Megyn Kelly and D.L. Hughley Get Into Heated Argument on Fox News
On The Kelly File Wednesday, host Megyn Kelly had comedian, author, and activist D.L. Hughley on her show to discuss the anger over the recent police shootings of Philando Castile and Alton Sterling. Hughley thinks the shootings are yet another indication of systemic racism in U.S. police departments. The Fox News host claimed that there were still too many unanswered questions and brought up the 2014 shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., as an example of what she perceived as narrative outpacing evidence.
“I’m saying we don’t know the facts,” argued Kelly. “We saw this happen with Michael Brown in Ferguson.” “And we still don’t know the facts there,” Hughley replied. “We have a police officer’s word and a grand jury’s word.” “No, we have the Department of Justice’s word,” countered Kelly. “The Department of Justice shut down Ferguson,” Hughley responded.
The tension only escalated, and as so many disagreements on cable news do, it resulted in two angry people talking over each other in something that was more of a shouting match than a debate. Many hours on Fox News have been spent on the demonization of the Black Lives Matter movement. Feeling that frustration, Hughley voiced his disgust with the cable news network. “The only place racism doesn’t exist is Fox News and the police department,” Hughley said angrily. “Come on,” an irate Kelly responded. “That’s insulting. You just insulted millions of people watching this channel.” “You know what?” Hughley said. “I’m insulted by the things I hear on this network. So we’re even. I could care less about people that insult me on a daily basis.”
At the end of their segment, no common ground was found, and it ended tersely, to say the least. “It’s very dangerous when you get to the point where you paint an entire group with the same brush based on the bad actions,” Kelly said. “That is interesting to hear on this network— that really is. Amazing to hear on this network,” responded Hughley sarcastically. Kelly quickly ended the segment but not before giving a wide-eyed look to camera.
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