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Megyn Kelly Taken Off Air, Reportedly Being Shopped to Other Networks
Political Insider ^ | October 25, 2018 | Matt

Posted on 10/25/2018 8:07:37 AM PDT by gattaca

Megyn Kelly has been taken off the air during 9am slot on NBC following blowback after she questioned the offensiveness of blackface, angering much of her audience and colleagues at the network.

CNN’s Oliver Darcy, quoting Brian Stelter, (both noted “media experts,”) weighed in on the reports:

Kelly’s comments, which came during a discussion on offensive Halloween costumes, can be viewed below:

In Stelter’s report at CNN, he said that “Kelly’s exit from the 9 a.m. hour of the “Today” show appears to be imminent, according to sources with knowledge of the matter. Kelly will not be hosting her program on Thursday, and she is unlikely to return later, one of the sources said. Friday episodes of her show are usually pre-taped.”

So while Kelly will technically be hosting her show until the end of the week due to pre-tapings, it’ll exclude her starting next week. Yesterday, ahead of this news, Kelly parted with her talent agency CAA and hired attorney Bryan Freedman. “The decision to retain a lawyer may signal a lengthy battle over her contract, which is reportedly valued at $23 million a year. She is in the middle of the second year of a three year contract,” Stelter noted.

CBS also reported that Kelly’s show is in jeopardy this morning:

Kelly is just one year into her $69 million contract, and NBC must be regretting the blunder. The combined salaries of previous hosts Al Roker and Tamron Hall were less than half of Ms. Kelly’s $23 million-a-year payday, and Kelly has averaged 2.4 million viewers an episode, 18% below what they brought in.

Paying more for less is hardly a winning business strategy, and NBC has their hands tied. Do they waste more money on legal fees disputing her contract, or reposition her on another show, risking their ratings too? Given Kelly’s ratings, NBC was probably looking for a catalyst to take her off the air, but even then, they’re financially screwed.


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KEYWORDS: dumbasapost; liberalmedia; media; msm; yourefired
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To: chris37

Megyn hangin’ wif her .itches. And then you won’t believe what happened next.


21 posted on 10/25/2018 8:14:22 AM PDT by Enterprise
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To: gattaca

This tailspin began when she tried to be THE ONE to knock DJT off the campaign trail with her snarky gotcha! try.


22 posted on 10/25/2018 8:15:46 AM PDT by Migraine
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To: gattaca

....and she sided with Kavanaugh, they thought she would side with the attackers because she went after Trump.......glad she took NBC for all that $$$$$, suckers


23 posted on 10/25/2018 8:16:15 AM PDT by sickoflibs ('Equal protection' only applies to illegals not you!)
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To: gattaca

I don’t like this woman but firing her for an unPC opinion is insane. This country has gone completely nuts.


24 posted on 10/25/2018 8:16:31 AM PDT by tuffydoodle (God's character and moral nature are absolute, eternal, and unchanging.)
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To: gattaca
She questioned Trump’s fitness for office because he was Politically Incorrect, now she lost her job for being Politically Incorrect.
25 posted on 10/25/2018 8:16:42 AM PDT by HapaxLegamenon
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Its back to the stripper pole for Megyn


26 posted on 10/25/2018 8:16:54 AM PDT by Zathras
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To: gattaca

Lol, you know if this moron had just left DJT alone and not attacked him in that first debate she would still have her prime time slot on FNC and making millions.

Truly a stupid bit*h.


27 posted on 10/25/2018 8:18:00 AM PDT by billyboy15 (Es)
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To: Enterprise

Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.


28 posted on 10/25/2018 8:18:06 AM PDT by chris37
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To: gathersnomoss

“Embrace the pole...” Now THAT’S funny!


29 posted on 10/25/2018 8:18:18 AM PDT by Migraine
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To: gattaca

I sure hope Fox doesn’t take her back.


30 posted on 10/25/2018 8:18:26 AM PDT by Old Retired Army Guy
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To: Snickering Hound

She has a really big face.


31 posted on 10/25/2018 8:18:58 AM PDT by chris37
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To: gattaca

I sure hope Alex Jones is in the bidding!

And GlennBeck...


32 posted on 10/25/2018 8:19:31 AM PDT by bigbob (Trust Sessions. Trust the Plan.)
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To: gattaca

Love seeing people getting into the #NPC meme. 4chan just draws pictures. NBC, CNN and others are acting it out with real people on live TV. They are ridiculing the left so much better than 4chan can with hilarious but crudely drawn pictures.


33 posted on 10/25/2018 8:19:38 AM PDT by LostPassword
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To: gattaca

She got her payday by the liberal media. At least she drains there coffers...she is also very toxic now. She will show up at some NY parties, be irrelevant some more and nobody will care.


34 posted on 10/25/2018 8:20:17 AM PDT by oust the louse (The LEFT has no principles, it only has goals! They are the party of death, cheating and taxes.)
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To: tuffydoodle

It’s gone full retard. Never go full retard.


35 posted on 10/25/2018 8:20:19 AM PDT by shelterguy
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To: tuffydoodle

It actually doesn’t say that they’re firing her. It says they are shopping around. I’m sure she has a contract which is not violated quite as easily is NBC would think it could be.


36 posted on 10/25/2018 8:20:38 AM PDT by billyboy15 (Es)
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To: gattaca

She’d be a great choice for selling those walk-in bathtubs for Seniors. If that doesn’t work out, she could be the spokesman for VA Home Loans. Opportunity awaits.


37 posted on 10/25/2018 8:20:42 AM PDT by centurion316 (,)
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I was done with Kelly after the Trump debate fiasco.

But I have to admit that during the Kavanaugh hearings she consistently stood up to Chuck Todd and the other NBC lib trolls. They must have had the long knives out for her after that.

They hired her because Trump hated her when they realized she was still a Republican.

Btw, Fox News commentators were hostile to Kavanaugh saying consistently Ford’s claims were “credible.”


38 posted on 10/25/2018 8:22:05 AM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

And bleeds from...everywhere.


39 posted on 10/25/2018 8:23:13 AM PDT by shotgun
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To: bankwalker

“political correctness got her ... how ironic ...”

Yes.


40 posted on 10/25/2018 8:23:21 AM PDT by neverevergiveup
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