Tonight we have Megyn Kelley on Alex Jones and Canada has Naomi Klein on Trump

[suffragette]

Just saw an ad that Naomi Klein will be on The National tonight. I'm glad to be able to watch it from Seattle.

Quite the contrast, eh?

[bettyellen]

1. And Oliver Stone bragging he was more insightful w Putin. All of em rubes.

[Lotusflower70]

4. What's up with that?

I love a lot of his movies but he is ridiculous when it comes to Putin.

[bettyellen]

7. Hubris. The ridiculous ego stoked by being so close to great power.

[suffragette]

5. I saw the segment with Colbert the other day. What truly disgusts me is that Stone had access

At the moments in time when he could and should have pushed to uncover some of the sorry truth of the havoc Putin has wrought.

Yet he seemed to go for a puff piece instead.

Again, I'll take Naomi Klein's insightful and incisive analysis any day.

[elleng]

2. London 'incident' on CNN now,

instead of Bourdain, so maybe other schedule changes too.

[suffragette]

6. I get one local Canadian channel here and they just had a promo commercial on for Klein right

Before I posted this, so I think it should still run tonight.

I'll find out at 10 pm.

[Achilleaze]

3. She's speaking out intelligently, clearly, and forcefully

Must catch the video of this when it becomes available.

[suffragette]

8. I don't trust the faux "fair and balanced" shtick she is bringing to NBC.

She seeks out this interview, then after criticism, reached out to Sandy Hook parents to balance it.

NBC has noted in interviews that they edited or retooled this interview.


https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/16/business/media/critical-test-looms-for-megyn-kelly-and-the-network-that-bet-on-her.html
NBC executives were retooling the segment in light of the criticism, and Ms. Kelly has contacted parents of Sandy Hook victims in recent days, asking if they would be willing to speak on-camera to respond to Mr. Jones.

Nicole Hockley and Mark Barden, parents of two of the 20 children who died at the school in Newtown, Conn., spoke with Ms. Kelly this week about an appearance on her show. “We declined to participate,” Ms. Hockley wrote in a text message on Friday.

Another Sandy Hook parent, who requested anonymity because of privacy concerns, said Ms. Kelly had made the case this week that by coming on her show, families could best explain to viewers how Mr. Jones’s actions had hurt them. The parent declined to participate, saying it would create a sense of false equivalence with what they considered Mr. Jones’s outrageous perspective.

NBC said on Friday that at least one Sandy Hook parent was expected to appear in the segment. “We remain committed to giving viewers context and insight into a controversial and polarizing figure, how he relates to the president of the United States and influences others, and to getting this serious story right,” the network said in a statement. “Tune in Sunday.”