Overview
- The satire site posted, then removed, a headline reading “Megyn Kelly Gets Rid Of Old Pager Just To Be Safe,” a reference to Israel’s 2024 operation that detonated pagers and caused dozens of deaths and thousands of injuries.
- Megyn Kelly replied “WTF” on X while tagging CEO Seth Dillon, after which the Bee pulled the article and the post without issuing an immediate public explanation.
- Critics on the right accused the outlet of implying violence or inciting murder against Kelly, with figures including Auron MacIntyre, Glenn Greenwald, Jake Shields and Jack Posobiec denouncing the joke.
- Others contended it was merely satire or argued the deletion reflected concerns about the gag’s implications for Israel, with commentators like Shane Cashman, Tim Pool and Mike Cernovich offering their own interpretations.
- Commenters noted Kelly previously defended a similar ‘pager’ quip directed at Mehdi Hasan, and Candace Owens escalated the intramural fight by blasting Dillon personally.