Megyn Kelly challenges Alex Jones over Newtown conspiracy theories during polarising NBC interview
Kelly challenged Jones from the start, introducing him as a “radical conspiracy theorist” and promising to confront him on his “notorious lie” about Sandy Hook
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones hemmed and hawed when pressed repeatedly by Megyn Kelly to admit he was wrong to call the massacre at Newtown, Connecticut, a hoax.
Jones never gave a direct answer in a segment on NBC’s Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly. Kelly has been criticised intensely for giving a platform to Jones, who has also called the September 11 attacks an inside job and promoted the false story that a pizza place in Washington, DC was the site of a child sex ring.
She has defended her decision by noting that his influence has grown with the rise of President Donald Trump, who has praised Jones and appeared on his radio programme.
“Here’s the thing, Alex Jones isn’t going away,” she said on Sunday night.
The Infowars host said at one point that he was playing “devil’s advocate” in denying the 2012 mass shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School. But he added that he remained sceptical after he “watched the footage” of children leaving the building.
“Some of it looks like it’s real but then what do you do when they’ve got the kids going in circles in and out of the building with their hands up. I’ve watched the footage,” he said. “That looks like a drill.”