{"id":10328,"date":"2013-08-08T16:08:17","date_gmt":"2013-08-08T23:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=10328"},"modified":"2013-08-09T09:07:15","modified_gmt":"2013-08-09T16:07:15","slug":"megyn-kelly-nabs-sean-hannitys-timeslot-on-fox-news-per-drudge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=10328","title":{"rendered":"Megyn Kelly Nabs Sean Hannity’s Timeslot On Fox News – Per Drudge"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"MegynAs reported here last month<\/a>, Fox News daytime anchor Megyn Kelly is set to move to primetime when she returns from maternity leave in September. At the time of the announcement there was no indication of which current primetime host would be ousted.<\/p>\n

Today, Matt drudge is reporting that Kelly will be taking over at 9:00pm, the timeslot currently held by Sean Hannity. Drudge may not be the best source for news, but later this afternoon Fox News CEO Roger Ailes was asked about the rumor and, while declining to confirm or deny, pretty much confirmed it. When asked specifically about Hannity, Ailes only offered a vague non-reply saying, “Hannity is a brand that many of our viewers love and want to see, and, as you know, is one of the nicest guys in the building.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Setting aside the fact that Hannity is perhaps the most despised person in the building (Bill O’Reilly won’t even talk to him), Ailes’ obvious dodge is revealing. There is still room for speculation, however. Hannity could be moved to 10:00, and Greta Van Susteren bumped out of primetime – perhaps to 7:00 where Shepard Smith is currently hosting his second hour of the day. Ailes was quoted at an investors meeting saying that “Shep and I have been working quietly on something we will roll out in September on how news is presented, a new way to deliver news.”<\/em> So there is some fluidity in Smith’s future. Rolling out a “new way to deliver news”<\/em> sounds suspiciously like throwing something up on the Internet.<\/p>\n

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In a demonstration of how inept the Fox News team is, they reported<\/a> the news of Kelly’s scheduling by citing the Drudge Report and noting that “A Fox News spokesperson said no official announcement would be made at this time.”<\/em> So apparently Drudge has better sources about Fox News than Fox News does. And don’t expect much to change at the network. As I wrote last month<\/a>…<\/p>\n

“[Fox News] will continue to be rabidly right-wing, with a clearly denoted bias for Republican Party dogma. Kelly\u2019s entry into the club will not change that. In fact, it will congeal the conservative hackery into a younger, more alluring package. But the brain-dead zombies who watch Fox won\u2019t have to worry a bit about whether they will continue to get a daily dose of propaganda devoid of those pesky and annoying facts that make understanding current events so difficult. For them, Kelly will be a comforting and reassuring breath of fresh lies.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Megyn Kelly is nothing more than a younger, prettier, Glenn Beck<\/a>. Her devotion to right-wing propaganda and conspiracy theories is just as strong, however her background in law and her personable presentation makes the disinformation that much more palatable to Fox’s geriatric, white, male audience. Stay tuned for more details.<\/p>\n

[Update]<\/strong> Sean Hannity has commented<\/a> on the programming rumors saying “Let\u2019s just say in the end I\u2019m very happy. That\u2019s all I can say at this point.”<\/em> That sounds like a confirmation that Kelly is pushing him aside and he is spinning it as positive for him. But unless he’s getting O’Reilly’s spot, I can’t see how getting booted out of the timeslot you’ve had since the network launched is a good thing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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