"That is not the behavior of a “news” network. It is the behavior of an accomplice."

[babylonsister]

http://www.newscorpse.com/ncWP/?p=4439

Megyn Kelly and Fox News Helped Sen. Ensign Cover-Up His Crimes
Posted by Mark on May 13, 2011 at 9:52 am.


Nevada Senator John Ensign resigned from the Senate last week, but his troubles may not end there. The New York Times is reporting that the results of a Senate Ethics Committee investigation may leave Ensign liable for charges of obstructing an FEC investigation, violating federal lobbying bans, and making unlawful payments to the husband of his congressional aide with whom he was having an affair – among other things.

However, any investigation of this matter needs to include possible interference on the part of Fox News and Glenn Beck-wannabe, Megyn Kelly. There is evidence that Kelly, who received a letter from Doug Hampton revealing Ensign’s infidelity, warned Ensign that the news was about to come out rather than reporting on it. As I wrote on June 19, 2009:

“Fox News knew of Ensign’s infidelity five days before Ensign came forward. They got the information from the husband of Ensign’s mistress. That’s a pretty good source, especially when he asserts that he had corroborating evidence.”

First Fox denied having received any letter. Then they admitted that they had received the letter a day before the news broke. Then a FedEx receipt revealed that they had received the letter three days earlier. And Fox broadcast no stories about the Ensign affair during any of that time, or even for several days after.

When Ensign came forward to confess his sins, he told the press that he was doing so because the story was about to come out in the media. So the question is: did he learn that from Megyn Kelly?

The evidence strongly suggests that Kelly tipped Ensign off and set the stage for his announcement. Then she and Fox kept the story quiet in the days that followed. That is not the behavior of a “news” network. It is the behavior of an accomplice.

[liberal N proud]

1. One could not expect the media network of the GOP to reveal such news

Goes against the all pro GOP propaganda directive of the network.

[The Wielding Truth]

39. Why do we accept a straight propaganda news network that lies,not just shades,

the truth? It clearly is undermining our democracy. The free and accurate accounts of national media are absolutely necessary to maintain a healthy working democracy.I hope that the total disregard for the public's right to know the truth is enough to disqualify all of the Fox Network from dishing out what can be identified as "News".

[truedelphi]

44. This is basically all we have - corporate-controlled news.

For example: During the summer of 2009, did we ever even hear a mention of "Single Payer Universal Health Care"?? Even despite the fact that when people were polled, they resoundingly wanted this option as the reform.

Of course there ws no mention of Single Payer. Why?

Watch any prime time TV show on any channel and 40% if not more of the ads are for Big Pharmaceutical products. The advertisers and the Big Pharma people know that Americans are no longer buying meds based on these ads. But the money coming into the TV networks is of such immense amounts that in effect, the Big Pharma people are buying the news station Talking Heads AND THEIR OPINIONS. The ad DOLLARS MAKE SURE THAT the news is framed for the beenefit of Big Pharma and Big Insurers. As long as the Big Insurers and Big Pharma people keep moneey flowing into the networks in this fashion, there will be a lock on any type fo truly meaningful health care discussion We got crappy HCR in part because the truth was never mentioned.

Same with the on-going wars. Same with the failure of the two political parties. All the major mainstream networks drill it into our heads twenty-four/seven that unions are bad, that regulations are stifling the economic growth of the nation, and so would be taxing the rich, et cetera.

[The Wielding Truth]

45. I agree. Lies are not for general consumption.

[Wounded Bear]

2. K&R...any hit on Faux News works for me....nt

:)

[tanyev]

3. Uh, oh. That's gonna put an angry sneer on Megyn's face.

[Enrique]

5. yeah, her nostrils are going to be flaring bad n/t

[Keith Bee]

4. A little Megyn on the side, John?

"winkie winkie"

[malaise]

6. She was an accomplice

Were it not for John Ralston, Rachel maddow and Melanie Sloan, he'd probably have gotten away with this criminality
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSp9T5GMWaU

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[Riftaxe]

7. It's to be expected, just like MSNBC

doing the cover dance for Edwards.

[Name removed]

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[BlueCaliDem]

17. Red herring alert! And WRONG too. MSNBC covered it ad nauseam.

From Morning Joe through Rachel Maddow. I'm a fervent MSNBC viewer, and I'm telling you, there was no cover dance for Edwards. You'd know it, too, if you watched MSNBC.

[Snotcicles]

40. Identifying another member of the Stoolcorn Society? nt

[chervilant]

38. Bwahahahahaha!

Whoever's paying you to post this insupportable drivel is NOT getting their money's worth.

[gratuitous]

8. My question: Why didn't Hampton go to a real news network?

I suspect he was a True Believer, who really thought that because he watched Fox and believed their reporting that they would be interested in Sen. Ensign boinking his wife. I wonder if Doug has modified his opinion about Fox, or if he still thinks that Fox is looking out for his best interests?

[DFW]

15. He is a Republican. He may not be aware there IS a real news network. n/t

[KharmaTrain]

26. Using Them To Negotiate...

If you look at the timeline, Hampton was trying to squeeze Ensign for big coin through Coburn when he sent the letter. He was trying to blackmail and play some hardball by going to Faux and then a couple days later (when nothing happened) he went to Ralston who took the story nationally. Hampton was trying to shake down Ensign and my feeling is he thought by using Faux he'd be able to control the story and push Coburn and Ensign to pay up. There are no "heroes" in this sorrid mses...except for Ralston, Melanie Sloan & CREW and Rachel Maddow who didn't let this matter fade away...

[alsame]

9. That explains why, last summer, a Fox watching relative of mine

knew nothing about Ensign. A few of us were discussing it at a party and he didn't know what we were talking about and claimed to have heard nothing about it on the 'news'.

[Scurrilous]

11. K & R

:thumbsup:

[progressoid]

12. And probably not the first time this has happened.

[defendandprotect]

13. k

[Dawson Leery]

14. What did Meg Kelly and the Fox "News" team know about this matter.

Were they aware of the hush money being paid out?

[mackerel]

16. Why did Hampton even waste his time going to FOX?

[radhika]

24. Because he's a whining, sniveling baby who wanted Big Daddy Media

to discipline Big Brother John. Make him return the toy he'd taken (the wife) and not be mean to little Douggie anymore. Pure Repug infantilism. Matched by John's infantilism getting Mommy and Daddy involved financially. Even though he's reportedly a multi-millionaire himself.

I'm amazed that no journalists commented on a private citizen asking a media personality to get involved in a personal matter. Unless, of course, all good Repugs know who sets their Party's rules for living, and voting, and politicking.

[Avant Guardian]

29. ...and when did they know it?

[AnnieK401]

18. Not Surprised

This is not surprising at all. Fox is a mouthpiece for the Republicans not a news organization. I hope this is investigated, but seriously doubt if it will be.

[The Wizard]

19. Pox is a propaganda outlet

That the Soviet Union would envy and make Joseph Goebbels blush. Pox has done much to harm this country, and its management should be deported or incarcerated for crimes against the truth.

[JAnthony]

21. Excellent point! n/t

[The Wizard]

42. Welcome to DU

:beer:

[nxylas]

23. At least in a dictatorship, people know how to read between the lines

Your typical Fox Noise viewer lacks the faculties to critically analyze their reporting - wilfully so in most cases. It's not that they *can't* take Fox's reporting with a pinch of salt, it's that they refuse to do so.

[mwooldri]

37. I'd like to give Fixed Noise the benefit of the doubt sometimes.

I'd rather call it "News Entertainment". I know where to get *real* news from. Regrettably it doesn't originate in the USA. Yes I have my "main" sources - but one has to get news from several places to discern what's really going on.

[Hubert Flottz]

20. FOX is not a News Network it's a GOP propaganda organ.

Rupert is an international terrorist. A destroyer of democracy.

[JAnthony]

22. I can believe that. The clear agenda of News Corp is not ...

to faithfully report the facts without bias.

They also faithfully FAIL TO report or MIS report the facts when it suits their purpose.

[tonybgood]

30. My Problem with news organizations is that they have a purpose other than reporting the news!!!

[bertman]

25. REC. nt

[The Backlash Cometh]

27. Wouldn't have any trouble believing this.

[Avant Guardian]

28. FOX is not allowed in Canada...

...because it is illegal for a 'news' organization to lie there.

That FACT says it all for me.

[Cognitive_Resonance]

31. K&R nt

[Historic NY]

32. The making of a conspiracy 18 U.S.C. 371 .

:popcorn:

[Maineman]

33. How can anyone not know that FOX is a propaganda machine that

misinforms, misleads, and manipulates? Ok, I know. True believers could care less, and irresponsible consumers of information are misinformed, mislead, and manipulated without even realizing it. Because democracy requires an informed electorate, FOX should be considered an enemy of this nation.

[Rex]

34. Foxnews - "Fair and Balanced for Right Wing Idiots."

"Left need not apply."

[myrna minx]

35. K&R n/t

[KansDem]

36. Makes me wonder how much of this goes on without being revealed.

Is this merely the tip of the iceberg?

K&R

[blackspade]

41. And somehow...

Doug Hampton is the one the "Justice Dept" is going after.
He may be a crook, but there are bigger fish in this squalid ocean.
This is an effort to sweep the Ensign affair under the rug.
The rich and powerful are protecting their own.

[ooglymoogly]

43. KR Riddle me this....If Fox noise is saying exactly what its viewers

want to hear; is there any chance their viewers are going to catch on to the lies and stop watching?

Fox is a rallying cry for the evil and malevolence in this country, as was Hitlers ministry of propaganda for Germany.

The real trick of propaganda is knowing you have a ready audience of at least 15% and how to frame your agenda into slogans that fit what that audience wants to hear.

15 to 22% + or -,of the population of this country are pure evil and would hail fascism and authoritarianism in a heartbeat; another 10% + or - are willing to follow as can be shown by extensive polling data throughout history and not just in this country. When the rest (the real majority) allow themselves to be beaten down by that minority for a self serving agenda, fascism is soon to follow; necessary to keep that majority from rising up.

It takes a Fox News or a Ministry of Propaganda or their equivalent, to put a thumb on the scale of that unequal balance, toward a malevolent minority in any population.

The balancing factor is just how loud a megaphone and how many resources you posses to bring down a much larger majority.

In Fox we face a very dangerous usurper and a malevolent control freak, willing to break any convention, or law; to lie, to cheat to steal.