Martha MacCallum

 MacCallum was hired by Fox News Channel in 2004. From 2006 to 2010, MacCallum hosted The Live Desk and America's Newsroom as well as America's Newsroom. MacCallum hosted the new show, The First 100 Days which aired on Fox News Channel, which premiered on in January 9th on the 9th of January, 2017. The show was developed as an alternative to Tucker Carlson Tonight when that program was moved to the slot previously occupied by The Kelly File after Megyn Kelly's demise. 5 On April 28 2017 The show was rebranded to The Story with Martha MacCallum. [6] At the close of 2020, the upstart Newsmax was a huge success, while MacCallum and Fox fell in the ratings. Her show was cut on January 11th, when her show "The Story" was moved from the 7 p.m. ET time-slot to a 3 p.m. ET time-slot.MacCallum and Bret Baier moderate an open town hall discussion with President Donald Trump in 202After a mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol, MacCallum initially said, "This is a huge victory for these protesters. They have disrupted the system in an enormous way!"[8][9In later coverage of the events she described them as "unsettling" and added that "control has to be maintained. "[9] She likened the storming of the U.S. Capitol to a peaceful protest in Josh Hawley's home just a few days prior. The New York Times said it was "bizarre" to link "swarms of Trump supporters breaking into the throne of democracy," which made global headlines, to a tiny incident at the home of the home of a Republican official. "MacCallum has been a two-time winner of the Gracie Awards for Women in Journalism[11and has also received the Soldiersocks Commitment To Serve award. 12] Some have been critical of her using the term 'China Virus' for COVID-19.