Megyn kelly faces massive criticism for controversial interview with infowars' alex jones

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NBC News' Megyn Kelly is facing massive outcry after promoting her upcoming interview with _Infowars_' Alex Jones, _Reliable Sources_ reports. Critics say Jones — a conspiracy


theory peddler who believes that 9/11 was an inside job and the Sandy Hook massacre was a government hoax — should not be given the platform or airtime to defend his beliefs. "We talked


controversies and conspiracies," Kelly says in a teaser for what will be the third episode of her new program, _Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly,_ airing next Sunday. The teaser includes


Kelly pressing Jones about his belief that Sandy Hook was faked: Nelba Márquez-Greene, whose daughter, Ana Grace, 6, was killed along with 25 others in Newtown in 2012, tweeted her criticism


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briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox. Others also voiced their fury over Jones appearing on the program: "Kelly's


goal here is to legitimize Alex Jones," added _The New Republic_'s Jeet Heer. "The question is: Why?" Explore More Speed Reads