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Megyn Kelly: Trump and First Amendment 'not a beautiful match'
The Hill ^ | 12/07/16 | PAULINA FIROZI

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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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous
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To: Enlightened1

Megyn Kelly and real conservatives, not a good match.


81 posted on 12/08/2016 8:59:29 AM PST by kempster
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I’d settle for her putting some clothes on. I’m not sure who told her the slut puppy look makes her appear more professional or makes her ratings higher, but it’s a major turn off.


82 posted on 12/08/2016 9:03:51 AM PST by Hoffer Rand (Bear His image. Bring His message. Be the Church.)
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To: Enlightened1

..get over it!


83 posted on 12/08/2016 9:19:13 AM PST by Banjoguy
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To: Enlightened1

The attention whore is trying to sell her book and the only relevancy she can obtain is constantly attaching herself to Trump’s coattails in some way, shape, or form.


84 posted on 12/08/2016 9:26:25 AM PST by VideoDoctor
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To: mtrott

Your “moral equivalence” shoe on the other foot verbiage just shows how so many have been brainwashed to let the enemy dictate terms and run over any opposition with cliched retorts.

Towards sites such as FR and accusing us of lying? The accusation is soapbox grandstanding designed to take your eye off of the lies that they tell.

The left is full of control freaks who want to run your life and this world. They will lie, cheat, steal, manipulate, blackmail, buy, and even kill to be able to have complete control over you.


85 posted on 12/08/2016 9:48:18 AM PST by ResponseAbility (The truth of liberalism is the stupid can feel smart, the lazy entitled, and the immoral unashamed)
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To: bert

Hmm? I was thinking more like McDonalds.


86 posted on 12/08/2016 9:59:30 AM PST by VaeVictis (~Woe to the Conquered~)
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To: Robert DeLong

***We should simply say we disagree with her analysis and let her know we no longer value her opinions***

When her “analysis” is nothing more than leftist lies, manipulations, and lame browbeating “we” should shout her out of the arena of ideas.


87 posted on 12/08/2016 10:01:10 AM PST by ResponseAbility (The truth of liberalism is the stupid can feel smart, the lazy entitled, and the immoral unashamed)
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To: Enlightened1

Pfft...

It is a great match. Trump stands for freedom of expression, he’s against the Politically correct BS, he started the revolution to bypass mainstream media and go directly to the people.

Megyn Kelly is completely clueless


88 posted on 12/08/2016 10:02:46 AM PST by Toughluck_freeper
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To: MrEdd

If true was meant to be understood yet unstated. I guess I should have included that. Believe me I do not like the woman, my point is that we also do not need to act like liberals either.


89 posted on 12/08/2016 4:08:24 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: ResponseAbility

Yeah we can be just as bad as liberals and deny free speech, but I for one chose not to do that.


90 posted on 12/08/2016 4:09:24 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: Robert DeLong

***Yeah we can be just as bad as liberals and deny free speech***

She is free to speak as she wishes. We are free to shout down her rhetoric and refuse to listen to her. Freedom is a two way street.


91 posted on 12/16/2016 11:07:55 AM PST by ResponseAbility (The truth of liberalism is the stupid can feel smart, the lazy entitled, and the immoral unashamed)
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To: ResponseAbility

Yep, that’s what liberals do.


92 posted on 12/16/2016 11:11:12 AM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: Robert DeLong

That is what what anyone with a brain does.


93 posted on 12/16/2016 11:38:38 AM PST by ResponseAbility (The truth of liberalism is the stupid can feel smart, the lazy entitled, and the immoral unashamed)
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To: ResponseAbility

So now you are saying I don’t have a brain. Okay. Actually, that is what people who do not have a brain do, as it is the most basest reaction to all animals.


94 posted on 12/16/2016 11:43:37 AM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: Robert DeLong

If you will not use your brain to stand up for truth and righteousness then you are a useless eunuch...snip snip.


95 posted on 12/16/2016 12:47:50 PM PST by ResponseAbility (The truth of liberalism is the stupid can feel smart, the lazy entitled, and the immoral unashamed)
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To: ResponseAbility

I bet you stink at chess.


96 posted on 12/16/2016 12:56:57 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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