Under different circumstances, the photo above might not be a big deal. So what if Fox News’s Megyn Kelly was hanging out with CNN’s Don Lemon at 3 a.m., after Democratic National Convention coverage ended? People at rival networks are allowed to be friends, right?
Right. But Kelly’s contract is up after the election, and she has publicly discussed the possibility of leaving Fox News.
“I don’t know what’s going to happen,” Kelly told Variety in April. “I’ve had a great 12 years here, and I really like working for Roger Ailes. I really like my show, and I love my team. But, you know, there’s a lot of brain damage that comes from the job.”…
Any way you look at it, the Ailes saga would seem to make Kelly less likely to remain at Fox News. If she did “really like working for Roger Ailes,” then she just lost a big reason to stay. And if she actually thought he was a bit of a creep — and told investigators as much — then she probably alienated his many allies within the network.
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