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Botany

(70,657 posts)
Tue Jun 2, 2015, 10:07 AM Jun 2015

Safety zone: Fox’s Megyn Kelly says she won’t ask the Duggars any ‘tough’ questions

Source: Raw Story

Don’t expect Megyn Kelly to conduct a “cross-examination” of Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar during their scheduled appearance Wednesday on Fox News.

The host warned viewers that she may not be as “tough” as some might wish in asking the reality TV stars about revelations that their eldest son molested five young girls, including some of his sisters, reported Mediaite.

“Nothing is off limits,” Kelly said. “I don’t plan on getting into the specific details about what was done, because my understanding is the victims don’t want to discuss that either.”

Police reports indicate the couple waited more than a year to report the abuse and may have helped cover up criminal activity by a then-teenaged Josh Duggar.





Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2015/06/safety-zone-foxs-megyn-kelly-says-she-wont-ask-the-duggars-any-tough-questions/



Later in the article Kelly went on to try to change the subject, “Bill Clinton was accused of rape,” Kelly said.

But what about Benghazi and Hillary's emails?
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Safety zone: Fox’s Megyn Kelly says she won’t ask the Duggars any ‘tough’ questions (Original Post) Botany Jun 2015 OP
Is Fox News even covering this story? underpants Jun 2015 #1
"Preparing the battlefield" is also useful in propaganda warfare...Fox is speech, weaponized. Fred Sanders Jun 2015 #3
So its SOP for Fox on th eDuggars. marble falls Jun 2015 #2
I was actually going to watch fox for the 2nd time in my life MosheFeingold Jun 2015 #4
In that case Why even bother with an interview katmondoo Jun 2015 #5
Then what's the fucking point? Iggo Jun 2015 #6
Ratings/play victim underpants Jun 2015 #8
We have a winner! minidriver Jun 2015 #14
Welcome to DU, minidriver! calimary Jun 2015 #20
***Ding***Ding***Ding*** libodem Jun 2015 #9
And she's one of their better interviewers CanonRay Jun 2015 #7
That's not saying much. calimary Jun 2015 #19
Negativity, divisiveness and hate is what FOX is about. jalan48 Jun 2015 #10
These people simply need to go away. hamsterjill Jun 2015 #11
They (the duggars) are really sick and twisted Botany Jun 2015 #13
They never had ANY "goody two shoes" image in my opinion. calimary Jun 2015 #18
I agree with you. hamsterjill Jun 2015 #24
Did anybody think she'd ask hard questions? Novara Jun 2015 #12
Bleach kills brain cells. onehandle Jun 2015 #15
Cue the Rude Pundit!!! calimary Jun 2015 #16
LOL underpants Jun 2015 #17
Notice she managed to drag in Bill Clinton's consensual sex & call it rape. Watch for this meme.... Hekate Jun 2015 #21
sounds like she supports underage rape then - to me samsingh Jun 2015 #22
i've heard people ask if megyn kelly supports rape? did anyone else hear this? samsingh Jun 2015 #23
Gee, what a shocker. City Lights Jun 2015 #25
It used to be that journalists bragged about asking the hard questions. Jester Messiah Jun 2015 #26
figures faux news is such shit assed network! gopiscrap Jun 2015 #27
Fixed News lives up to its name d_legendary1 Jun 2015 #28
Garbage news station Angry Dragon Jun 2015 #29
Just realize that however she treats Josh Duggar douggg Jun 2015 #30
of course not Skittles Jun 2015 #31
Heard the promo for this and her spin was to focus on the illegal release of the information... Oktober Jun 2015 #32
Clearly going to blame this on Obama somehow... n/t durablend Jun 2015 #33

underpants

(183,043 posts)
1. Is Fox News even covering this story?
Tue Jun 2, 2015, 10:13 AM
Jun 2015

She has to prep her audience on an interview? Sad and funny at the same time

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
3. "Preparing the battlefield" is also useful in propaganda warfare...Fox is speech, weaponized.
Tue Jun 2, 2015, 10:25 AM
Jun 2015

The Duggar Scandal and the Amazing Hypocrisy it reveals is interfering with the expensive receptors implanted in Foxbots by year's of remote brainwashing.

MosheFeingold

(3,051 posts)
4. I was actually going to watch fox for the 2nd time in my life
Tue Jun 2, 2015, 10:30 AM
Jun 2015

(The first time is some Western show they have going on, which I enjoy, having spent a lot of time in New Mexico.)

Typical that they won't ask hard questions. No reason to watch then.

I take that back. I hadn't ever seen Megan Kelly before the articles about this interview. She certainly has Shiksappeal, to quote Seinfeld. So perhaps I'll watch with the sound off.

calimary

(81,608 posts)
20. Welcome to DU, minidriver!
Tue Jun 2, 2015, 11:57 AM
Jun 2015

Good to have you with us! Love your movies! (Sorry, I couldn't resist.) But seriously - glad you're here. And yeah, definitely we have a winner. There's gonna be nothing to see here but Denial On Parade. Along with Denial Glorified and Reinforced. We'll probably hear all about how forgiven they are. Which is cold comfort for me. dubya said that, too - "I'm fergivvin!" Always said with a smirk, too. So I guess that means since you've already been "fergivvin," then you already have a free pass. You've already been issued your Early-Bird Get-Outta-Jail-FREE card, so you're all cleared to do whatever the hell you feel like doing and commit all the sins you want against anybody you want, with impunity. Because "fergivvin."

hamsterjill

(15,224 posts)
11. These people simply need to go away.
Tue Jun 2, 2015, 10:43 AM
Jun 2015

Seriously, they had a niche in the market with some viewers, but now that "goody two shoes" image has been tarnished forever in my opinion. They need to simply shrink back into the existence that they had before their series - WITH all the money that they made off the series - and be thankful that no one in their family has (yet) wound up in jail.

Someone the other day commented to me that I shouldn't be so jubilant about a family's downfall. I don't see it that way. I see this as nothing different than rooting for one sports team over another. No one forced the Duggars to make their lives public. They did it FOR THE MONEY just like every other reality television star/family has done. Reality television is just that - reality. How they kept this secret for almost ten years without someone long ago revealing it is something that bewilders me. But their little black secret is out now, Josh has ADMITTED to what he did, there was most definitely a cover up, and things just aren't as perfect in that family as they tried to make America believe.

I'm fine with them seeking and receiving forgiveness from God. But that doesn't mean a police report shouldn't have been filed timely and that doesn't mean that the victims still don't need proper counseling.

But mostly - in my view - we need strong female role models on television for young girls and women to emulate. Not submissive, mousy females cowering to a mighty patriarch. Women have come quite far in my lifetime in becoming equal to men in most respects. This trend needs to continue forward; not regress backwards.

Botany

(70,657 posts)
13. They (the duggars) are really sick and twisted
Tue Jun 2, 2015, 10:57 AM
Jun 2015

from making all the girls wear dresses, to "side hugs," to setting up their own daughters'
husbands w/other "Christian Families" before they get to date anybody else or go away to
college or work, to pushing their daughters to become baby factories for Jesus as soon as
the are placed into their arranged marriages, to no kissing before they get married, and on
and on.

BTW I have never watched more then 5 minutes of the show at one time but the creepy
part of men telling women and girls how to live to make Jesus happy always comes through.

calimary

(81,608 posts)
18. They never had ANY "goody two shoes" image in my opinion.
Tue Jun 2, 2015, 11:54 AM
Jun 2015

I didn't like anything about them, already. But then again, I have a rather deep-seated objection to the whole idea of woman as hatchery. That's all we are? Brood mares? That's the ONLY value we bring to the table? How many babies we can issue - as though we were merely some sort of Xerox machine or something? Why are weirdo families like this held up as role models for admiration? They should be in a freakin' ZOO. Or a carnival attraction. Next to the bearded lady (who's probably expected to pop out a bunch of babies, too).

hamsterjill

(15,224 posts)
24. I agree with you.
Tue Jun 2, 2015, 12:23 PM
Jun 2015

I merely meant that their audience regulars have had a "goody two shoes" image.

This brood of attention seekers has ALWAYS made me creep out. But they've had their defenders - even of DU!

I cannot tell you how many times I've responded to posts on DU about the Duggars with the comment "yes, they can choose to have that many children if they wish, but the real question is whether or not having that many children is the wise/right/prudent/responsible thing to do", etc.

Hekate

(91,042 posts)
21. Notice she managed to drag in Bill Clinton's consensual sex & call it rape. Watch for this meme....
Tue Jun 2, 2015, 12:10 PM
Jun 2015

...to crop up in the near future.

City Lights

(25,171 posts)
25. Gee, what a shocker.
Tue Jun 2, 2015, 12:25 PM
Jun 2015

Fux Nooze, protecting sexual predators one interview at a time.

What a POS network.

 

Jester Messiah

(4,711 posts)
26. It used to be that journalists bragged about asking the hard questions.
Tue Jun 2, 2015, 12:43 PM
Jun 2015

Ah, but I see the problem. One shouldn't mistake Megyn for an actual journalist.

Angry Dragon

(36,693 posts)
29. Garbage news station
Tue Jun 2, 2015, 02:20 PM
Jun 2015

Nearly all of the current GOP presidential candidates have been photographed with the 27-year-old Duggar – who resigned in the wake of the sex abuse revelations from his position with the anti-LGBT Family Research Council.

“I’ve been pretty disgusted by how some liberal media types are using what’s obviously a family tragedy to score political points,” said guest Howard Kurtz.


but it seems okay for republican presidential candidates to score points with a child molester ...........


For the most part I have felt that the cover-up was worse than the crime

douggg

(239 posts)
30. Just realize that however she treats Josh Duggar
Tue Jun 2, 2015, 07:22 PM
Jun 2015

is the way she would interview and treat someone who molested her own young children.

'Fair and balanced'

 

Oktober

(1,488 posts)
32. Heard the promo for this and her spin was to focus on the illegal release of the information...
Wed Jun 3, 2015, 10:17 AM
Jun 2015

Won't someone please think of the children?! A la the girls who were molested...

Called for criminal charges for the Sheriff that put it out to In Touch magazine..

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