Megyn Kelly’s Murrow moment

[Commentary] Donald Trump has a history of hurling verbal abuses against women that should be condemned by every Republican officeholder at every level of government -- especially GOP women -- and thoroughly reported by those who consider themselves professional journalists. By contrast, Megyn Kelly of Fox News is one of the most fair, objective and professional hosts of any show on television, and in her questioning of Trump during the first GOP presidential debate she rose to a high standard of journalism that’s been uncommon in the media coverage of the 2016 campaign.

By questioning Trump about this behavior, Kelly has assumed the role in the 2016 campaign of Edward R. Murrow, who questioned the demagoguery of Joe McCarthy in the 1950s, and by fiercely defending Kelly against Trump’s spurious attacks against her, Roger Ailes has assumed the role of William S. Paley, the legendary CBS mogul who believed in Murrow.

[Budowsky was an aide to former Sens Lloyd Bentsen (D-TX) and Bill Alexander (D-AR), then chief deputy majority whip of the House]