Cenk Uygur
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Megyn 'Santa And Jesus Are White' Kelly A Victim Of Race-Baiting
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December 17, 2013
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7:41Now Playing"Megyn Kelly said Friday evening she was making offhand and "tongue-in-cheek" comments about Santa Claus and Jesus Christ being white, and that the controversy over the segment is a result of "race-baiting" while the real debate was lost.
Devoting more than 15 minutes of "The Kelly File" to the subject and bringing on two panelists to discuss the reaction, Kelly said the original Wednesday segment was just a way to bring some humor to her show.
"I realize that the piece by [Aisha] Harris which went on to argue that Santa should be a penguin was also tongue in cheek. That's in part why we covered the story in the first place," Kelly said. "Humor is part of what we try to bring to the show. Sometimes that's lost on the humorless.""* The Young Turks hosts Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian break it down.
*Read more here from Dylan Byers / Politico:
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