On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 8:01 PM, Steve Timko <steveti...@gmail.com> wrote:
> From The Associated Press. > Connecticut's NBC affiliate says it's not going to air Megyn Kelly's > report on conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, the radio host who has alleged > the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre was a hoax. It says "the wounds > are understandably still so raw" in the state. > In an internal memo obtained Friday by The Associated Press, NBC > Connecticut staff members were told station executives made the decision > after listening to concerns from employees, Sandy Hook families and > viewers. The memo says the executives "considered the deep emotions from > the wounds of that day that have yet to heal." > A gunman killed 20 first-graders and six educators at the Newtown school > in December 2012. > NBC News vows to go ahead with Sunday's program. > Kelly says she believes there's value in exposing what Jones says to the > American people. > Jones has said he believes her report will be a "fraud." > Here is what I think is the best take on the story, from Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/markjoyella/2017/06/16/just-trust-me-alex-jones-has-badly-damaged-nbcs-plans-for-megyn-kelly/#1983abf16fb7 He says what Kelly is doing is not journalism, but promotable TV. And NBC News has to realize the damage she is doing tot their brand. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
