NBC stations pressed not to air segment with conspiracy theorist
By Reuters
19 June 2017 |
5:04 am
More network affiliates should join NBC Connecticut in refusing to air Megyn Kelly's interview with Alex Jones, a conspiracy theorist who has suggested that the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre was a hoax, a gun control group said on Saturday.
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