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Megyn Kelly didn’t mince words when MS NOW’s on-the-ground correspondent began lecturing citizen journalists and social-media investigators covering the disappearance of Savannah Guthrie’s mother. The MS NOW reporter warned that influencers were spreading “misinformation” around the Nancy Guthrie case, and Kelly — who has been unafraid to call out so-called prestige media for their own biases — pushed back hard against the network’s holier-than-thou posture. This is exactly the kind of media elitism hardworking Americans are tired of watching unfold on cable.
Alex Tabet, reporting from Tucson, recited a string of examples he said had been amplified by online accounts: false claims of multiple arrests, a wrongly identified home, and a speculative tale of a suspect fleeing and dying by suicide. Those specific assertions, he said, were contradicted by the Pima County Sheriff’s Office, and he framed the influencer activity as a dangerous snowball of rumor during a live investigation. The facts matter, and when people run wild with gossip they can make a ferocious job even harder for law enforcement and for the family involved.
Kelly’s retort was not a defense of reckless speculation; it was a rebuke of media sanctimony and selective outrage. She’s already called out MS NOW for running an AI-enhanced image that altered a person’s appearance, demonstrating that the so-called guardians of truth aren’t above manipulation themselves. At the same time, Kelly has been blunt about the Guthrie case — saying she feared the worst and urging viewers to follow sober facts rather than viral fantasies — a stance that makes her criticism of both sloppy influencers and sanctimonious cable anchors entirely consistent.
Let’s be clear: many of the “influencers” the networks love to sneer at are not paid pundits but everyday Americans and independent reporters who refuse to swallow establishment narratives whole. Those people often uncover leads the legacy outlets ignore, and their skeptical instincts are part of a healthy media ecosystem that resists central control over what is acceptable to report. The elites’ reflex to silence or shame them whenever they make a mistake says less about accountability and more about preserving gatekeeper power.
That said, there is no excuse for irresponsible speculation that could harm a family or impede an investigation. Even Kelly acknowledged the seriousness of the Guthrie disappearance and has faced criticism for the blunt way she assessed the situation, but at least she speaks plainly and accepts scrutiny — unlike networks that lecture others while sanitizing or manipulating their own coverage. The public deserves both compassion for the missing woman’s family and a fair, transparent airing of the facts.
Rather than policing online speech with condescension, mainstream outlets should clean their own house and stop pretending they are the only credible arbiters of truth. MS NOW’s own missteps — from doctored imagery to rushed pronouncements — prove that errors flow in every direction, and the solution is better journalism, not more top-down scolding. If networks want to restore trust, they’ll start by holding themselves to the standards they demand of everyone else.
In the end, Megyn Kelly’s stand here is a reminder that patriotism looks like defending the little guy against institutional arrogance while still insisting on common-sense accountability. Support the investigators doing real work, stand with Savannah Guthrie and her family in their hour of need, and don’t let media elites decide who gets to ask questions. America’s news conscience should come from the people — and that includes outspoken hosts and citizen reporters willing to challenge the powerful.
