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Is Megyn Kelly's show the right place for an Alex Jones interview?
Controversy swirls around the upcoming airing of Megyn Kelly's interview with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. The marketing of the episode has been problematic -- including a picture of the two of them smiling together in a car.
By Matthew Belloni • • 3m ListenAn upcoming episode of Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly, will feature an interview with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. Jones believes extreme fringe theories like that the Sandy Hook shooting was staged. He also talks to President Trump, so he is perhaps a person worth interviewing, but is Kelly's show the right place for it? Her interview with Vladimir Putin was largely criticized as soft, and now people are wondering if she's really the person to take a tough, investigative look at Jones. JP Morgan has already pulled ads from the show.
