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Megyn Kelly leaving Fox News for NBC News
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I read the NYT and Wash Post regularly and I don't see any sort of right wing shift happening. I see plenty of articles and columns that are anti Trump, or at least call into question his appointments, potential agenda and how he acts on a daily basis. Not sure where you are seeing the shift for these papers, especially the NYT.
I can't speak for cable networks as I only watch occasionally but I see plenty of anti Trump stuff on CNN and I imagine on MSNBC as well. Again not seeing the shift. NBC hiring Megyn Kelly or having one show pro Trump show on MSNBC, Morning Joe, compared to an entire prime time lineup of liberal content isn't a shift to the right. That's ridiculous.
Da fuq.
Like an actor? That's basically what Fox anchors are paid to be. They're instructed to be characters not journalists. Hannity & Colmes was the textbook example. Conservative alpha male against the nerdy, wimpy Liberal.
I'm intrigued to see how different she is in a new environment.
I'm not saying it was "okay". There is a difference between explaining and excusing.
I'm not saying it is anyone in particular, but it is a common sentiment in this thread and at least some of the people seem to be using it to excuse her.
nature boy
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Drudge "reporting" Tucker Carlson will take the 9pm slot.
O'Reilly - Tucker - Hannity
#fairandbalanced
O'Reilly - Tucker - Hannity
#fairandbalanced
RPGCrazied
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#whitewash. Do they have anyone of color on that network? Haven't seen any.
she isnt.
she is a typical white yuppie feminists and will go hard on people she perceives as harming women, but otherwise she is pretty racist. will be interesting to see if she drops the crazed conservative stuff.
Harris Faulkner.
Never seen this guy before, so I just looked up his picture and have to ask, why is a multimillionaire news anchor going on TV wearing such an obvious wig?
Faulkner and Shep Smith (who deserves better).
RPGCrazied
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What? Shepard Smith is white.
Yikes, yeah you're right. I seriously thought he was half Hispanic for some reason. I must have been thinking of someone else.
Okay, Fox News is even less diverse than I thought 😂
Kevin Corke is a white house correspondent. Juan Williams still contributes and does The Five. Is Uma Pemmaraju still around? Not sure as I don't land there often anymore. Even as someone who leans right in some non social respects, the channel has become largely unwatchable and moreso than any time in the past. Kelly leaving will only make it worse.
broncobuster
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I'm going to be honest, I might get why someone watches O'Reilly. And Hannity likely appeals to the deeply insecure and fails to hide it behind smugness crowd. But who is this audience for Tucker? Even if they're too lazy to reach the clicker, stare at a wall or do anything remotely enriching.
Tucker Carlson is also a guy who got dismantled by Jon Stewart on live TV on his own show ( which was later cancelled in part due to this ) and is still salty about it to this day.
Jon Stewart on Crossfire
lol, I had no idea he was one of the Crossfire guys.
I have no idea what she will do on NBC, but this is just wrong. She wasn't lucky on Fox. She was the obvious choice for next "star" and they started using her everywhere because it worked. Fox has always been afraid of losing her and she's had the leverage for years.
NBC is #2 in news behind ABC. Usually #1 in their evening news and evening magazine style shows.
The NBC deal gives her the schedule she wants, more exposure than cable does, and brings her a higher caché. She pretty much said herself that she wants to be with her little kids more.
NBC gets a new morning product out of it. NBC News looooves their daytime TV. Because they're creating a new product around her, I'm don't think they are thinking of her as a ratings draw.
They seem to want utilize her like CBS utilizes Charlie Rose.
I think I perhaps misunderstood you. If you're questioning her portable draw as opposed to someone like O'Reilly, Beck, or Hannity, you are absolutely right. Kelly is in the anchor mold and I doubt she has a portable audience. This is more akin to Brit Hume moving from ABC to Fox.
The question is can she build an audience on NBC.
ElRenoRaven
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Nope we hadn't. I didn't even know she had left Fox. really do hope this isn't NBC going right wing. Kind of odd to bring this many in all of a sudden.
Bounceounce
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Why are people saying she's the sane one when Shep Smith exists?
I wish he would stop legitimising that network though so that's a point against him.
I wish he would stop legitimising that network though so that's a point against him.
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