Conservative podcast host Megyn Kelly has labelled Fox News a 'propaganda' machine, criticising its unqualified support for President Donald Trump's recent military intervention in Venezuela. Speaking on her show, Kelly said the network's coverage resembled 'Russian propaganda' and urged viewers to adopt a more sceptical approach.
Kelly, who worked at Fox News for 13 years, said she was 'embarrassed' by her own past blind support for US foreign interventions while at the network. She recounted being expected to uplift the conservative administration regardless of the outcomes, citing quagmires in Iraq and Libya as cautionary tales.
The criticism follows US forces launching a raid in Caracas to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, who now face drug trafficking charges in New York. Fox News anchors, including Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham, praised the operation, with Hannity suggesting Venezuela owed the US oil and Ingraham calling it a 'needed global reset'.
Kelly, now an independent podcaster, warned against 'cheerleading' US intervention, saying the network's current coverage lacked critical analysis. 'I have seen what happens when you cheerlead, unabashedly, U.S. intervention in foreign countries,' she said, adding that she had been 'burned too many times' to join the Fox News brigade again.
