Rather than challenging Megyn Kelly on her descent back into the cesspool of Fox News and Trump worship, Bill Maher’s Real Time interview with her turned into a joint pile-on against “wokeness,” “cancel culture” and the “crazed” left. Maybe I shouldn’t say “descent,” because Kelly never really ascended from there despite being Ailes’ target and joining NBC.
Kelly lamented how CNN “used to be” so fair minded, but now it “became the things Trump said they were and weren't and now they are. They're basically indistinguishable from NBC." Good Lord — you mean they don’t spout Trump propaganda 24/7 and have the likes of Lewandowski, Epstein and Cortes on all the time? Well, they had Rick Santorum on last week lying about the impeachment trial. And their model is still to give voice to his type of lying liars on a regular basis.
But Kelly has an exalted view of her role. Maher asked if she missed being off the air:
“I missed being a voice of reason in the storm, because there’s so much hysteria in the media—for and against [Trump]," Kelly responded. "And when I left 'The Kelly File,' I remember feeling like I might have a societal obligation to stay, because I did owe it to my audience.
She has a “societal obligation” to calm down both sides, because “the media is completely biased" against conservatives. Well, Fox, Rush, Levin, Jones et al seem to be carrying on quite well without her.
(She was pleased with her portrayal in Bombshell, vindicating mine and Elie Mystal's decision to pass on the movie.)
Since they spent all their time going after the students and faculty of Oberlin and Middlebury College for their terrible wokeness, at the end Maher had to say, “Well, we’ll deal with Trump next time.”
Because after all, what’s more important, her support of the third President to be tried on impeachment, or how poor Charles Murray can’t spout racism on campus.