Midknight Review -- new and revised: Did Roger Ailes betray Megyn Kelly, choosing Trump over her? That is what liberal media has been saying for days. Not true.

Fox News chairman Roger Ailes woke up Monday morning thinking that his network and Donald Trump's campaign had reached an understanding.

After a weekend's worth of stressful phone calls, the tacit agreement -- he thought -- was that Trump would stop attacking Ailes' biggest television star, Megyn Kelly, in interviews and tweets.

Then came an ugly surprise. Trump said on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that he thought Kelly should apologize to him.

"This was the final straw for Roger," according to a source close to the situation.
Ailes' office called Trump's office. We "can resolve this now," Ailes said to Trump, "or we can go to war."

As we all know by now, war was averted. There is mutual respect between the two master negotiators. Trump has stopped criticizing Kelly. And Fox has stopped ignoring Trump on its shows.

Editor's notes: Since I do not watch Morning Joe, I missed the Monday morning call-in from Trump, in which he demanded that Megyn Kelly apologize to him. But, I did watch her show, that evening, in which her opening line was something to this effect: "I will not apologized for doing my job as a journalist." Now I know why she made that statement. Who knows, maybe she was talking to Ailes as much as Trump, but I really believe this was all about Mr. Trump.

Keep in mind that her Monday night program, drew the highest ratings of any on cable news, including Bill O'Reilly. Personally, I believe that Kelly is the heir-apparent to O'Reilly's timeslot. He has been at Fox for 18 years, and his very successful time in the sun, is in its setting days.

At any rate, I was right about Ailes allegiance to Kelly, Trump got trumped, and Megyn has established herself as a powerful media giant. Is she "tea-party?" No. But, she is plenty conservative for my taste, not to mention the fact that she is all about the news, not politics. Treating her as if she belongs to a particular ideology or is, somehow, representative of the Establishment, ignores her work as a journalist . . . . . . Mark Levin and Breitbart not withstanding.

The Stated Nonsense from the Left now includes these Progressive goals:

July 2, 2008, Obama had this to say: "We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded."

MICHELLE OBAMA: "Barack knows that we are going to have to make sacrifices; we are going to have to change our conversation; we're going to have to change our traditions, our history; we're going to have to move into a different place as a nation."

“ . . . . . . they have become a generation of activists possessed with that most American of ideas – that people who love their country can change it.” -- Obama the Radical

On September 30, Van Jones told MSNBC "I think everybody should hold onto your seats. October is going to be the turning point when it comes to the progressive fight back."

Midknight Review -- new and revised

Did Roger Ailes betray Megyn Kelly, choosing Trump over her? That is what liberal media has been saying for days. Not true.

Fox News chairman Roger Ailes woke up Monday morning thinking that his network and Donald Trump's campaign had reached an understanding.

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