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Megyn Kelly to NBC for $15million/yr

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The head of the NBC news division promised Megyn that he'd buy her dinner before trying to ram his tongue down her throat.
 
This is not a career advancement, but more like a self initiated demotion. NBC has nowhere near the viewership as where she is leaving. Frankly, it doesn't matter to me, as I can't stand her.
 
She looks real good for her age. I'll give her that.

She was on Terry Gross's Fresh Air on NPR last month and was fairly frank. I gained a little bit more respect for her after that but she has a ways to go.
 
Maybe she is going to improve NBC's ratings. Regardless of the haters on this forum she does have a huge following.
 
Commodus said:
Thanks for your constructive, intelligent response.

Never mind that it's widely documented that Fox serves as a mouthpiece for the Republican party, and that both Murdoch and (at least until recently) Ailes insist that their political views are manifested in every media outlet they run...
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your words were that fox demands absolute devotion to the GOP. that is 100% false. Shepard smith is a democrat and in my opinion one of the best front man in the industry. there are other democrats who are and were anchors on fox but dont let the facts get in the way of being a left loon.
 
compuwiz1 said:
This is not a career advancement, but more like a self initiated demotion. NBC has nowhere near the viewership as where she is leaving. Frankly, it doesn't matter to me, as I can't stand her.
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15 million dollars is obviously enough to retire on. Her demotion could have her retired at a young age should she chose to. I'm going to cry a lot of tears for her plight.
 
OutHouse said:
your words were that fox demands absolute devotion to the GOP. that is 100% false. Shepard smith is a democrat and in my opinion one of the best front man in the industry. there are other democrats who are and were anchors on fox but dont let the facts get in the way of being a left loon.
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This.

I think the term is Balanced.
 
pcgeek11 said:
This.

I think the term is Balanced.
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desire to be "balanced" is an embrace of the false notion that there are two sides to every story. In the pursuit of this inherently false notion, one must strive to invent a 2nd side in situations where none exists, in order to preserve that "balance" and perpetuate the false narrative.

This is the inherent fault of cable news and the 24-hour TV news model.
 
Damned good money in hating Trump. I wish I had the legs for it.

I wish her well and congratulate her for simultaneously raising the IQ of two networks. (And yes, I am joking as I could not name a half dozen people still at either.)
 
zinfamous said:
desire to be "balanced" is an embrace of the false notion that there are two sides to every story. In the pursuit of this inherently false notion, one must strive to invent a 2nd side in situations where none exists, in order to preserve that "balance" and perpetuate the false narrative.

This is the inherent fault of cable news and the 24-hour TV news model.
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Of course there are two sides to every story. At least. For example, in the story about Hillary's private email server there was Hillary's side, and Hillary's new side after the first one was revealed to be all lies.
 
pcgeek11 said:
I have no idea why someone would move from a position on top to go to a network as bad as NBC.
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No worries, we're all pretty used to you having no idea.

It really shouldn't surprise anyone that an attractive female pundit would want to switch to a work place without a clear culture of sexual harassment like Fox.
 
FIVR said:
Good, good. MSNBC could use some more attractive anchors and hopefully they fire chuck todd and replace him with her.
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Chuck seems like a nice guy but he's not much of a hard nose reporter. He was ok as a White house news reporter but on the desk in interviews he is far to timid.
 
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To try to swing this back on topic, any news (or speculation) whose show at MSNBC is going to be dropped to make room for this new highly paid talent? My bets are with the current 10PM or 11PM shows.
 
werepossum said:
Of course there are two sides to every story. At least. For example, in the story about Hillary's private email server there was Hillary's side, and Hillary's new side after the first one was revealed to be all lies.
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You don't honestly believe that, do you, or are you just trying to make a "funny"?
 
soundforbjt said:
From what I've heard she wants a daytime show.
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Yep. This is apparently a big thing for her in a NYT article a month or two ago- have a show where she could spend more time with her family, like dinners and seeing her kids off to school. An evening show really precluded being able to do the former.
 
What can you do with 20 mil that you can't do with 15? Good for her finding a job that gives her a better life to work balance ratio.
 
werepossum said:
Of course there are two sides to every story. At least. For example, in the story about Hillary's private email server there was Hillary's side, and Hillary's new side after the first one was revealed to be all lies.
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No, there aren't. Sometimes, but not always.

To paraphrase: you're entitled to your own opinions, but not your own facts. There are times when ascertaining the truth is difficult, but one of the greatest problems in the media (and not just at Fox) is a tendency to act as if both sides always have similar weight, even when it's clear that only one side is true. During the election, a common gripe was that the media legitimized Trump's near-constant lies and unsubstantiated claims by repeating them while doing little or nothing to question their accuracy. That was "balanced," but not the truth. And journalism is only supposed to be interested in reporting the truth.

I'm reminded of the whole furor over science textbooks in the South. Creationists try to force intelligent design into textbooks to "teach the controversy," but there is no controversy: creationism is imaginary, evolution is a scientifically demonstrable fact. Just because people disagree loudly doesn't mean their opinions have merit.
 
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Thebobo said:
Chuck seems like a nice guy but he's not much of a hard nose reporter. He was ok as a White house news reporter but on the desk in interviews he far to timid.
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Chuck sucks because he lets every Trump apologist he interviews walk all over him and then at the end of every interview he gives them a 2 minute uninterrupted speech where they can go over all their talking points. I haven't seen him personally make a single insightful observation in years. He is IMO the worst of the MSNBC hosts on right now.


If she was going to CNN I'd say get rid of Smerconish.
 
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