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New Role Puts Anchor in Fox News Spotlight (Megyn Kelly)
New York Times ^ | 1/31/10 | BRIAN STELTER

Posted on 02/02/2010 1:41:07 AM PST by Daisyjane69

First “America’s Newsroom.” Then “America’s Election Headquarters.” And on Monday, Megyn Kelly will begin anchoring a third all-about-America newscast, “America Live.”

Megyn Kelly, who will be the solo anchor for an afternoon program starting Monday, is a centerpiece of the news side of Fox News.

We’re big on America here at Fox,” Ms. Kelly said in an interview last week.

And America, or at least a big chunk of it, is big on Fox News, which is coming off its highest-rated year ever. That record is largely attributable to right-wing opinion-mongers like Glenn Beck and Bill O’Reilly, whose bluster sometimes distracts from the newscasts that make up Fox’s daytime schedule.

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To: Daisyjane69
Much better..P>
21 posted on 02/02/2010 2:19:58 AM PST by maddog55 (OBAMA, Why stupid people shouldn't vote.)
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To: Daisyjane69
But there is no concealing the rise of Ms. Kelly, a 39-year-old lawyer who is becoming a solo anchor for the first time. She seems to be progressing through Fox’s star-making machinery, which has turned news anchors like Shepard Smith into household names.

Ms. Kelly appears weekly on Mr. O’Reilly’s opinion program, often putting her legal background to use. Inside the News Corporation, the owner of Fox, Ms. Kelly has been mentioned as a leading candidate for a prime-time anchor job. Fox’s contract with Greta Van Susteren, the longtime 10 p.m. anchor, is up at the end of the year.

Shepard Smith is a household name? What sick household is that? They ought to give Megyn his show.

22 posted on 02/02/2010 2:20:30 AM PST by iowamark
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To: Lancey Howard

That’s definitly not her...


23 posted on 02/02/2010 2:21:58 AM PST by maddog55 (OBAMA, Why stupid people shouldn't vote.)
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To: Rocky

I mean isn’t it amazing to hear an American broadcaster say “We’re big on America here at Fox” ??

A simple, yet magnificent phrase.


24 posted on 02/02/2010 2:29:37 AM PST by Daisyjane69 (Michael Reagan: "Welcome back, Dad, even if you're wearing a dress and bearing children this time)
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To: Daisyjane69
"That record is largely attributable to right-wing opinion-mongers...."

As opposed to the likes of MSNBC and CNN, not o mention the alphabet nets whose anchors always play it straight down the middle..

25 posted on 02/02/2010 2:37:22 AM PST by 101voodoo
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To: Daisyjane69

Megan, should be a hit. She counters the softpaw Shepard Smith, whom they need to appease the libs that watch. She reminds me of that girl that one dates, where you can’t put anything past her, as she looks askance at just about everything you say....but once you hook her, watch out...she’s yours....The guy she married should be one proud dude....Compare her to a Katie Couric who should be relegated to some obscure cable channel to do inane interviews with the usual assortment of draft dodgers, pimps and othe liberal idiots...like Dan Rather and that nightline dope did.

I’d say Beck and O’Reilly have the beat of independents not the far right wingers...

Hannity is annoying on his radio to the point that I can’t stand him. He whines like a hybrid of himself and Mark Levin. It’s the same diatribe each day, but on TV I love his bantering with the libs on there. He has a couple black guys on there occasionally, one conservative the other liberal but in a funny way....They ARE GREAT TO WATCH.

Beckel??? Wish he were on our side, but he’s not... and never will be...as that gray haired Irishman...(what’s his name)...They took that Kristin Powers (?) off of there, because she was so left, her mental illness showed.

Then there’s Stossel and Geraldo....not mention the great panel with Charles K....and the other anchors...nice mix there. Hope they never leave, as they provide the real balance.

IT’s easy to see why the channel is soooooo popular....There is someone for everybody....

I had a first date the other night with a beautiful gal....After the first glass of wine, I “carefully” asked her...”So, what are your politics?” She replied, “I’m a Fox News girl.” The evening was like a long pleasant down hill ski run from there...had a blast!....

That my friends should say it all.


26 posted on 02/02/2010 2:38:52 AM PST by nikos1121 (Praying for minus 24 today....at least minus 23...)
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To: Lancey Howard

Is that her? I don’t think so...


27 posted on 02/02/2010 2:39:29 AM PST by nikos1121 (Praying for minus 24 today....at least minus 23...)
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To: iowamark

“Shepard Smith is a household name? What sick household is that?”

I love the mornings on FR. I get a cup of coffee and the banter, like from people like you crack me up....


28 posted on 02/02/2010 2:41:47 AM PST by nikos1121 (Praying for minus 24 today....at least minus 23...)
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To: Daisyjane69
"And America, or at least a big chunk of it, is big on Fox News, which is coming off its highest-rated year ever. That record is largely attributable to right-wing opinion-mongers like Glenn Beck and Bill O’Reilly, whose bluster sometimes distracts from the newscasts that make up Fox’s daytime schedule."

Beck is definitely not bluster IMO, he is concerned about our country and does an outstanding job conveying why he and we should be and are concerned. O'Blowhard..."Its all about me."

29 posted on 02/02/2010 2:50:06 AM PST by RushLake (Liberalism--Domestic terrorism financed by your tax dollars.)
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To: nikos1121

Good points, all. And congrats. heh :)

One other thing. Not sure how many parents will end up reading this thread. And perhaps I am assuming facts not in evidence...but this move tells me (at least) something about how R. Ailes is running this ship. (Hint: very well)

I can tell you, if you were the parent of a newborn and you were given a choice of which hours during a normal business day to work...from 1-3pm would be IT. Most newborns are completely crapped out at that time. Megyn Kelly is prolly able to do much of her prep work at home. I have long suspected that Fox News isn’t only somewhat conservative and friendly in name only.

We have the Jennifer Griffin thing “I have a tumor that’s growing faster than an al-Qaeda cell in Somalia.”

We have the Janice Dean and Neil Cavuto thing. Both have MS. I remember when Dean had a babysitter issue last year and had to bring her child to work. She thanked R. Ailes profusely on the air for letting her bring the kid to work, and then grabbed the kid to show the little tyke on the air, waving to the camera.

Perhaps to Ailes himself. LOL


30 posted on 02/02/2010 2:56:44 AM PST by Daisyjane69 (Michael Reagan: "Welcome back, Dad, even if you're wearing a dress and bearing children this time)
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To: Daisyjane69

I’m really glad Megyn Kelly has her own show. She stops the spin much better than O’Blowhard. I think Fox News should bring back E.D. Hill b/c I really liked her a lot, too.


31 posted on 02/02/2010 3:10:21 AM PST by Lilyjuslan
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To: Lancey Howard
Huh... Yeah, looking at the face, maybe that’s NOT Megyn.

LOL!

You were temporarily blinded by her cleavage Lancey.

32 posted on 02/02/2010 3:29:19 AM PST by Semper Mark (Life is a series of sucker punches. Protect yourself at all times.)
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To: RushLake

Beck is definitely not bluster IMO<<

Beck is theatrical no doubt but he is primarily a teacher of truth!!

The truth sounds like bluster to the left, who always fall for lies ie: BO LIC


33 posted on 02/02/2010 3:35:41 AM PST by timetostand (Ya say ya wanna revolution -- OK!)
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To: 101voodoo

As opposed to the likes of MSNBC and CNN, not o mention the alphabet nets whose anchors always play it straight down the middle..

And of course the source of this fine article is above reproach....so long as it is used to line a birdcage or train a puppy.


34 posted on 02/02/2010 3:49:04 AM PST by Nekman (One Big Ass Mistake America...How's that Hope/Change thingy working out?)
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To: Daisyjane69

“right-wing opinion-mongers like Glenn Beck and Bill O’Reilly,...”

BOR? Right Wing opinion monger? Not likely... Author needs to do some more research on that one.


35 posted on 02/02/2010 3:51:59 AM PST by PubliusMM (RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion. 01-20-2013: Change we can look forward to.)
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To: iowamark
Shepard Smith is a household name?

Don't use his name daily, but we flush them down daily in this household.

36 posted on 02/02/2010 3:59:00 AM PST by listenhillary (FU Cass Sunstein - You are the embodiment of evil)
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To: Lancey Howard

That’s not her.


37 posted on 02/02/2010 4:02:14 AM PST by Jackknife (Chuck Norris grinds his coffee with his teeth, and boils his water with his rage)
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To: Lancey Howard

“Yeah, looking at the face, maybe that’s NOT Megyn.”

What face? They have a face?


38 posted on 02/02/2010 4:05:48 AM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: Daisyjane69

Please let her replace Shep Smith. That man is as sharp as a ball of yarn.


39 posted on 02/02/2010 4:26:19 AM PST by rbg81 (DRAIN THE SWAMP!!)
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To: Daisyjane69

That is not Megyn Kelley.


40 posted on 02/02/2010 4:35:29 AM PST by dandiegirl
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