions. It was obvious to us that it was a ratings stunt.
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https://observetruth.wordpress.com/2015/08/26/megan-kelly-vs-trump/

Well, I am not the only one who wonder what Trump's feelings about O'Donnell had to do with running for President. Trump may be judged a crude buffoon but reporters should report. She exposed herself as a biased journalist more than she exposed Trump to anything new. Most people see this stuff from Trump all the time. The NEWS was about Kelly.
 
SenorXm/Sirius said:
As was pointed out by others in another thread though I don't think this is any longer about Kelly. Ailes statement was in very bad taste and childish. I am NO fan of Trump. And IMO his thin-skinned it's all about him act is already very tiring and old.

But Ailes was out of line.
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Only if you don't see this as a calculated decision on his part.
 
Cruz just hallenged Trump to one on one 90 minute debate. The GOP is officially blown to pieces.

Edit rumor is debate would be held in Toronto.
 
The idea that ANY candidate for president would blow off a debate because they disliked one of the moderators is absurd. While "gotcha" type questions are generally boring they are also part of the game, not that anything Kelly asked Trump was a "gotcha".

This is all part of the Trump media act. He's trying to be a political outsider and a media outsider at the same time. This way he gets to play the underdog which is a role he has played his entire career.
 
Soho gator said:
Only if you don't see this as a calculated decision on his part.
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Ailes/Fox's statement pretty much proved Trump's point.

Does it excuse Trump? No, IMO he should still be in the debate. But for a network, the head guy of the network to release a statement that childish is, IMO, in bad taste. That statement reminded me of a SNL skit. Fox should have stayed with 'Kelly is staying as a mod, and that's it' Take it or leave it Mr. Trump. And he probably would have stayed.

But after that statement it gave him and 'out' and makes him look like the anti-establishment and anti-media outsider. Like I said before. He'll now probably get more publicity for NOT showing up.
 
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Soho gator said:
Only if you don't see this as a calculated decision on his part.
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Of course it's calculated!!

Trump knows that no moderator will shy away from an "About that 'I could shoot somebody and still on top of the polls'" comment. He doesn't want to answer that question on the debate stage and his "feud" with Megyn Kelly is what he's using as an excuse. His hope is that skipping the debate will be talked about more than his earlier comment. Furthermore, if the moderators bring that issue up for the other candidates to discuss he then gets to play the "victim" card and he LOVES his victim card.
 
Eric7216 said:
https://observetruth.wordpress.com/2015/08/26/megan-kelly-vs-trump/

Well, I am not the only one who wonder what Trump's feelings about O'Donnell had to do with running for President. Trump may be judged a crude buffoon but reporters should report. She exposed herself as a biased journalist more than she exposed Trump to anything new. Most people see this stuff from Trump all the time. The NEWS was about Kelly.
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That's not a website with an opinion worth sharing.
 
SenorXm/Sirius said:
Soooo a mod asking Trump about his past comments ISN'T fair, but a mod asking Clinton 'might be fair'?

What?
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I'm sorry I have to explain it to you. If it's fair for one, it's fair for the other. None of the mods have yet to ask Old Cankles why she calls women bimbos. Why haven't all the women she said nasty things about been brought up?

See how easy it is!
 
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