Media's Sad and Smug Celebration, Gaslighting on Immigration, and Bizarre Belichick Interview, with Emily Jashinsky and Eliana Johnson | Ep. 1059

The Megyn Kelly Show

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Society & Culture, News, News Commentary

4.6 • 32.8K Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2025

⏱️ 101 minutes

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Summary

Megyn Kelly is joined by Emily Jashinsky, host of "Undercurrents" on UnHerd, and Eliana Johnson, editor of the Washington Free Beacon, to discuss the absurdity at the White House Correspondents Dinner this year, one reporter getting an award for his coverage of Biden’s cognitive decline, how the entire media ignored the issue and gaslit the public for years, the absurdly smug White House correspondents celebrating themselves, the head of the WHCA's ridiculous speech, the hatred for Trump yet claims of objectivity, the bizarre and cringy Bill Belichick CBS News interview, his 24-year-old girlfriend calling the shots behind-the-scenes, the corporate media continuing to gaslight the public about Trump and illegal immigration cases, the truth about the Wisconsin judge who was arrested for concealing an illegal immigrant, how the coverage is affecting Trump's polling, why fired Pentagon staff are speaking out including in Megyn's interview with alleged "leaker" Colin Carroll, what we're learning about the internal politics and Secretary Pete Hegseth, and more. Plus Megyn previews her new special “Blonde Origin” - a parody of Blue Origin’s ridiculous "mission" to space, the disaster the trip has been for Gayle King and Katy Perry, and more. Jashinsky- https://www.youtube.com/@undercurrentsunherd Johnson- https://freebeacon.com/ Featured music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9K3GQdD30F0 https://www.SelectQuote.com/MEGYN Tax Network USA: Call 1-800-958-1000 or visit https://TNUSA.com/MEGYN to speak with a strategist for FREE today Grand Canyon University: https://GCU.edu Paleovalley: 100% grass-fed beef sticks. Get 20% off your 1st order https://paleovalley.com/Megyn and use code MEGYN.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Megan Kelly Show, live on Sirius XM Channel 111 every weekday at New East.
0:11.7	Hey everyone, I'm Megan Kelly. Welcome to the Megan Kelly show and happy Monday. I had the most unbelievable weekend that you are going to find out about very soon.
0:24.1	We have something really special for you coming up later this week.
0:29.4	To all the people whose phone calls and messages I blew off yesterday,
0:33.6	I apologize.
0:35.0	You will soon understand fully why it was necessary. And I think you will forgive me instantly
0:40.9	when you see the bit of work product that we have in store for all of our viewers and listeners.
0:46.0	It's the greatest. It's just so funny. Okay. But we begin today someplace else. That's a tease for you.
0:52.9	I'm not at liberty to tell you quite yet
0:54.5	what we're doing. We begin with Trump's 100-day week this week, Trump 2.0. He remains on offense
1:02.9	sitting for several interviews this week with his antagonists in the press. Meantime, the corporate
1:07.5	media is more depressed than ever, as seen by the saddest, most pathetic
1:11.2	White House correspondent's dinner ever. And that's really saying something.
1:14.3	Joining me now to break it all down, Emily Jashinsky, D.C. correspondent for Unheard and host of
1:19.4	undercurrents, and Eliana Johnson, editor-in-chief of the Washington Free Beacon and co-host of the
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