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Fox's Megyn Kelly taking center stageNEW YORK – The aftermath of Megyn Kelly's interview with a former Justice Department lawyer over a New Black Panther Party case has made her a hero and a villain.The Fox News Channel host is a hero to fans who appreciate the time she has spent on a story about a nightstick-carrying New Black Panther Party member standing outside a 2008 polling place, wondering if it reflects an Obama administration inconsistency in pursuing civil rights cases.But she's a villain to critics who believe Kelly is promoting a dubious story given outsized attention because it could hurt a president unpopular with most of Fox's viewers.Kelly, host of her own daytime show at Fox, had the first media interview with J. Christian Adams, a former Justice Department lawyer angry about the Obama administration's handling of the case. Adams alleged his bosses have no interest in civil rights cases unless minorities are adversely affected, a charge the administration denies.A criminal investigation into the Philadelphia episode was dropped by the Bush administration, but the Obama administration obtained a narrower civil court order against the conduct than Bush officials had sought. Quote They seem to be blaming the lovely Megyn Kelly for the administration mishandling of the Sherrod incident.QuoteKelly followed the story so relentlessly that she perhaps goaded the Obama administration into its bungling of the Shirley Sherrod case, much like a baserunner dancing off third base who distracts a pitcher into a balk. (The administration pressured agriculture department official Sherrod into resigning over remarks that seemed racially biased, only to apologize later when it was discovered that the opposite was true.) AP on YahooThe DOJ had won a default judgement against the NBP members, but dropped the case for reduced penalties against one of them. The Bush admin had nothing to do with that.
They seem to be blaming the lovely Megyn Kelly for the administration mishandling of the Sherrod incident.QuoteKelly followed the story so relentlessly that she perhaps goaded the Obama administration into its bungling of the Shirley Sherrod case, much like a baserunner dancing off third base who distracts a pitcher into a balk. (The administration pressured agriculture department official Sherrod into resigning over remarks that seemed racially biased, only to apologize later when it was discovered that the opposite was true.) AP on YahooThe DOJ had won a default judgement against the NBP members, but dropped the case for reduced penalties against one of them. The Bush admin had nothing to do with that.
Kelly followed the story so relentlessly that she perhaps goaded the Obama administration into its bungling of the Shirley Sherrod case, much like a baserunner dancing off third base who distracts a pitcher into a balk. (The administration pressured agriculture department official Sherrod into resigning over remarks that seemed racially biased, only to apologize later when it was discovered that the opposite was true.)
