Former Fox News personality Megyn Kelly’s interview with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones earned big kudos for the most part — especially from other media figures.
But at least one of her former Fox News colleagues doesn’t necessarily agree. The controversy the interview generated was a subject of “Fox News Sunday.”
Clip via Fox News Channel
The long-hyped interview, which aired Sunday on NBC, was also secretly recorded by Jones, a radio host and founder of InfoWars.
Some of the conspiracies attributed to Jones are his claim that the 9/11 terrorist attack that brought down the World Trade Center’s twin towers was an inside government job, and the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre was a hoax and the grieving parents portrayed on TV were actors.
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Mediaite founder Dan Abrams and NBC’s Andrew Mitchell led the praise. Others, no matter where they stood politically, followed suite
Watching @megynkelly interview with Alex Jones, I’m even more convinced that her piece wasn’t just ok to do, but important journalism.
— Dan Abrams (@danabrams) June 18, 2017
#Megyn Kelly did more to expose the real Alex Jones and than anyone else on TV. Solid journalism.
— Andrea Mitchell (@mitchellreports) June 18, 2017
Just saw @megynkelly intv of Alex Jones. She did an amazing job. Critics have egg on their face.
— Jamie Weinstein (@Jamie_Weinstein) June 19, 2017
Kelly-Jones made for a tough week at NBC News, but the execs are feeling pretty good about the finished product… https://t.co/hlXTOGIn4f
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) June 19, 2017
The times we live in are such that the greatest act of rebellion is to simply be responsible–and that’s exactly what @megynkelly did.
— Mitch Horowitz (@MitchHorowitz) June 19, 2017
I think @megynkelly proved people underestimated her. She did a great and necessary job interviewing Alex Jones.
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) June 19, 2017
At least one who was critical of the interview earlier was now a fan.
We attacked @megynkelly for the Alex Jones interview, after watching it, we have to apologize.
What you did was important. We were wrong.
— The Reagan Battalion (@ReaganBattalion) June 19, 2017
But there were those who still criticized Kelly and the interview — several who were even previously anti-Jones.
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Alex Jones I wasn’t a big fan of yours before. After the interview with Megyn Kelly. I am your biggest fan! #JonesvKelly
— Katherine Byrd (@peaceandjoy101) June 18, 2017
Never been a big fan of Alex Jones, but the Megyn Kelly interview did nothing but make me like him more. #JonesvKelly
— Asa J ?? (@asamjulian) June 19, 2017
Megyn Kelly thought she was going to slam Alex Jones, but all she did was give him a larger audience ?#JonesvKelly
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) June 19, 2017
Really NBC? SEEMS to ME that you paid Megyn Kelly $15M to DO ANYTHING she could to defame @POTUS! First Putin- FAIL! Now Alex Jones FAIL! ? https://t.co/uC7D2E9ECW
— Lisa Smith (@lsmith4680) June 18, 2017
But conservative Fox News host Sean Hannity was one of those who wasn’t convinced that NBC edited the interview fairly. He demanded that the network release the raw data — the original tapes of the exchange between the two.
Agree or disagree I say @NBCNews RELEASE THE TAPES. Let America decide. https://t.co/I4wQjaiWy9
— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) June 19, 2017
Hannity later said he has no bones to pick against Kelly — he just wants NBC to release the raw footage,
What is @CNN afraid of? I have zero criticism of Megyn. Letting America see the entire interview is FAIR. Why does @NBCNews get to decide? https://t.co/e7JhC5yDbP
— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) June 19, 2017
But whatever your thoughts, Kelly is probably right — the Infowars host “isn’t going away.”
Here’s the full interview. Give it a look and judge for yourself.
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Clip via NBC News
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