Megyn Kelly Hits Fmr NBC Colleagues Joe and Mika, Reflects on Trump Attacks in New Interview

[JoeOtterbein]

Mediaite

By Josh Feldman Dec 13th, 2019, 8:19 pm

Former Fox News/NBC News anchor Megyn Kelly sat down for an interview with Frontline for the upcoming PBS documentary America’s Great Divide: From Obama to Trump.

Kelly talked about the Obama era and how it led into the Trump era, including the particular role of Fox News. Kelly, of course, was infamously attacked by then-candidate Donald Trump for months after her question about his treatment of/comments towards women at a debate.

She again reflected on that time in her life, how Roger Ailes reacted at the time to Trump’s attacks on Fox, how “Breitbart kept lightning the fire,” and how Trump himself kept it going because it was a “good storyline” for him.

At one point in the interview — first flagged by The Daily Beast — Kelly was reflecting on how much attention Trump got from the media in the early days of his candidacy, when people weren’t sure how seriously to take him.

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[cwydro]

1. Isn't there a movie coming out about her?

I read something about it.

[Tanuki]

5. The movie is called Bombshell

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2019/12/12/movies/bombshell-review.amp.html

"Bright and bouncy until it turns grim, “Bombshell” is a fictionalized account of the women who brought down Roger Ailes, the chairman and chief executive of Fox News. Helped bring him down is probably more accurate given that he was ousted by Rupert Murdoch, who founded Fox News in 1996 before handing the reins to Ailes. Since then, the network has become a ratings powerhouse and hothouse of right-wing talking points, a sea of white faces and dolled-up women in skirts and high heels. Ailes is now gone but the talking points, high ratings, skirts and heels remain.

The movie’s title is clever, cleverness being its modus operandi. The story, after all, is about female employees who, with icy smiles and iron ambition, worked for a conservative political force who institutionalized the harassment of women. So, how do you make heroines out of characters that some in the audience will see as deeply compromised if not outright villainous? For starters, you cast on the offensive by having Charlize Theron play Megyn Kelly, Nicole Kidman do Gretchen Carlson and Margot Robbie break hearts as the fictional Kayla Pospisil."...(more)

[PJMcK]

2. She's irrelevant

Bimbo

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8. It would be nice to avoid sexism

[PJMcK]

13. I'm sorry, is bimbo sexist?

If so, I sincerely apologize.

However, Megan Kelly is an empty vessel who should be thrown on the trash heap of American political discourse. Her long-time support of the Republican party line disqualifies her from any benefit of doubt. Her consistent attacks on Democrats shows that she's nothing more than either 1) a Republican party hack or 2) a simpleton who only reads the words someone else puts in front of her.

No matter what her GPA was or her IQ actually is, she's an fool. For example, when she made the claim that Santa is "just white," she jumped some shark and demonstrated her innate ridiculousness. And that was only one small example.

Regardless, she doesn't contribute anything positive to our national dialog.

Like Trump, she's an idiot.

Again, my apologies and thanks for enlightening me.

[dem4decades]

3. That's pretty funny. Trump enablers get thrown under the bus.

The Republican party didn't mind this horse shit before and they'll be back on board after.

[StarfishSaver]

4. Reporters interviewing each other

[Me.]

6. She Is Right About This

“MSNBC, I mean, the morning show over there now hates Trump’s guts, and every day they’re out there attacking him. But they were part of the reason he became the Republican nominee. You know, Joe Scarborough and Mika, they loved Trump, they promoted Trump every day. I remember watching it thinking, ‘Wow, what is it about Trump that got them on board so early?’

[JoeOtterbein]

7. +1000!

That was the real killer quote!

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9. yeah she surely is

I am glad they figured out how awful he is, but it sure would have been nice if they found it out sooner.

[Me.]

10. Wonder What Turned Them

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11. actually he insulted Mika via tweet

[Me.]

12. Something Must've Happened To Start Him Afer Them

and then they retaliated