Chris Hayes Defends Decision To Interview KKK ‘Grand Wizard’ on MSNBC

Chris Hayes Defends Decision to Interview KKK ‘Grand Wizard’ on MSNBC (Mediaite)

MSNBC’s Chris Hayes led his show Wednesday night with an interview with Frank Ancona, who describes himself as a “grand wizard” for the Ku Klux Klan and is threatening to use “lethal force” against protesters in Ferguson, Missouri following the potential decision of a Grand Jury to let the police officer who shot Michael Brown go without charges. After the interview aired, Hayes decided to record a follow-up video to explain why he decided to give airtime over to someone in that position.

“I think anyone who watches the show knows that I find the KKK, as all right-thinking people do, odious in the extreme,” Hayes said into the camera, before going on to explain that he is trying to “tell the whole story” of the Ferguson shooting from all sides and “different perspectives.”