When Megyn Kelly isn’t whining about the Black National Anthem or defending blackface, she is demanding attention and credit from prominent media outlets.
Kelly went after CNN, as well as the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, for not crediting her for reporting the text messages that incriminated Fulton County prosecutor Fani Willis and Nathan Wade, the man whom Willis is accused of having a sexual relationship with.
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On Wednesday, Kelly took to X/Twitter to express her frustrations. “We await your update to your late evening reports.” In the post, she tagged the cable news outlet and the daily Atlanta-based daily newspaper.
“You can cite us as first with texts in the #FaniWillis case. Not only did you not have an ‘exclusive,’ it took you all day to match our reporting...It is customary for an outlet late to the news to credit the outlet that first breaks it. But that’s okay, NO ONE IS WATCHING YOU,” she posted.
A total of 413 texts between Terrence Bradley and Ashleigh Merchant—an attorney for one of Trump’s co-defendants—showed months of communications between the pair. The messages emphasized the extent Bradley aided Merchant’s attempts to prove Willis and her prosecutor Wade were inappropriately involved.
Bradley reluctantly testified on Tuesday for more than two hours about Willis and Wade’s relationship. Wade is Bradley’s former law partner and client, and Kelly originally reported on the text messages on her SiriusXM podcast.
CNN did ultimately give Kelly credit, but Kelly’s actions have far larger implications than merely following journalistic codes. Kelly wants to be known for helping tear down a powerful Black woman down—one that is doing her best to hold Trump accountable for his alleged crimes.
This is on par for Kelly’s conservative values and the need to bolster the former president—but she needs to be called out for her bigoted behavior.
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