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Megyn Kelly interview with Alex Jones gets praise on social media

by Cyra Master - 06/18/17 8:31 PM ET

NBC News’s Megyn Kelly drew mixed reaction on social media for her interview with Infowars’s Alex Jones.

Kelly started her Sunday night show acknowledging the controversy surrounding her previously taped interview with Jones, noting that “some thought we shouldn’t broadcast this interview” with the man who has said the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting is a hoax.

{mosads}But after the segment aired, some fellow journalists offered praise for the interview, while others questioned whether they controversy and backlash was worth it.

#Megyn Kelly did more to expose the real Alex Jones and than anyone else on TV. Solid journalism.

— Andrea Mitchell (@mitchellreports) June 18, 2017

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

.@megynkelly scored high marks with Alex Jones interview. Nailed the scumbug.

— Tina Brown (@TinaBrownLM) June 18, 2017

If you’re unfamiliar with Alex Jones, and are watching this Megyn Kelly report, hard to imagine you walk away believing anything he says.

— Kyle Blaine (@kyletblaine) June 18, 2017

In the end, Kelly delivers piece which gets positive reviews. But was it worth it? Has week of negative stories already done its damage?

— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) June 19, 2017

So I watched the Megyn Kelly piece on Alex Jones. You could see the producers cutting and re-cutting it to meet various points of objection.

— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) June 18, 2017

Alex is not doing well on Megyn Kelly. Certainly not the way it’s edited. He’s sweating and bumbling and stammering.

— jon ronson (@jonronson) June 18, 2017