Contributing editor of The Spectator Melissa Chen was called to defend herself for appearing on Fox News after tweeting about the lack of credibility in the media, and boy did she have a lot to say on the topic.
Kickstarting 2022 with a reflection on the last couple of years in the media and how her trust in the institution may never recover, Chen laid out her opinions in a thoughtful and deliberative manner.
The lessons of the past two years for me was the complete and utter destruction of institutional credibility and the politicization of truth itself, by the very institutions (media) tasked to uncover it. My sense of the world broke in a way that hasn't recovered (and won't).
— Melissa Chen (@MsMelChen) January 1, 2022
enormously fragile. Thus, it is compulsively aggressive and ultimately self-destructive. It senses its own moral absurdity. It knows it is a raft on a sea of ontological good.
What evil fears most is the publicly spoken truth."
Have a blessed New Year to all of you.
— Melissa Chen (@MsMelChen) January 1, 2022
Naturally, some people thought that bringing up Chen’s Fox News appearances would be a great “own” and they would make her look like a hypocrite. Cue the insufferable “Thinking Athiest” himself.
Tell me again about your appearances on Fox News.
— Seth Andrews (@SethAndrewsTTA) January 2, 2022
While the rest of the comments section railed Andrews for his desperate and transparent attempt to “gotcha” Chen, she herself gave him a response he’s not likely to forget any time soon.
Seth, I respect you and your work, but I do need to address this.
In 2021, I did appear on @FoxNews quite a bit and I am not ashamed of it. I stand by them and am actually proud I did them.
Why, you may ask? https://t.co/G3IvuAUqYL
— Melissa Chen (@MsMelChen) January 3, 2022
cover, or at least, covered it correctly.
This is not to say Fox does not get stories wrong or doesn’t stretch a narrative for ideological reasons. If it isn’t clear to you by now – they all do it.
The news ecosystem has changed. If you want an accurate picture these days,
— Melissa Chen (@MsMelChen) January 3, 2022
aligned on. I would 100% go on @MSNBC or @CNN if they would have me. But I have never had a producer even email to ask.
So I’m not going to let my appearances on Fox be an argument against me. I am proud of them, and I will do it again.
— Melissa Chen (@MsMelChen) January 3, 2022
Chen should not have had to defend going on Fox News, but with the American political landscape as divisive as it is, it’s not a shock that someone would try to call her out on it.
Unfortunately for Andrews, she isn’t the only one willing to go to bat for her opinions:
Why does an appearance on Fox News discredit what she is saying? @GlennLoury @wil_da_beast630 @CDouglasLove3 @Moms4Liberty @MartyMakary @ShemekaMichelle @kmele all have been on Fox.
— Carious (@Carious1) January 2, 2022
If you are afraid of what the other side has to say and want to censor it, you are part of the problem.
— EricD 🇺🇲 (@TheMotleyMind) January 4, 2022
It’s really to bad people don’t realize destruction of the credibility of news organizations was done by irresponsible people and organizations looking to discredit it simply to keep making money while they hurt people
— Les Hollenbeck (@Red_slider) January 2, 2022
Not really an argument Seth and her comeback knocked you out of the park.
— Josh Foster (@sodj1978) January 4, 2022
Swing and a miss.
— Silvia ✨🌟💥⚡️✨🌟💥 (@slysil61) January 4, 2022
I’m always mystified by the people who say Fox News is evil while watching MSNBC and CNN
— BB (@BBinNWIndiana) January 3, 2022
Nothing like a good ol’ fashion finger wag from the left for talking to people they don’t like. Especially Fox News. That’s basically heresy.
— Kei Aybara🇺🇲🏳️🌈💢 (@AybaraKei) January 3, 2022
You mean the only major network that largely got the Russian Collusion hoax correct, vs those networks that repeatedly lied to the American people?
You are impressively brainwashed.
— Dr. John Doe, JD, MBA, Esq. (@XtamerlaneX) January 4, 2022
Oh noes! Seth detects heresy!!! We have no idea how you can not recognize the stunning hypocrisy you exhibit. Atheist, you are not. You subscribe to the newer, more recent woke religion.
— Mythinformed MKE (@MythinformedMKE) January 2, 2022
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Sierra Marlee is a millennial whose hunger for the truth in a world of fake news has led her to write. Marlee also contributes to BizPac Review.
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