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NBC's Megyn Kelly defends Alex Jones interview after criticism
Source: Reuters
U.S. | Tue Jun 13, 2017 | 5:14pm EDT
NBC's Megyn Kelly defends Alex Jones interview after criticism
By Bernie Woodall
NBC's Megyn Kelly on Tuesday defended her interview with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, saying it was important to show why a person who calls the Sandy Hook school massacre a hoax is respected by many Americans, including President Donald Trump.
The decision to interview Jones, whose ideas are widely discredited, angered some relatives of those who died in 2012 when a 20-year-old man fatally shot 20 first-graders and six educators at the elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut.
It prompted a gun control nonprofit linked to some of the victims' families to cancel its invitation for Kelly to host a fundraising gala on Wednesday in Washington.
And JPMorgan Chase will pull its local advertisements on NBC News programming until after the interview airs on Sunday, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Kelly said in a statement she understood and respected the concerns and she found Jones' suggestion that Sandy Hook was a hoax "personally revolting" as does "every other rational person."
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NBC's Megyn Kelly defends Alex Jones interview after criticism
By Bernie Woodall
NBC's Megyn Kelly on Tuesday defended her interview with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, saying it was important to show why a person who calls the Sandy Hook school massacre a hoax is respected by many Americans, including President Donald Trump.
The decision to interview Jones, whose ideas are widely discredited, angered some relatives of those who died in 2012 when a 20-year-old man fatally shot 20 first-graders and six educators at the elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut.
It prompted a gun control nonprofit linked to some of the victims' families to cancel its invitation for Kelly to host a fundraising gala on Wednesday in Washington.
And JPMorgan Chase will pull its local advertisements on NBC News programming until after the interview airs on Sunday, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Kelly said in a statement she understood and respected the concerns and she found Jones' suggestion that Sandy Hook was a hoax "personally revolting" as does "every other rational person."
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-nbc-megynkelly-alexjones-idUSKBN1942TW