From the Greenroom: Where Was Dagen?

The Insider did a feature on ‘The Women of Fox’ that includes Fox News Personalities Megan Kelly and Harris Faulkner, along with familiar Imus faces Sandra Smith and Jenna Lee.  Strangely, it’s somehow bereft of our girl, Dagen McDowell.  The omission of Dagen from the piece is, as Don Corleone would say, ‘An Infamia’.  Not to mention Liz Claman and Cheryl Casone, who were conspicuously absent as well.  Imus, of course, is harping on the situation, trying to cause ill will, bad feelings and resentment between the Fox Foxes.  He won’t be happy until there’s a catfight back in the makeup room.

However, Dagen is not a woman who I would mess with.  She has big time Laura Ingraham potential.  I can easily see the demure Southern Belle slipping scorpions into Sandra’s foundation bottle, and razor blades into Cheryl’s lipstick.  The studio will be turned into an Ultimate Fighting type Octagon, just a big, bloody pile of hair, nail polish, and eyes gouged out with stiletto heels.  It could only be better if there were a kiddie pool in the corner, filled with Jello.

The piece makes the point that, at Fox, you can be fiercely attractive and STILL be considered a legitimate newsperson.  A fact that, as he viewed the piece, must have made Connell McShane, wonder: ‘What am I?  Chopped Liver?’ (He was not included either, despite significant focus group data that suggests he’s the prettiest one in this building.)

You could say it’s sexist and diminishes the credibility of our anchors when more is made of how many dresses Jenna Lee has in her office than her earning a  Masters of Science in Journalism from Columbia.  But you have to admit, Fox doesn’t hire ANYBODY who isn’t hot.  Except, of course, for Imus.

Who, by the way, would be about as close to a fox as they would ever get over at CNN or CNBC.  On MSNBC?

He’d be a SUPERMODEL.