Posted on 12/08/2016 5:46:39 AM PST by Enlightened1
Megyn Kelly: Trump and First Amendment 'not a beautiful match' © Getty Fox News host Megyn Kelly criticized Donald Trump’s use of Twitter and warned of the potential "de-legitimization” of the media under the president-elect in a Wednesday interview with NPR’s "Fresh Air."
Kelly, who was the target of many social media attacks during the campaign, said Trump might not be aware “that every tweet he unleashes against you ... creates such a crescendo of anger and, in my case again, threatening behavior.” The reporter cited "thousands of tweets" directed at her as an example — threats to "beat the hell out of me, to rape me, honestly the ugliest things you can imagine."
On Monday night at an event in Washington, the journalist blamed members of Trump's team for encouraging some of the hate online.
But the host of “The Kelly File” said she was determined not to let Trump’s behavior and the resulting threats impact her coverage.
“We were not going to change our coverage of him just because my life was being threatened,” she said in Wednesday's interview. “It was a challenge because I didn’t want to hit him too hard as retribution for what was happening and I didn’t want to go too soft on him out of fear.”
Kelly said that if Trump continues to tweet as president, he needs "to be aware of the power he has when he releases these tweets.”
She also called Trump’s relationship with the First Amendment “not a beautiful match” and said she’s worried for the press under a president Trump.
“The people, as much as it’s fun to hate us, they do need us. They need good, strong, skeptical journalists to be covering whoever it is — whether it’s Barack Obama or President Donald Trump,”
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Trump should develop an app called the “POTUS APP”. You download the app and he communicates directly to you.
MeAgain needs to get over herself!
“She needs a 6-month vacation.”
At my house. I can get a ball gag, handcuffs, and ankle shackles.
Mr. Trump was right: blood does shoot out of her eyes and other places. What an unhinged WITCH. I hope she sinks slowly into madness driven by her hatred and jealousy of President Trump.
“Then why did she cover Bill’s rape accusers?”
I meant why didn’t she cover them.
Hey look, it’s me again.
On the contrary, Megyn, I don’t believe my first amendment rights will be in any way curtailed under a Trump presidency; in fact, my opinions will be much less liable to be branded hate speech when I skewer Libs, or as I’ve come to prefer to call them, Progs.
The media is the message, dear Megyn.
Twitter is individual ability to mass communicate instantly oneself without a filter.
Get with the times, young lady.
The day we have conservative press is the day I wish to see. They have been lieing since 1941 any time a Demoncrat speaks its 90% lies.....Screw em Donald drive em crazy pick Laura INgram as your spokeswoman and tell her what you want tweeted out...It will be fun watching the dolts try to figure it out make em work for there wages. Kick em off AF One do not use my tax money to carry these slobs in luxury tell em to start renting there own planes then we will see who gets away with lieing then.....
Ok, that there’s just funny
A lot of truth in your post.
I bet many over there wish she would leave!
Me-agyn Kelly, still trying to become relevant. Too bad she crapped on her career and now she is asking 20 million, HAH!
Megyn Kelly has made her feelings about Trump clear. She is not qualified to make any statement on Trump and have it considered of interest to anyone.
“They need good, strong, skeptical journalists to be covering whoever it is...”
Accept the MSM wasn’t skeptical of anyone other than Trump. The Press is anything but “good” and “skeptical”.
A permanent vacation is more like it. It would be nice to see her leave the media biz. Maybe she could go work somewhere that would giver her real life experience.
Maybe she could work for a law firm
Jeebuz what a dim-witted skank....And no, she’s not “hot”.
“Megyn you ignorant slut”....
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