Fox News' Malkin Launches Vicious Personal Attack on Sally Field

Posted by Satyam Khanna at 4:46 AM on September 21, 2007.

This post, written by Satyam Khanna, originally appeared on Think Progress

Since actress Sally Field won an Emmy and spoke out against the Iraq war in her acceptance speech, the right wing has been on the attack. In addition to Fox censoring her speech, conservatives continue to criticize Field for speaking out.

Taking the slander to a very personal level, right-wing blogger Michelle Malkin attacked Field's parenting skills with a column in the National Review entitled "Sally Field Does Not Speak For Me." In it, she writes:

Sally Field is the mom who looks the other way when the brat on the elementary-school slide pushes your son to the ground or throws dirt in your daughter's face.

She's the mom who holds her tongue at the mall when thugs spew profanities and make crude gestures in front of her brood.

She's the mom who tells her child never to point out when a teacher gets her facts wrong.

She's the mom who buys her teenager beer, condoms, and a hotel room on prom night, because she'd rather give in than assert her parental authority and do battle.

Fox and Friends hosted Malkin this morning to promote her hate-filled column. On the show, Malkin -- a mother herself -- posited her theory of parenting: "motherhood should bring a ferocity, and dare I say, make us more violent." :

Fox was overjoyed to have Malkin on the air. Co-host Gretchen Carlson said Malkin's "best line in the article" was about the condoms and beer. Malkin responded, "as a Mom, I know, I've dealt with moms like [Fields], who look the other way."

After a few more exchanges of laughter and contempt, co-host Steve Doocy closed the segment stating, "Hollywood probably thinks you are dangerous and offensive." So do many others.

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Satyam Khanna is a Research Associate for The Progress Report and ThinkProgress.org at the Center for American Progress.