Mediagazer: NBC should drop Megyn Kelly's one-on-one interview with Alex Jones and use the material as one piece of a serious investigation of him and others like him (Margaret Sullivan/Washington Post)

4:50 PM ET, June 13, 2017

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Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:

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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
NBC should drop Megyn Kelly's one-on-one interview with Alex Jones and use the material as one piece of a serious investigation of him and others like him

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Mark Sweney / The Guardian:

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Suzanne Vranica / Wall Street Journal:

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