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BREAKING: Megyn Kelly Leaving FOX?… Ailes Author Says “She Wants to Go Mainstream”
Gateway Pundit ^ | 8/27/15 | Jim Hoft

Posted on 08/28/2015 3:14:18 AM PDT by markomalley

Author Gabriel Sherman went on with Steve Malzberg on NewsMax TV Thursday.fox moderators

Sherman wrote The Loudest Voice in the Room in 2014 on FOX News President Roger Ailes. Today he told Malzberg that Megyn Kelly wants to go mainstream and is keeping her options open.

From the interview:

Gabriel Sherman: In the days after the debate all of the emails and messages that FOX News was getting from their viewers were pro-Trump emails. Roger Ailes and his executives at FOX were shocked at the volume of the response. And, they really didn’t know what to do because their audience loves Trump. And yet FOX by all measures really hammered him. So they were sort of treating him with kid gloves until this interview when he came forward and questioned her vacation. That’s when they released a statement and compared him to conspiracy theories… Roger Ailes has never really faced an adversary like Donald Trump. Donald Trump doesn’t play by his rules so Ailes does not know what to do. This week he decided to come out and hit him…

Steve Malzberg: You also talk about in this piece the conspiracy theories that this is all setting up down the road the big Megyn Kelly – Donald Trump sit-down. And this is somehow being, if not coordinated, discussed by Ailes and Trump… Why is Megyn Kelly not firing back at this point?

Gabriel Sherman: Well, she, up until this point, was the fastest rising star at FOX News. She was really becoming the face of the network. And, I don’t think she wants to get down in the weeds and the gutter and play this kind of hardball politics.

Steve Malzberg: Because she’ll lose.

Gabriel Sherman: Or, she wants to, part of this is she wants to go mainstream. There was some talk before her most recent contract that she was flirting with CNN to kind of jump from FOX to CNN. And, I think she wants to leave all options on the table. If she gets down in the weeds and slugs it out with Trump that will hurt her brand.

Via NewsMax TV:

(video at link)


TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: 2016election; ailes; demagogicparty; election2016; fox; foxnews; jorgeramos; lamestream; malzberg; megyn; megyncnn; megynkelly; megynratings; megyntrump; memebuilding; newyork; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills; rogerailes; stevemalzberg; trump; univision
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To: ThePatriotsFlag

Yeah, CNNI was a channel I watched often while working in Germany near Frankfurt in 1996. I remember liking Katy Haswell, the British newsgirl “anchorette”.


81 posted on 08/28/2015 5:37:48 AM PDT by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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To: Resettozero
In other ways, she is maturing rapidly.

LOL....your post reminded me of the scene in Cousin Vinny....her "biological clock is ticking" - but of course, Megyn's not worried about having babies.....

82 posted on 08/28/2015 5:38:05 AM PDT by C. Edmund Wright (WTF? How Karl Rove and the Establishment Lost...Again)
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To: markomalley

I have kept my tongue on this whole Megyn Kelly deal, but last night it sure seemed to me that she was siding with, or at the very least was sympathetic to the gun control nut they had on last night. That really opened my eyes to Kelly.


83 posted on 08/28/2015 5:38:25 AM PDT by Obadiah (Mr. Obama, the time for honoring yourself will soon be at an end.)
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To: markomalley

So my gut instincts were right all along. wow.


84 posted on 08/28/2015 5:38:45 AM PDT by huldah1776
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To: ThePatriotsFlag

Bret is very pedestrian and vanilla and unimpressive on Special Report to me.

Brit was awesome til about 2006 - now he’s down down down hill all the way.


85 posted on 08/28/2015 5:38:54 AM PDT by C. Edmund Wright (WTF? How Karl Rove and the Establishment Lost...Again)
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To: markomalley

I really hate to see her fall after watching her climb all these years. But she's doubling down on her error. As a God-fearing Christian, I was offended by her snarky hit question on Ted Cruz. If she insists on climbing a broken ladder, she'll find herself at the foot of it eventually. And that would be a shame.


86 posted on 08/28/2015 5:39:09 AM PDT by so_real ( "The Congress of the United States recommends and approves the Holy Bible for use in all schools.")
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To: A CA Guy

Forget being fair and balanced. Who needs to hear lies? Just tell the truth!


87 posted on 08/28/2015 5:41:45 AM PDT by huldah1776
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To: markomalley
Not sure if anyone posted this yet ...

Breitbart: Megyn Kelly: The First Casualty in Donald Trump’s ‘Asymmetric’ War on Fox News

... it is unrelated to this Malzberg interview. However, it is the most thorough article yet written on the Trump-FOX-Megyn battle. And it is HUGE.

88 posted on 08/28/2015 5:42:10 AM PDT by Democratic-Republican
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To: C. Edmund Wright
...your post reminded me of the scene in Cousin Vinny...

And your response reminded me of Marisa's joy and happiness with Mel's mind-reading ability in What Women Want.
89 posted on 08/28/2015 5:48:11 AM PDT by Resettozero
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To: markomalley

Kelly is now a poison pill. Ailes has to get rid of her before she takes down the entire FOX network. CNN, a network already wallowing in the bottom of the pig pen, is a likely destination for her.


90 posted on 08/28/2015 5:55:35 AM PDT by sergeantdave
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To: sergeantdave
Ailes has to get rid of her before she takes down the entire FOX network.

Too late. Phat Roger Arse has placed that FNC wrecking machine into motion and has no idea how to turn it off.

This network will self-destruct in five-four-three...
91 posted on 08/28/2015 6:00:44 AM PDT by Resettozero
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To: csmusaret

You’re absolutely right.


92 posted on 08/28/2015 6:15:21 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: markomalley
CNN has Erin Burnett who is an actual journalist. Plus she is not hard on the eyes either.

I am thinking this is old news and that CNN found it's new anchor in Burnett.

93 posted on 08/28/2015 6:21:29 AM PDT by jpsb (Believe nothing until it has been officially denied)
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To: Smokin' Joe

She doesn’t want to go mainstream, Trump and Ailes are friends and she is getting booted out. IMHO


94 posted on 08/28/2015 6:31:50 AM PDT by g.orwell
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To: oldvirginian

If I were casting for a remake of the old show with new characters, I’d cast her as a underhanded, egotistical, do anything to anybody for advancement, backstabbing, social climber news reader.........................


95 posted on 08/28/2015 6:33:52 AM PDT by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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To: g.orwell

I wondered if the interview with the boyfriend and father of the slain reporter was an audition for MSNBC.


96 posted on 08/28/2015 6:39:22 AM PDT by Califreak (Hope and Che'nge is killing U.S. Feel the Trump-mentum!(insert ireallysupportCruzdisclaimerhere/))
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

Trump topics -- first, the ALL CAPS section: Jorge Ramos, Rickie Martin, and Jeb: with Ted Cruz: and the rest:
97 posted on 08/28/2015 6:58:36 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
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To: jpsb
CNN has Erin Burnett who is an actual journalist.

She is an actual journalist???

While at CNBC, didn't she say that George W. Bush looked like a monkey?

She left CNBC shortly thereafter for CNN who appreciates her "style of journalism."

98 posted on 08/28/2015 7:11:09 AM PDT by JohnG45
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To: JohnG45

“Earlier this week I was on MSNBC, on Morning Joe, and I made a bad attempt at humor…I said something stupid, I just want to make sure I apologize if I offended anyone. I do have the upmost respect for the President, I hope he has a great weekend, and Chris, I hope you do too,” Burnett said.


99 posted on 08/28/2015 7:24:01 AM PDT by jpsb (Believe nothing until it has been officially denied)
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To: JohnG45

Probably all rumors….to help ratings..????


100 posted on 08/28/2015 7:24:27 AM PDT by Hojczyk
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