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Megyn Kelly Faces Boycott over Alex Jones Interview

posted 8 years ago by Satan2016 (26204)
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Worth watching for the Trump-Jones connections though.

http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2017/06/12/sunday-night-megyn-kelly-faces-boycott-threats-alex-jones-fathers-day-interview/
https://moviechat.org/nm1093953/Alex-Jones

Megyn Kelly has come under fire for a planned Father’s Day interview with InfoWars founder Alex Jones on her new Sunday night NBC News program, with social media users calling for a boycott of the program’s advertisers and urging others to tune out the show when it airs later this month.

In response to the preview, several Twitter users identifying themselves as family members of the 27 victims of the horrific [Sandy Hook] attack tweeted directly to the Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly host to express their outrage that the anchor and NBC would give Jones a platform to discuss his views.

As the backlash grew on social media Sunday, Kelly responded to a user who said that Jones’ appearance on her show would help “legitimize” the radio host and commentator. Kelly replied that Jones’ previous interactions with President Donald Trump were newsworthy and that her job was to “shine a light” on the media figure.

[–] Satan2016 (26204) 8 years ago

All the MSM is covering the story today; even more ad boycotts. Kelly responds:

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2017/06/13/megyn-kelly-defends-alex-jones-interview-nbc-pressured-to-cancel-it.html

Kelly, the former Fox News prime-time host who joined NBC this year, responded in a statement provided by the network:

“I find Alex Jones's suggestion that Sandy Hook was ‘a hoax’ as personally revolting as every other rational person does. It left me, and many other Americans, asking the very question that prompted this interview: how does Jones, who traffics in these outrageous conspiracy theories, have the respect of the president of the United States and a growing audience of millions?

“President Trump, by praising and citing him, appearing on his show, and giving him White House press credentials, has helped elevate Jones, to the alarm of many. Our goal in sitting down with him was to shine a light - as journalists are supposed to do - on this influential figure, and yes - to discuss the considerable falsehoods he has promoted with near impunity.”
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In a strange rant last week after the interview, which was done at his Austin studio, Jones said Kelly is “not feminine” but is “cold, robotic, dead.” He now writes that NBC should cancel the segment because it is a “rigged” report that misrepresents his views. “They’re scared of what we’re doing,” he said.