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babylonsister

(171,070 posts)
Tue Jan 3, 2017, 01:42 PM Jan 2017

Megyn Kelly to leave Fox News for NBC: report

http://thehill.com/homenews/news/312500-megyn-kelly-to-leave-fox-news-for-nbc-report

Megyn Kelly to leave Fox News for NBC: report
By Elliot Smilowitz - 01/03/17 12:34 PM EST

Anchor Megyn Kelly has decided to leave Fox News to take a position at NBC, The New York Times reported Tuesday.

Kelly will take a “triple role” at NBC, the report said — hosting a daytime news and discussion show, anchoring a Sunday night news show, and being a central part of the network’s special coverage of politics and other big events.

Kelly was the second-most-watched anchor on cable news, behind only Fox’s Bill O’Reilly.
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Megyn Kelly to leave Fox News for NBC: report (Original Post) babylonsister Jan 2017 OP
Wow. DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2017 #1
Haha - I had the same reaction! cilla4progress Jan 2017 #2
Shep and her are the only remotely sane people at FOX DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2017 #6
NBC, the station that airs "The Apprentice" panader0 Jan 2017 #3
+1 Dawson Leery Jan 2017 #8
Watch out Shitgibbon! cwydro Jan 2017 #4
Corporate media is marginally less bullshitty than ideology-driven crazy-ass media. Bucky Jan 2017 #11
Yes. I'm a hopeless optimist lol. cwydro Jan 2017 #12
Ugh. femmocrat Jan 2017 #5
As much as I hate to admit it... TreasonousBastard Jan 2017 #7
Why can't they give Keith Olbermann a shot at it. lpbk2713 Jan 2017 #9
Olbermann has a history of not working well with his executive bosses Bucky Jan 2017 #10
Is Jack Welch still connected with any of the GE orgaization? Jim Beard Jan 2017 #13

cilla4progress

(24,736 posts)
2. Haha - I had the same reaction!
Tue Jan 3, 2017, 01:45 PM
Jan 2017

I don't know how to feel about this? Maybe she will let us in on their dirty secrets. In that case -

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
6. Shep and her are the only remotely sane people at FOX
Tue Jan 3, 2017, 01:48 PM
Jan 2017

Juan and Geraldo are there to be punching bags. I rather have people not stake out liberal positions only to get pushed around.

panader0

(25,816 posts)
3. NBC, the station that airs "The Apprentice"
Tue Jan 3, 2017, 01:46 PM
Jan 2017

No conflict of interest there. Right? NBC is just barely a step up from Fox.

Bucky

(54,020 posts)
11. Corporate media is marginally less bullshitty than ideology-driven crazy-ass media.
Tue Jan 3, 2017, 02:59 PM
Jan 2017

but I suppose going from actively destructive to passively harmless is an improvement of sorts.

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
7. As much as I hate to admit it...
Tue Jan 3, 2017, 01:54 PM
Jan 2017

she's one of the smartest and toughest acts on TV news these days.

If you've noticed, she doesn't take much crap from the wingnuts and cuts their nuts off when they get out of line. I'm not really sure where her politics lie (which is a good thing for newscasters) although I suspect kind of Eisenhower Republican would be close.

Most people who argue with her tend to lose, so this will be interesting to watch.

lpbk2713

(42,759 posts)
9. Why can't they give Keith Olbermann a shot at it.
Tue Jan 3, 2017, 02:10 PM
Jan 2017



Obviously the network is not concerned about biased opinion at their news desks.

Bucky

(54,020 posts)
10. Olbermann has a history of not working well with his executive bosses
Tue Jan 3, 2017, 02:47 PM
Jan 2017

He left ESPN, MSNBC, and CurrentTV under similar clouds. I doubt he'll ever see a serious network gig in his future.

At least he ain't working for RT, tho. I'll bet they approached him at some point.

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