Megyn Kelly's Media Moment

Why the Fox host continues to fascinate.

Back in January, before the hosts of the first GOP presidential debate had even been announced, the New York Times Magazine had already called the Megyn Kelly moment. But what reporter Jim Rutenberg was referring to then was a signature move of the Fox host:

For those unfamiliar with the phenomenon, a Megyn moment, as I have taken to calling it, is when you, a Fox guest — maybe a regular guest or even an official contributor — are pursuing a line of argument that seems perfectly congruent with the Fox worldview, only to have Kelly seize on some part of it and call it out as nonsense, maybe even turn it back on you.

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