Public battle between Megyn Kelly and Donald Trump

For Megyn Kelly, one of our women to watch, it’s been a busy week. The Fox News host’s “dust-up” with GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump on Aug. 6 launched a flurry of blog posts this week from those predicting her rise — or her fall.
To recap: Kelly asked some hard questions of Trump during the televised debate. Afterward, Trump whined about the treatment, offering a cringe-worthy theory on the source of Kelly’s mood.
And no one is backing down.

   
Kelly herself addressed the issue on her show after Trump demanded an apology: “I certainly will not apologize for doing good journalism, so I’ll continue doing my job without fear or favor.”
Because debates require a declaration of winners and losers, here are three virtual verdicts:
Trump in a knockout: Forbes contributor Nomi Prins analyzes why Fox News’s Roger Ailes could side with Trump over Kelly. It’s about the cable news network’s audience — which is 56 percent male. And the monster ratings for last week’s debates — 24 million — brought far more than the average 2.3 million for “The Kelly File.”
Kelly in a Ronda Rousey-like 34-second rout: Fortune went there with the ultimate question, “Is Megyn Kelly the next Oprah?” We’ll answer this one for you: maybe. Writer Erik Sherman cites Kelly's corporate legal background, a love fest with Facebook CEO Sheryl Sandberg and some notable scoops — including an interview with Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar to discuss their son’s molestation allegations — as indicators of Kelly's staying power and potential for future success. And Thursday, NBC confirmed that Trump will not be returning to "Celebrity Apprentice."
It’s a draw: The Washington Post, which has parsed this feud heavily, calls it a win for both Trump and Kelly. He stays ahead in the primary polls; she gets more folks to discover her media persona. But the losers might be the young girls who won’t enter public life because of this. George Washington University associate professor Corrine McConnaughy cites a study that shows women are half as likely as men to think about entering politics. And feuds such as Kelly vs. Trump — and the gender dynamics involved with it — certainly don't help.

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