Megyn Kelly....When mediocrity and whiteness come together [View all]

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http://www.theroot.com/sunday-night-with-megyn-kelly-is-what-happens-when-medi-1795811244/amp
(By Michael Arceneaux)
"The most frustrating thing about Megyn Kelly’s new NBC show is that it exists. In the promos leading up to the premiere of Sunday Night With Megyn Kelly, the former Fox News propagandist quips that Santa Claus is still white.

It is supposed to come across as a self-deprecating joke about the kind of controversy she caused at the conservative station, but all it does is remind you how smug, condescending and, yes, racist Kelly showed herself to be throughout her stint at Fox News.

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It was tough in that Putin is a murderous autocrat and noticeably made mention of Kelly’s young daughter in a panel Kelly moderated prior to their sit-down interview. Yeah, it’s tough in that Putin has no qualms about killing journalists like Kelly, but not so much in terms of Kelly’s interview skills. Putin was Putin: arrogant, willfully dishonest, and more or less rubbing his dick on the forehead of the United States of America.
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Kelly isn’t exceptional enough to warrant this show; nor has Kelly done anything to immediately warrant her ability to just push Tamron Hall and Al Roker out of their successful third hour of Today for whatever hers will become. What Kelly is, though, is a pretty blond white woman who exists in the era of a racist demagogue president. A lot of executives saw his victory and, in turn, also wanted to “make America white again.” ....(more)