Author: Kyle Swenson / Source: Washington Post
In her rocky passage from Fox News to the lighter touch of NBC’s “Today” show, Megyn Kelly has been at her best channeling her own experiences. Some of her most compelling recent television has tackled the “Me Too” movement.
On Monday, the host dove headfirst into the controversy swamping her current network when Kelly addressed the allegations aimed at former NBC “Nightly News” anchor Tom Brokaw.
The subject — the intersection between network insider politics and personalities — is one Kelly knows well.“I just came from Fox where we just went through this,” she said on Monday.
As reported in The Washington Post and Variety, a former NBC correspondent named Linda Vester has come forward to allege Brokaw sexually harassed her on two occasions in the 1990s. The former news anchor has since vigorously denied the allegations, saying Vester was a “character assassin.”
Sitting with NBC correspondents Stephanie Gosk and Kate Snow, Kelly discussed the network’s response to the allegations. The panel also noted that a petition is circulating among dozens of current and former female co-workers pledging their support for the anchor, whom they described as “a…
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