LA Times quotes Socolow in article on popular Fox News anchor’s departure
Michael Socolow, a professor of communication and journalism at the University of Maine, was quoted in a Los Angeles Times article about popular cable news anchor Megyn Kelly leaving Fox News after 12 years to join NBC. Kelly clashed with president-elect Donald Trump during his campaign, according to the article. While mixing opinion and conservative commentary is part of the Fox News brand, it’s not often seen as a mainstream network news organization, the article states. NBC is banking that Kelly can appeal to a wider audience than the Fox viewers who see the broadcast networks as being too liberal, the LA Times reported. “Megyn Kelly might be an outstanding journalist — I’m not claiming otherwise — but she’s a Fox News anchor, and that’s her primary identity to America’s network viewing audience,” Socolow said.