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6/13/2017 6:02 am  #1


NBC Disgraces Themselves

The once highly respected network has given in to temptation, and given airtime to a horrible conspiracy theorist. No wonder people are confused about what constitutes actual news. Time and time again the media gives valuable airtime to people who do not know anything, but are willing to pretend that they do, and make outrageous claims, for the sake of the lure of the sensational.

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Newtown families upset by interview with conspiracy theorist

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The families of some Sandy Hook shooting victims are angered that NBC is airing an interview by Megyn Kelly with a conspiracy theorist who has claimed the massacre never happened.

Nelba Marquez-Greene, whose 6-year-old daughter, Ana Grace, was among the 26 people killed in the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, said Monday that she fears the NBC interview with “Infowars” host Alex Jones will encourage other conspiracy theorists who have harassed her and accused her of being part of a hoax.

“Any time you give someone like Alex Jones a platform, their followers will double-down or increase their attack on grieving families,” Marquez-Greene said. “You can’t just put him in a box and say he’s just a character. He’s really hurting people.”

The interview by Kelly, who formerly worked at Fox News, is scheduled to air Sunday, which is also Father’s Day. On Twitter, Kelly responded to criticism by noting that President Donald Trump, a Republican, has praised Jones’ show and by saying it was her job to “shine a light.”

An NBC representative had no immediate comment.



Ana Grace Márquez-Greene.She was 6 years old

Last edited by Goose (6/13/2017 6:03 am)


We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists. 
 

6/13/2017 7:11 am  #2


Re: NBC Disgraces Themselves

Alex Jones exemplifies American sickness. 

NBC should NOT give this man any more airtime than he already has. Really bad decision. 


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6/13/2017 11:33 am  #3


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I take a totally different point of view on this.

I do not in anyway think this interview will put Jones in a good light. Nor will it normalize him. 

I watched a preview of the interview yesterday. In it, Jones talks about his conspiracy theory that the government is making human-animal hybrids. That's on top of the stuff about 9/11 being an "inside job" and the Newtown conspiracy. 

Megyn Kelly released a statement today saying that she is spotlighting Jones because President Trump has been on his show, has parroted a lot of Jones' conspiracy theories over the year, and who gave Jones' Inforwars web site a press pass.

I could be way off here, but I think this is Kelly's revenge against Trump for what he said about her during the campaign. 

I think when the full interview is aired, along with whatever editorial comments Kelly tosses in, we will have witnessed a huge journalistic hit job against Jones, and in turn, Trump.

And oh by the way, Jones himself is now asking NBC to not air the interview.


I think you're going to see a lot of different United States of America over the next three, four, or eight years. - President Donald J. Trump
 

6/13/2017 11:47 am  #4


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Let us hope that Kelly is unfailingly aggressive, completely prepared, and let's nothing that is unsupported by fact slide.

Otherwise Jones gets all the trappings of legitimacy by being interviewed in prime time as one would interview an informed person. People have enough trouble telling the difference between an expert on the one hand, and a loud mouthed fool on the other.

Look who's sitting in the Oval Office.

Last edited by Goose (6/13/2017 11:48 am)


We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists. 
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