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Megyn Kelly: “They're really not interested in CBS evening network news.”

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Megyn Kelly on Venezuela, Ben Shapiro's Treachery, and Mark Levin's Mental Illness

Published January 8, 2026 | Video Starts at 1:29:19

That's the savior of cbs. Cbs, even news. Count me a skeptic, Tucker. People aren't interested. They're not interested in network news. They're really not interested in evening network news, and They're really not interested in CBS evening network news. It will fail, as will the entire network. Boy. But, I mean, Barry makes me respect her a little bit. She's obviously a good talker. (1:29:19–1:29:23)

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Asserts that the public is particularly uninterested in CBS evening network news.

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“They've lost all the independents over 70%.”
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“I would prefer we use our military defensively and not offensively.”
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“I don't really see [military action in Venezuela] as necessary.”
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“I understand what Trump is saying is the reason, and I too appreciate the honesty.”
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“Trump... is a ratings machine.”
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“We wanted the oil. He was really explicit.”
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“We didn't want them playing footsie with China and Iran and Cuba.”
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“When we killed [Libya's] leader, it's been chaos ever since.”
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“I don't think we actually are going to run Venezuela, because we don't want to and we don't want to have a long term presence there.”
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“Venezuela is not Libya. It's not full of a bunch of Middle Eastern potential terrorists, but it's not great.”
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“They've got a bunch of gangs down there who have zero problem killing Americans.”
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“Trump is surrounding himself with [people like] Lindsey Graham and Mark Levin.”
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“I also think you're right about the alarming increase in military budget.”
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“Trump has discovered he's got this exciting, efficient tool called the US Military, and he's dying to try it out.”
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“Europe is in a place where they're now arresting people for thought crimes, for actually just causing offense.”
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“She [Bari Weiss] actually wasn't very experienced, even in the press business, even in the newspaper business.”
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“She [Bari Weiss] quit the New York Times after a couple of years.”
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“We were in a way a part of that during the Iraq war... at Fox. Right? Like they didn't allow and we didn't allow people who were criticizing…”
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“I really don't think the President should let Mark Levin within 10ft of him.”
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“I've wanted the foreign exchange students, the non Americans ejected.”
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“You're allowed to be a racist, you're allowed to be a misogynist, you're allowed to be an anti-Semite.”
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