Megyn Kelly and Candace Owens signed a $700 million deal with CBS for a morning show to compete against ABC’s “The View.”
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Snopes readers were searching for more information regarding an internet rumor claiming Megyn Kelly and Candace Owens had signed a $700 deal with CBS for a morning show to compete against ABC’s “The View”. In autumn 2024, this claim made headlines across various publications such as BuzzFeed News.
Current Events also archived the same purported news item on November 4 and received over 27,000 reactions to that post.
Some readers seemed to interpret the posts as true accounts of real events. One commenter responded uncritically on Facebook with, “If Candace Owen’s ran for president I’d vote fir her in an instant!”. Another user stated, “This story is true! Let’s bring out more awareness so this toxic viewpoint goes off air!”.
As reported by Lead Stories fact-checking website, there was no proof of Kelly and Owens signing an exclusive contract with CBS. Instead, this rumor first surfaced from SpaceXMania.com’s network of satire and parody news; their SpaceX Fanclub Facebook page archives contained similar stories posted there that are both fictional and parodic; their bio page also stated as much.
SpaceXMania.com also published an article (archived on Esspots.com on Sept 26 2024 with an eye-catching headline: Megyn Kelly and Candace Owens Have Signed $400 Million Deal With CBS for Morning Show to Rival ‘The View.'”
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After its initial publication in September, this fictional narrative took off again around November 2, and US Election Day.
Snopes has previously disproved similar accusations regarding Owens and “The View”, such as her statement to Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar and Sunny Hostin that they would leave if Owens became their new host.
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