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Yep, Megyn Kelly Wants To Return To Fox News

Posted by Ellen -7859.80pc on October 26, 2018 · Flag

According to reports, Megyn Kelly has been hoping to return to Fox News since before the "blackface" debacle - but Fox News doesn’t want her back.

As I’ve repeatedly suggested, Kelly seems to have created quite a few “Megyn moments” aimed at catching the approving eye of Fox News of late. If there’s one thing Kelly excels at, it’s creating “Megyn moments” designed to get attention. I suspect her “blackface” fiasco was part of the same effort, except that this one backfired and blew up in her face.

Yesterday, reporter Gabriel Sherman confirmed my hunches in Vanity Fair:

Weeks before the blackface imbroglio that resulted in her being pulled off the air, Megyn Kelly was looking for a way out of NBC. Her relationship with the peacock network had badly soured—in truth, it had never been good—and Kelly told friends she wanted to return to Fox News, according to two Fox News sources familiar with her thinking. “She wants to come back,” a person close to Kelly told me. Over the past month, according to two sources with knowledge of Kelly’s programming decisions, she made comments on air that would burnish her right-wing credentials for a prospective Fox homecoming. For instance, she vigorously defended Brett Kavanaugh on multiple occasions, calling Dr. Christine Blasey Ford a “Democrat donor” who was represented by a “well-known Democratic activist.”

Would Fox take her? The answer right now appears to be no. Sherman notes that Kelly has antagonized the Murdochs by rejecting their $25 million a year in favor of moving to NBC and that she has antagonized her former coworkers there by exploiting her feud with Donald Trump and the sexual harassment accusations against former CEO Roger Ailes to burnish her phony “independent journalist” image.

Then there’s the question of how Kelly would fit in with the network that is now Trump TV. Even as she attacked Kavanaugh’s detractors, Kelly took a mocking swipe at Trump, making it clear she’s still not a fan. Trump world seems to dislike her just as much. The Daily Beast wrote about Kelly’s dim prospects of returning to Fox:

For one thing, there is no room for her on the programming lineup. “We are extremely happy with our entire lineup,” Fox News said in a statement. For another, she left the top-rated cable outlet amid a series of controversies—including her accusation against the disgraced Ailes—that left a bad taste among some of her colleagues.

“This is what happens when you tilt the universe with lies @ Megynkelly,” tweeted @DarlaShine, which was the account of Darla Shine—the wife of White House communications director Bill Shine, who was Ailes’ second-in-command when Kelly worked at Fox—that she deleted after previous highly controversial comments and recently reactivated.

Bill Shine is not just a high-level Trump official and Ailes ally, he’s a pal of Sean Hannity, Trump’s “unofficial chief of staff” and the unofficial head of FNC these days.

However, Kelly does have at least one Fox person in her corner, as you can see in the tweet below:

(Kelly image via screen grab)

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Since she’s made an apparently heartfelt apology for grossly misguided remarks, how about showing some mercy to an otherwise good person?Hope she comes back to Fox.

— Geraldo Rivera (@GeraldoRivera) October 25, 2018

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Antoinette commented 2018-10-29 14:02:01 -0400 · Flag
The suits at the Foxies have cut ties with Megyn. She could turn up at NewsMax, OAN, or other lower-ranked network, but her brand name is damaged.

If she was a smart cookie, she launch her own show on YouTube.
Eyes On Fox commented 2018-10-27 11:53:57 -0400 · Flag
Megyn’s ratings while at Fox understandably would attract attention from media execs at rival networks. But even the most superficial analysis should
have uncovered the fact this popularity isn’t transferable.

On Fox News, she sat wearing a short skirt behind a glass topped table for a reason. It’s mainly an older, male audience ogling the rare attractive right-winger female raging their favorite talking points. So why did NBC think her ‘talents’ would transfer well to a (mostly) apolitical morning show targeting mostly women? My local news morning show is more interesting and relevant to my life than the crap Megyn covered.

It’s telling Megyn of late dipped into the well of right-wing topics and talking points reliving her time as being a shill on Fox News. Rumors that she’s sending signals to her former network she wants to return sound credible. Megyn’s problem is, not only did she leave a bad taste in Fox News’ mouth before she left, but she’s tarnished her reputation during her tenure at NBC. Her value as a host has plummeted at a time when Fox News leads in cable ratings in prime time. So why take her back?
Willy Grooters commented 2018-10-27 11:49:57 -0400 · Flag
- Did Kelly really think she could return to FAUX News ? after everything all the conflicts between Kelly & Faux News ?
Richard Santalone commented 2018-10-27 09:06:01 -0400 · Flag
@ Jan Hall Hmmmmmmmmmmmm, speaking of “White Santa”, here’s an ancient off-color joke (no pun intended):

Q: Why doesn’t “White Santa” have any children?

A: Because he only “comes” once a year and he brings a “bag”!

:D
John McKee commented 2018-10-26 17:10:12 -0400 · Flag
From a liberal POV, the more schisms that open up between personalities and factions on the despicable right, the better. Let them fight and feud their way into irrelevance while people who really care about the future of America and the world get on with making some long overdue changes.
scooter commented 2018-10-26 14:49:53 -0400 · Flag
HA! Told ya! I hope FOX does take her back – it’s the cesspool she belongs in.
Jan Hall commented 2018-10-26 13:56:09 -0400 · Flag
Just 62 days until Megyn’s “White Santa” returns.








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