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Eugene

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Sun Jun 18, 2017, 03:56 PM Jun 2017

Group urges NBC stations not to air segment on Sandy Hook doubter

Source: Reuters

U.S. | Sat Jun 17, 2017 | 7:31pm EDT

Group urges NBC stations not to air segment on Sandy Hook doubter

By Alex Dobuzinskis

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.

The interview with Jones, scheduled to air on Sunday, has prompted outrage, especially in Connecticut, where 20 children and six adults were killed by a deranged gunman at the elementary school in Newtown.

Jones, founder of the website Infowars, has questioned what he calls the "official story" of Sandy Hook and suggested that a political cover-up took place. Although his theory has been discredited, people who believe Jones have harassed and taunted families of the victims.

Sandy Hook Promise, a gun control advocacy group with links to the families, urged people on Saturday to sign an online petition calling on NBC to pull the interview from broadcast, repeating an earlier demand.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-nbc-megynkelly-alexjones-idUSKBN1980UD
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