New York Daily News

Megyn just a lightweigh­t

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MEGYN KELLY is getting crushed in the big leagues, and it’s beginning to show. Aside from what seemed like a blatant grab for attention and ratings, there was no good reason to hand over NBC’s prime time audience to Alex Jones, a radical right-wing conspiracy theorist who says the Sandy Hook elementary school massacre is a hoax. And Kelly did it on Father’s Day, even as still-grieving parents in Newtown, Conn., pleaded with her not to go with the story. What an insult. Sure, she looked tough as she grilled Jones, but Kelly delivered no news. She did not move the story of this monster forward, nor provide anything aside from a shallow profile of a frightenin­g, sweaty, tinfoil-hat-wearing nutjob. Yes, it’s newsworthy and scary that President Trump and his associates pay

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