Megyn Kelly: how TV's $69m star fell from the top

The cancellation of the ex-Fox News host’s glossy morning show is a reminder that networks need to be more stringent when assessing the politics of their hirings

Given the timing of the cancellation of Megyn Kelly’s NBC show, just a few days after she defended blackface Halloween costumes on air, it will be easy for opponents of political correctness to rally against liberal media overreach, outrage culture and corporate censure. Just as easy, perhaps, as it should’ve been for NBC to see how ill-fated hiring Kelly was in the first place.

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