Melanie Morgan on media scrutiny
From Melanie Morgan: Al Franken harassed me after TV appearance · · Fox News
“The media and political class built Al Franken up with fluffy coverage so he never had to worry about being scrutinized. But his actual background is unbelievable, including writing a column for Playboy called Pornorama with content we cannot discuss here. This shows the depravity behind his comedy and mindset.”
On , Melanie Morgan, Executive Vice President and Director of Corporate Communications & Marketing at TRUSTMARK CORP, spoke about media scrutiny during Melanie Morgan: Al Franken harassed me after TV appearance on Fox News.
About Melanie Morgan
In September 2018, Melanie Morgan, then a co-founder of Media Equalizer, appeared on Fox News's "The Ingraham Angle" to discuss her experiences with then-Senator Al Franken. Morgan stated that in August 2000, after a joint appearance on the Bill Maher show, Franken followed her to the green room, became aggressive, and later obtained her phone number from a producer and called her at home. She said she found the behavior "creepy and disturbing" and threatened to call the police. Morgan said she had discussed the incident on her San Francisco radio show at the time but that people "didn't seem to care about that sort of behavior until just recently." During the same interview, Morgan criticized Franken's past writings, including a 1995 New York magazine article in which Franken described giving pills to journalist Lesley Stahl and then raping her while she was unconscious. Morgan characterized this as speaking to "the mindset of the man." She also questioned why Minnesota voters had elected Franken to the Senate, while acknowledging the election was fair, and argued that the media had given Franken "fluffy coverage" that shielded him from scrutiny.