FOX’ only semi-respected personality is under courtship from CNN. Is this the result of the Trump Effect?
Megyn Kelly would be given a time slot in direct opposition to her long adversary, Bill O’Reilly. But the problem is money. CNN doesn’t appear to be capable or willing to pay her the 20 million dollar salary offered by FOX Noise.
“He is moving the Himalayan mountains to get her,” a top insider explained to the outlet. “But they are tripped up on money. He simply can’t pay her the $20 million a year FOX has on the table.”
Kelly’s well-reported battles with Donald Trump propelled her into stardom last summer.
Before joining FOX, Kelly was an attorney, and a legitimate television journalist. She worked for an ABC affiliate in Washington D.C. for one year, before joining FOX in 2004. After receiving her own time slot with “The Kelly File” in 2013, she became engaged in a ratings battle with O’Reilly. She occasionally found herself in third place behind O’Reilly and Hannity. Today, with both men losing ratings, she is an important asset for the fake-news network.
Many, including myself, believe that a positive career move is more important for her future than the money she will receive today. Kelly would receive international exposure, and be associated with legitimate and well-known journalists, including Anderson Cooper.
There is no doubt that after multiple charges of sexual harassment were levied against former FOX President Roger Ailes, including one by Kelly, tension within the network ran high. Both O’Reilly and Hannity had close ties to Ailes. The word from insiders is that the network is in flux. O’Reilly has been accused of sexual harassment for the second time, and suspicions that he and Ailes are planning the creation of a new network are circulating throughout the media. Hannity has kissed Trump’s derriere for the last year, virtually begging for a position in his administration, and at the same time angering FOX management.
This is an opportunity for Kelly to legitimize herself as FOX seems to be imploding. The fake-news network is no longer a viable propaganda machine for the GOP. Like the party itself, they are losing credibility with every passing day. They are not acquiring viewers from the largest demographic in our nation; millennials. They don’t trust television, which proves that they are far wiser than most of the American people.
I no longer watch any television news broadcast, with the exception of the local weather forecast. I don’t trust them to tell the truth; offer facts; and refuse to give me their ridiculous opinions. For the most part, they know less than I do.
I have mixed opinions about Kelly. She is obviously an opportunist; defensive; and ambitious. But she has a following which CNN can exploit and compete for ratings with FOX.
Where will the honesty begin? Which of our supposed journalists will tell the truth about Trump and his fascist “circle of sinners?” Someone far better known than myself must give the American people the facts and place the future of our nation first.
Please help me tell the truth and re-post.
Op-Ed
By James Turnage
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