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| Don Surber: Megyn her exit |
| 2018-10-26 |
| As we toast Megyn Kelly on her departure from NBC and sip our Trump Schadenfreude (which tastes like Diet Coke with a slightly stronger New York accent) let us also enjoy watching NBC pay $69 million or so in exit fees to the 21st century's version of Pink Lady and Jeff. Kelly was a lawyer who joined Fox News as a reporter and worked her way to an anchor post. They promoted her to prime-time. She was doing fine until the first Republican presidential debate in August 2015. She picked a fight with Donald John Trump. He ate her up and spit her out like a wad of gum. The transcript shows she broke a rule. A lawyer never asks a question in court that she does not know the answer to. More at the link |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #9 the 21st century's version of Pink Lady and Jeff. "...Now there's a name I haven't heard in a long, long time.." Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2018-10-26 17:36 |
| #8 I read her nickname around Fox was "Me again Kelly." |
| Posted by: Bugs Thud4877 2018-10-26 15:48 |
| #7 #3 Kelly struck me as a climber who would do about anything to get ahead. Not that there's anything wrong with that. |
| Posted by: jpal 2018-10-26 11:44 |
| #6 Raj, make that a minority of at least two. It was the first thing that occurred to me, but I am sometimes cynical. |
| Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2018-10-26 07:48 |
| #5 Surber's Official Trump Schadenfreude list is interesting - 91-Item List |
| Posted by: Bobby 2018-10-26 07:42 |
| #4 $69 million Reward failure and punish success. Not usually a good strategy. However, why not? it's not like the company executives believe in fiduciary responsibility. It's other peoples' money not theirs. Same as their politics. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2018-10-26 07:10 |
| #3 She was tanking and NBC wanted to dump her. She is a multimillionaire as the result. I used to watch her at Fox and then quit watching her about the time all the shenanigans began. Kelly struck me as a climber who would do about anything to get ahead. I never quite understood why these self-important newsreaders got paid so much. So many just present talking points from an agenda which is given to them. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2018-10-26 00:38 |
| #2 It's probably a minority opinion, but walking away with $69 million makes me think she did this on purpose to get out of a job she clearly didn't like at all. That's serious retirement money, even if split amongst ten of us after taxes. |
| Posted by: Raj 2018-10-26 00:35 |
| #1 let us also enjoy watching NBC pay $69 million or so in exit fees My thoughts exactly. Now Megyn can go collect unemployment until someone else is stupid enough to hire her. |
| Posted by: gorb 2018-10-26 00:21 |