Video: Megyn Kelly destroys Us Weekly bottom-feeder over Palin story

posted at 6:55 pm on September 3, 2008 by Allahpundit

“Babies, Lies, and Scandal” runs the front-cover headline over a photo of the Barracuda. What exactly are the “lies,” asks Kelly? Simply the lies that are being told about Palin, comes the reply from this galactic tool, live on satellite hook-up from the media’s tank for Obama.

And it’s all downhill from there.

Not really an interview so much as a cross-examination. Awesome.

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OMG. Awesome indeed.

ManlyRash on September 3, 2008 at 6:57 PM

I saw it live and it was SWEET. “Bottom Feeder” is an excellent description.

Dingbat63 on September 3, 2008 at 6:57 PM

I saw this. Wonderful. Unfortunately she is a rare exception. Journalism is dead.

D0WNT0WN on September 3, 2008 at 6:58 PM

Im in Love with megyn

William Amos on September 3, 2008 at 6:58 PM

Megyn Kelly for VP in 2020

econavenger on September 3, 2008 at 6:59 PM

To Quote “Chuck” at AoSHQ,

I saw it and Kelly broke it off in his butt. Its good to see these vermin taken down a peg or two.

aquaviva on September 3, 2008 at 6:59 PM

I have a feeling the media spotlight and e-mails to their webpage (5,000 last I looked) must have had an effect. As Michelle Malkin pointed out yesterday, they sent out a PRESS RELEASE along the lines of “ha-ha, look what we did!”

Marcus on September 3, 2008 at 6:59 PM

I say screw O’reilly Interveiwing Obama let Megyn do it !

Seeing a strong woman push Obama and him snapping back would drop his poll numbers into the gutter.

William Amos on September 3, 2008 at 7:01 PM

I watched it again just to savor the look on his face. She literally bitch-slapped him. Pwnd.

ManlyRash on September 3, 2008 at 7:01 PM

Damn.

Topsecretk9 on September 3, 2008 at 7:03 PM

Whoa, that guy is creepier than I had imagined. Megyn Kelly is a bright light at Fox.

Moxie on September 3, 2008 at 7:03 PM

Serious takedown, dat.

hippie_chucker on September 3, 2008 at 7:03 PM

The intelligent versus the weak. Megyn Kelly nailed his worthless hide to the wall.

Darwin was right, but it ain’t happening fast enough.

MrScribbler on September 3, 2008 at 7:03 PM

Not really an interview so much as a cross-examination. Awesome.

Not a cross examination. More like an emasculation. Followed by an evisceration. Finished with a world class bitch slapping. She made the guy look like a drooling fool. It was terrrrrriffic!

Jim M. on September 3, 2008 at 7:03 PM

Thats why we call them drive-bys.

winged on September 3, 2008 at 7:03 PM

crap I can’t WATCH IT!@

upinak on September 3, 2008 at 7:04 PM

Megyn is awesome. She lit into Liz something or other yesterday, too, when she started the conservatives-will-hate-Sarah-because-she-has-a-job crap. Good stuff.

Cowboy on September 3, 2008 at 7:04 PM

I also watched it and couldn’t believe the jerk who is the editor. Do they have any brains at all?
You know the real reason everyone in the media is so mad, and glenn beck just said it – they were blindsided! They didn’t see it coming. They get to pick out our candidates, not us little people.
GOOD GOING MEGYN!

Bambi on September 3, 2008 at 7:04 PM

I watched Megan on O’Reilly last night and she was sincerely pissed about the sexist treatment towards Palin by the press…you could see her forehead bunch up. She was pissed and offended.

Topsecretk9 on September 3, 2008 at 7:05 PM

WHAT. A. TOOL.

aero on September 3, 2008 at 7:05 PM

Mrs. Kelly is pissed.

Chest_Rockwell on September 3, 2008 at 7:05 PM

Go Megyn!

jencab on September 3, 2008 at 7:05 PM

Hope this guy writes better than he speaks. His quote” We didn’t have the time to get into everything”, sounds like a nazi saying “I was only following orders” I haven’t actually read this magazine before so I don’t know. Isn’t this magazine a gossip and celebrity rag? If so are these people, really qualified to write hard hitting think pieces? He admitted that there really any wasn’t fact checking and the article was written quickly over the weekend. All in all he was a very creepy guy.

Tommy_G on September 3, 2008 at 7:05 PM

That guy was, er, is slimy.

Spirit of 1776 on September 3, 2008 at 7:06 PM

That was neither fair nor balanced. He was clearly out of his league.

LastRick on September 3, 2008 at 7:07 PM

Not really a cross examination. This was much more. More like a flagellation, followed by an emascualtion, followed by an evisceration, and capped off with a thorough beeatch slapping. It was, terrrrrrrriffic!

Jim M. on September 3, 2008 at 7:07 PM

Nice. You can tell she’s disgusted by Us’ biased reporting.

Yossarian on September 3, 2008 at 7:07 PM

These slime need to be exposed. Sunlight is the only disinfectant.

Iblis on September 3, 2008 at 7:07 PM

Bradley is a putrid POS and I’d be happy to slap the crap out of him. What a useless mound of rotten protoplasm.

rplat on September 3, 2008 at 7:07 PM

I saw Meganon Fox last night and she was hot then, I think she has just gotten madder over time.

Terrye on September 3, 2008 at 7:07 PM

“… the story was breaking over the weekend, and we have a distinctive readership, and we didn’t have time to check everything..” – Bottom-Feeder

Well, then, there you have it……. no need for any more scrutiny.

…………. and my rectum can play the trumpet after a night of sloppy joes and warm beer!

Seven Percent Solution on September 3, 2008 at 7:07 PM

Palin-Kelly in 2012!

GreenBlade on September 3, 2008 at 7:08 PM

If US Mag was equally racist to match the sexism:

“DARK SKIN, BLOW, AND REZKO DOUGH: CAN A GANGSTA REALLY BE PREZ?”

econavenger on September 3, 2008 at 7:08 PM

Megyn is awesome when she’s riled up. She tore him limb from limb. They probably needed a dozen Sham-Wows to do the clean up.

Zorro on September 3, 2008 at 7:08 PM

I love Megyn Kelly but I would have preferred this was not given any attention. However, kudos to Fox for putting this dipsh*t on the air. I wish Megyn had hidden her anger a little more and just dismantled this tool in a more calm and witty way.

Either way, I think she’ll learn a lesson from this and handle it a little different next time, or, she’s just a pistol that way, in which case I’d like to take her out to a nice surf and turf dinner.

Metro on September 3, 2008 at 7:08 PM

I saw this and Megan did a mega job. This tool was without an answer. That is why Fox is the only news I watch. Fair and balanced!
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letget on September 3, 2008 at 7:08 PM

Seriously, he doesn’t give a shit that he got taken to task. He was there to sell more issues. His parting comment, “I hope your readers will go read the article” is nothing but a sales pitch. Unfortunately, Megyn would’ve been better served to end the story, with, “I’ve read it folks, and it’s boring as hell with no new information. I’d avoid this issue at all costs and instead recommend you pick up a copy of the Weekly Standard which has my bikini pictures in it this week.”

Texas Rainmaker on September 3, 2008 at 7:08 PM

Us Weekly, not even good to wrap fish in.

Maxx on September 3, 2008 at 7:08 PM

Oh, I get it, the lies ABOUT Governor Palin, yeah, that’s the ticket….SCUM OF THE EARTH REPORTERS.

JustTruth101 on September 3, 2008 at 7:09 PM

Supreme Victory

Defector01 on September 3, 2008 at 7:09 PM

Bradley…you’re on her shitlist now.
wow thats what I want to see a reporter do ask tough questions and expect answers.
Something tells me she takes US weekly’s story and cover to be an attack on herself as well.
But Megyn is still sexy…even sexier now though.

theguardianii on September 3, 2008 at 7:09 PM

I wonder how many people read the US Weekly article and then watched that interview. I bet not too many.

sammypants on September 3, 2008 at 7:09 PM

Megyn’s awesome.

p0s3r on September 3, 2008 at 7:10 PM

Megyn Kelly is fast becoming one of my fave Fox anchors. She ripped that guy up one side and down another. She was equally impressive last night on O’Reilly.

buckichick1 on September 3, 2008 at 7:10 PM

They “didn’t have time” (to get the facts right) to do a complete investigation?

After watching that slime, I’ve got to take a shower now.

Over.

1GooDDaDDy on September 3, 2008 at 7:10 PM

From the start, his stuttering terror was delicious.

MadisonConservative on September 3, 2008 at 7:10 PM

He seems nervous…lol. Megyn is hotness on a stick.

SouthernGent on September 3, 2008 at 7:11 PM

Palin-Kelly in 2012!

GreenBlade on September 3, 2008 at 7:08 PM

UNSTOPPABLE!!!!!

WisCon on September 3, 2008 at 7:11 PM

PALIN/KELLY 200-somethin’!

Citizen Duck on September 3, 2008 at 7:12 PM

I sense a genderevolution in the making. What are the appropriate earrings for that?

RedWinged Blackbird on September 3, 2008 at 7:12 PM

Megyn is incredible. She’s the kind of woman you definitely want to be friends with because you would not want her for an enemy.

backwoods conservative on September 3, 2008 at 7:12 PM

I saw this exchange when it happened. I’d love to see the smirk on this idiot’s face when Sarah Palin is sworn in as VICE PRESIDENT !

stenwin77 on September 3, 2008 at 7:12 PM

Very, very awesome indeed. Complete evisceration, and a righteous one at that.

Beatnik Joe on September 3, 2008 at 7:12 PM

excerpt from Palin’s speech

Before I became governor of the great state of Alaska, I was mayor of my hometown. And since our opponents in this presidential election seem to look down on that experience, let me explain to them what the job involves. I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a ‘community organizer,’ except that you have actual responsibilities.”

CanadianGuy on September 3, 2008 at 7:12 PM

::snicker:: I heard his butthole slam shut all the way here in South Carolina.

SuzEQCitizen on September 3, 2008 at 7:12 PM

thanks for YouTube vid Allah. Now I can view it on my iPhone

blatantblue on September 3, 2008 at 7:13 PM

Megyn is a like a breath of fresh air blowing away the stench of the cesspool the media has become.

Nichevo on September 3, 2008 at 7:13 PM

Dayum! She bitch slapped him right out the gate with her point about the cover and didn’t let up. Good job!

aikidoka on September 3, 2008 at 7:13 PM

Total pwnage by Megyn Kelly.

Insomniac on September 3, 2008 at 7:13 PM

I sense a genderevolution in the making. What are the appropriate earrings for that?

RedWinged Blackbird on September 3, 2008 at 7:12 PM

I think it would be either tiger’s eye or elephant tusk.

stenwin77 on September 3, 2008 at 7:13 PM

CanadianGuy on September 3, 2008 at 7:12 PM

Dude

William Amos on September 3, 2008 at 7:14 PM

Another Palin excerpt

“I’m not a member of the permanent political establishment. And I’ve learned quickly, these past few days, that if you’re not a member in good standing of the Washington elite, then some in the media consider a candidate unqualified for that reason alone. But here’s a little news flash for all those reporters and commentators: I’m not going to Washington to seek their good opinion – I’m going to Washington to serve the people of this country.”

CanadianGuy on September 3, 2008 at 7:14 PM

Dang that’s sexy!

carbon_footprint on September 3, 2008 at 7:15 PM

Megyn Kelly b***h slapped this scum sucking bottom feeding troll.

In reality most things that feed off the bottom of the ocean taste damn good . Wonder how this fool taste with lemon and butter?

US weekly distinctive voice “we get our stories from kos .”

Mojack420 on September 3, 2008 at 7:16 PM

CanadianGuy on September 3, 2008 at 7:12 PM

AWESOME. This only feeds my girl-crush …

krispy on September 3, 2008 at 7:16 PM

Megyn is awesome when she’s riled up. She tore him limb from limb. They probably needed a dozen Sham-Wows to do the clean up.

Lol! Awesome product placement, haha.

nickj116 on September 3, 2008 at 7:16 PM

I Effen LOVE Fox News. Go after the inconsistencies – they do it no matter whose ox is gored. Why won’t CNN do the same?

Did anyone see Soledad O’brien and her interviews with the YAF and the Log Cabin Republicans? You could literally see the incredulity on her face. Not probing, not ‘fair’, just “how can you even think that? The Republicans DON”T HAVE ROOM for you, it’s obvious, why are you even here?” It was sad…and maddening.

JeffWeimer on September 3, 2008 at 7:16 PM

CanadianGuy! Where are you getting those excerpts???

SuzEQCitizen on September 3, 2008 at 7:16 PM

We didn’t have time to print anything, so we just printed the bad stuff. Didn’t have time to see if any of it was true, but it is a big story, so we had to exploit it.

mikeyboss on September 3, 2008 at 7:17 PM

Dont give it all away Canadian let us have a few surprizes

William Amos on September 3, 2008 at 7:17 PM

CanadianGuy…omg…are you serious?!?!!? I will faint if she says that.

SouthernGent on September 3, 2008 at 7:17 PM

CanadianGuy on September 3, 2008 at 7:14 PM

“Then kick you all in the a**”

Over.

1GooDDaDDy on September 3, 2008 at 7:17 PM

But here’s a little news flash for all those reporters and commentators: I’m not going to Washington to seek their good opinion – I’m going to Washington to serve the people of this country.”

That is going to blow up the richter scale, bet on it.

nickj116 on September 3, 2008 at 7:18 PM

CanadianGuy! Where are you getting those excerpts???

SuzEQCitizen on September 3, 2008 at 7:16 PM

The campaign pre releases speech to the press. In fact the Obama camp is up in arms over Mitt’s Speech and are attacking him for it.

William Amos on September 3, 2008 at 7:18 PM

But…but…but… it was a breaaakkkinnngggg story and everyone was taallllkkking about it! We didn’t have tiimmmmmeee for “facts” or “truth”. Innuendo takes up soooo much time.

Hey, Bradley-Tool, here’s a breaking story for ya. I heard that in private Barry O likes to wear big hats and have Joementum Biden call him ‘Bella Abzug’ while dancing the twist. Hey… it could be true. Maybe we should demand some DNA tests.

Jeez… what a bottom feeder. The last time that schmuck saw his journalistic integrity it was floating in his crapper.

Drunken Angry Clown on September 3, 2008 at 7:18 PM

I would offer to go kick his ass but I’m pretty sure my shoe would get lost.

Bradley loves Obama. I mean really really loves him.

Guardian on September 3, 2008 at 7:18 PM

Shows how week US weekly people are. But, how much strength does is take to blindside or suckerpunch a 17 year old girl?

Especially if she’s 5 months pregnant.

originalpechanga on September 3, 2008 at 7:19 PM

2012 = Palin / Megyn

Onager on September 3, 2008 at 7:19 PM

Bottom Feeder says – “Excuse me as I struggle to speak – more lies “

defendfaithandfamily on September 3, 2008 at 7:20 PM

Megyn Kelly…a lawyer you can really trust!!!

She really ripped into Liz Trotta, too.

Got married in March….dammit! :-)

coldwarrior on September 3, 2008 at 7:20 PM

want to see bias ?

Listen to this hairbrained CBS reporter who actually asks a Palin Freind if Sarah will SURVIVE moving from Alaska the only home she has ever known. That and you know Who takes care of her babies ?

William Amos on September 3, 2008 at 7:20 PM

Speech excerpts here

http://www.google.com/reader/view/#stream/user%2F06903261172391978991%2Fstate%2Fcom.google%2Freading-list

I just gave the juicy ones.

CanadianGuy on September 3, 2008 at 7:20 PM

Destroyed? She didn’t destroy him at all. She let him get away with still claiming it was a balanced story.

Why didn’t she hold up the Obama loves Michelle cover and ask him to explain that one?

She was way too easy on him.

Jaynie59 on September 3, 2008 at 7:20 PM

That’s gonna leave a mark…

D2Boston on September 3, 2008 at 7:21 PM

Dam, this guy is EDITOR IS CHIEF???

I’ve got Boots older than this guy…

Romeo13 on September 3, 2008 at 7:21 PM

Total pwnage by Megyn Kelly.

Insomniac on September 3, 2008 at 7:13 PM

+1

That metro should check his sack afterwards ’cause he may have lost a bit

Captain Hate on September 3, 2008 at 7:21 PM

Sorry fixed the excerpt link

http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MTBiNjNkZDc0YmExZGJhN2U0NmJhYmNiZWJkNTcxODQ=

CanadianGuy on September 3, 2008 at 7:21 PM

Bradley loves Obama. I mean really really loves him.

Guardian on September 3, 2008 at 7:18 PM

LOL! Yeah, well, not everyone is fully paying attention…

eanax on September 3, 2008 at 7:22 PM

What does the cover say about who was telling the ‘Lies’? “We can’t talk about that here.”

Did you mention that the DUI was twenty years ago, etc. “We didn’t have time to get into that.”

That guy was a total tool. The only thing I can say in his defense is that I’m not completely convinced the retard even read his own article.

logis on September 3, 2008 at 7:23 PM

Destroyed? She didn’t destroy him at all. She let him get away with still claiming it was a balanced story.

Why didn’t she hold up the Obama loves Michelle cover and ask him to explain that one?

She was way too easy on him.

Jaynie59 on September 3, 2008 at 7:20 PM

I agree, she was much too tame. “Thank you very much, Bradley.” This scumbag gets a chance to show his smug metrosexual face on TV and she THANKS him for spewing lies? What the hell?

Sydney Carton on September 3, 2008 at 7:23 PM

Is there an Intrade contract for the the year the Palin Revolution finally breaks loose from the claws of the dying sexist media beast?

econavenger on September 3, 2008 at 7:24 PM

That’s what we need, more reporting on the reporting. And naming magazine and reporters names.

Dusty on September 3, 2008 at 7:25 PM

Not just a cross-examination, but a remarkably effective one.

Is she trained as an attorney by any chance?

Professor Blather on September 3, 2008 at 7:25 PM

Bradley Jacobs is pond scum. He tries to be condescending while being caught in lies.

TooTall on September 3, 2008 at 7:25 PM

I likes me some Megyn Kelly!

CP on September 3, 2008 at 7:25 PM

Chris Matthews is calling Palin’s speech segment on Washington elites “Looks like she’s ginning up a fight with us.”

Yeah…. who started it?

CanadianGuy on September 3, 2008 at 7:25 PM

I, for one, welcome our new female overlords.

carbon_footprint on September 3, 2008 at 7:27 PM

Is she trained as an attorney by any chance?

Professor Blather on September 3, 2008 at 7:25 PM

She is one.

Over.

1GooDDaDDy on September 3, 2008 at 7:27 PM

I watched Megan on O’Reilly last night and she was sincerely pissed about the sexist treatment towards Palin by the press…you could see her forehead bunch up. She was pissed and offended.
Topsecretk9 on September 3, 2008 at 7:05 PM

And yet, she was still totally hot.

I don’t know; would it be worth guaranteeing victory in every election in the country to start letting ugly women join the Republican Party?

logis on September 3, 2008 at 7:27 PM

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