Part One

In the old days, say early 2017 or so, leftist smear organizations pounced on conservative commentators whenever they thought the latter had given them a reason to do so.

Now, they don’t even wait for a program’s debut before attacking its host!

Because their well-funded operation has so far failed to destroy Fox News Channel (and due to the taste of partial victory they enjoyed when longtime talker Bill O’Reilly was removed earlier this year), Media Matters for America, in addition to other groups, are zeroing in on incoming 10pm host Laura Ingraham.

How quickly can they succeed in getting Laura fired? As they begin to throw everything they can invent at her in the days before her debut, the race is on to claim another “scalp”.

With her program scheduled to kick off Monday, October 30, the first of several hit pieces to come was published last night at the Daily Beast, where writers Lachlan Markay and Asawin Suebsaeng characterized her as a “known tyrant”:



They wrote:

A number of Fox staffers are dreading the possibility of working for Ingraham, who, even among the healthy egos that populate America’s cable newsrooms, has built a reputation as overbearing. According to numerous sources, Ingraham has been, occasionally, a verbally abusive boss, who will not hesitate to scream at employees if something goes awry. Two former employees of her radio show recounted to The Daily Beast separate instances of Ingraham hurling objects at staff members in displeasure. Though Fox declined to address most specific examples of her conduct, the channel issued a blanket denial of such allegations. […] For those on her direct staff, that means a daily dose of a demanding, hands-on managerial style. Ingraham has brought only a few staffers with her to the network, leaving Fox to assign other employees to the show. That includes executive producer Tommy Firth, who was moved over from The Story, Martha MacCallum’s 7 p.m. weeknight program. But three Fox sources tell The Daily Beast that numerous staffers have been actively hoping—“praying,” in one Fox insider’s words—that they do not get re-assigned to Ingraham’s show. Another Fox employee simply described her as a “known tyrant.”

Yet the entire piece is based on either anonymous sources, vague recollections of the environment behind-the-scenes at her syndicated radio show, or on incidents that allegedly occurred almost ten years ago during a different Fox News program.

The Media Equalizer has learned that other media outlets will be hitting her next.

As such, the Media Equality Project, founded by Brian Maloney and Melanie Morgan, will be focusing on this smear campaign in the coming days and weeks. Watch for additional stories coming very soon.

So who is Laura Ingraham? Tyrant, or talented talker? The Media Equalizer has spoken to many of Laura Ingraham’s former producers and others closely associated with her. We have the real story of this warm, complicated, funny woman with a sizzling IQ coming up all this week.

As they say in radio: stay tuned.

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