Fox News Channel Hires Niece of Martin Luther King Jr

Associated Press: Fox News Channel has hired Alveda King, a niece of the late civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., as a commentator for the network. Alveda King, director of African-American Outreach at Priests for Life, is an anti-abortion activist who has clashed politically with some of her uncle’s former associates. She spoke at a 2010 rally in Washington organized by conservative commentator Glenn Beck. She has said she has been a Democrat and Republican, but now considers herself a Christian.