Megyn Kelly has criticized the media for failing to ask enough questions about Hunter Biden’s business dealings — noting that the moderator of the September 2020 presidential debate silenced Donald Trump when he tried to pressure Joe Biden to comment on the issue.
Hunter Biden’s business dealings have become a lightning rod for Joe Biden’s critics, and Kelly said the media has failed to suppress the Bidens on the issue.
In the latest episode of her podcast, which aired Tuesday, Kelly said she was shocked when Chris Wallace — her former Fox News colleague and the moderator of the September 2020 debate — refused to allow Trump to challenge Biden on Hunter’s companies would grill.
“He brought up Hunter’s corruption, and I remember it was shut down by Chris Wallace at the time,” Kelly said.
“It was remarkable.”
Megyn Kelly on Tuesday accused the media of shielding Joe Biden from questions about his son Hunter – pointing out that when Chris Wallace moderated a presidential debate in September 2020, he refused to let Donald Trump question Biden about his son
Kelly, who moderated several debates in 2015 and 2016 where he famously sparred with Trump, said it was good to have the candidates debate each other.
She said Tuesday she was shocked that Wallace would not allow Trump to question Biden about his son.
“He didn’t let Trump rail against Joe Biden,” Kelly said.
“He didn’t let him hit him. ‘Give me a real answer. I don’t believe what you’re saying.’ Awesome. Let Joe Biden stand his ground. Let Joe Biden fight.
“Let Trump say, ‘That’s not true. Didn’t he do this? Give me an answer.’
“He continued to protect Joe Biden.”
Kelly was referring to the September 2020 presidential debate moderated by Chris Wallace in which Trump barely allowed Biden to answer questions
Moderator Chris Wallace attempted to maintain order during the September 29, 2020 event in Cleveland, Ohio
Kelly said Wallace’s behavior supported her belief that the 2020 election was “rigged” because it was weighted in Biden’s favor.
“From the laptop lies and the shutdown, of course, of the New York Post reporting so far, right here on the presidential debate stage, as millions of eyeballs watch the two candidates hammer out an issue that the mainstream media would not cover.
“So Trump brought it up and tried to have a debate with the guy about it. That’s not unfair. He is over there. Let him answer himself. That’s fine. You can have a spicy back and forth.
“And he (Chris Wallace) kept shutting it down, shutting it down.”
Kelly’s guest Maureen Callahan, a DailyMail.com columnist, agreed, saying the media “had their thumb on the scale the whole time.”
Callahan added, “It was so obvious what was going on.”
She said there was “protection, like a force field around Joe Biden – don’t ruffle his feathers, let’s get him through this election so we can get back to normal.”
Callahan said the media had protected “a proven liar, a plagiarist, a fabulist.”
Maureen Callahan, a columnist for DailyMail.com, appeared on Kelly’s show Tuesday and agreed that the media was “protecting” Biden
Kelly nodded and said a similar situation occurred when Trump tried to raise the issue of Hunter Biden’s business dealings on 60 Minutes.
‘You have to feel for Trump. He tried. He put himself out there with 60 Minutes, hostile media on the debate stage and tried to address it at every turn.
‘The response from the left-wing press was: ‘No. You can’t even talk about it.’
Kelly’s criticism of Wallace contrasts with her response at the time.
In October 2020, she said Wallace should have done even more to silence Trump and prevent him from interrupting Biden.
“During the first presidential debate between Trump and Biden, Wallace needed a mute button,” she said People magazine.
‘And more than that, he had to check the cameras. I would have said, ‘I’m not going to anchor it unless you make sure I control the cameras and the microphones.’ And it’s a tool you may only need to use once. At most twice.’
‘But constantly interrupting is too disruptive for the viewers.
“That’s who I represent here.
“So I’m going to have their back, and if you get out of hand, this is what I’m going to do.”