Kelley’s move along with Trump’s election, raises questions about the future of Fox News.  Created by Rupert Murdoch in the model of his newspaper chain, Fox teetered between the conservative cant of the  Wall street Journal and the tabloid half truths of the New York Post. The teeter totter network created its own “Fox Alternative Reality”   a “fair and balanced”  menu of talking points that began with partisan GOP points of view and went on tp a world as unreal as any check oult tabloid, replacing alien abduction with criminal depictions of Pbama and Clinton.  The harvest fruit of this was and is Donald Trump.

Kelley grew in her role at Fox until in the last election where she stood out from Hannity and Reilly, by standing up to Donald Trump. Kelley got to interview the Man and actually asked the Donald  questions!  She went further, openly talking about the sexism of Fox News Founder, Roger Ailes.  This in house rebellion paid of for Kelley.  After Ailes was fired, Fox’ only other female anchor,  Greta Van Susteren,  quit or was fired due being too moderate.  The Murdoch family offered Kelley $20 million to stay. Presumabky she decided that her value as a credibkle jounrlaist would br better served at NBC.

Now with an all male and all alt right line up, Fox News  now has to decide whether it wants to become the macho full blown air Tabloid voice for Trump.   The remaining stars at Fox,  Bill O’Reilly and Sean Hannity dit the latter mode.

Her departure, coming after that of Greta Van Susteren, also means that Fox’s prime-time lineup faces the prospect of having no female host for the first time in its 20-year history, potentially troubling for the network as its seeks to shake the aftermath of last summer involving the network’s co-founder and former chairman, Roger Ailes, in which many women described its culture as intimidating for women.

In bringing Kelly to NBC, Andrew Lack, the chairman of the news division, is adding a journalist schooled in the preferences and worldviews of the conservative Americans who helped elect Trump, and whose anger so many news organizations failed to appreciate.

Despite its offer to retain Kelly, and despite the fact that Fox News seemed to have been taken by surprise at least by the timing of her decision, Rupert Murdoch, whose bare-knuckled negotiation tactics are legendary, offered a supportive statement about her decision to leave.

“We thank Megyn Kelly for her 12 years of contributions to Fox News,” the statement read. “We hope she enjoys tremendous success in her career and wish her and her family the best.”