From a July 26 Associated Press article:

Kelly, host of her own daytime show at Fox, had the first media interview with J. Christian Adams, a former Justice Department lawyer angry about the Obama administration's handling of the case. Adams alleged his bosses have no interest in civil rights cases unless minorities are adversely affected, a charge the administration denies.

A criminal investigation into the Philadelphia episode was dropped by the Bush administration, but the Obama administration obtained a narrower civil court order against the conduct than Bush officials had sought.

Kelly followed the story so relentlessly that she perhaps goaded the Obama administration into its bungling of the Shirley Sherrod case, much like a baserunner dancing off third base who distracts a pitcher into a balk. (The administration pressured agriculture department official Sherrod into resigning over remarks that seemed racially biased, only to apologize later when it was discovered that the opposite was true.)

Most Fox News Channel shows have followed the Black Panther case, but Kelly's “America Live” midday show has spent the most time on it.

[...]

“I don't know why anyone who would reasonably look at this story and didn't want to exploit racial tensions would continue running this story,” said Ari Rabin-Havt, a Media Matters representative. Rabin-Havt, whose employer has criticized The Associated Press for even examining Adams' accusations, said the press “shouldn't be covering this because there's nothing there.”

Previously:

Fox's Kelly deceptively cites DOJ testimony to further Adams' attacks

Kelly's obsession with phony scandal is just the latest “hint of her political outlook”

REPORT: Fox News has hyped phony New Black Panthers scandal at least 95 times