Bill Hemmer, the anchor of Fox News’ America’s Newsroom, stated that Fox News’ “opinion” programs don’t bleed into his “news” program…
TVNEWSER: The evening opinion hosts get a lot of press and a lot of attention … I’m kind of wondering, do you think that there’s any sort of effect on the news reporters and [...]
Written on February 24, 2010 | Posted in
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Sean Hannity, speaking with former Bush adviser Nicolle Wallace, made an absurdly ridiculous claim, which, of course, was not refuted by Wallace, nor anyone else at Fox News.
HANNITY: George Bush who you worked for did not play golf while this country was at war. He didn’t want the families of loved ones serving, well, that [...]
Written on February 4, 2010 | Posted in
Sean Hannity
The National Republican Congressional Committee fundraising dinner is next month and who did they choose to deliver the keynote address? None other than Fox News‘ Sean Hannity. The reason? According to NRCC Chairman Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX), it’s Hannity’s fighting for conservative values.
Last year’s fundraising dinner was headlined by Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) and [...]
Written on February 3, 2010 | Posted in
Sean Hannity
Media Matters for America has released the following list exemplifying Fox News’ transition from a mere conservative “news” outlet to a complete right-wing political organization.
Fox News personalities set goals to “get rid” of administration officials, “take the administration down.”
Fox News led the charge against Van Jones and was widely credited for his resignation.
Fox News repeatedly [...]
Written on December 23, 2009 | Posted in
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Written on December 2, 2009 | Posted in
Sean Hannity
Fox News Channel is owned by News Corp, who also owns Harper Collins, the publisher of Sarah Palin’s book, Going Rogue. It’s no surprise, many Fox News personalities were lined up to interview Palin and provide free publicity for her book. Early last month she posted the following on her Facebook page (emphasis added):
We’re in [...]
Written on December 1, 2009 | Posted in
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Sarah Palin
White House Press Secretary under George W. Bush and current Fox News contributor Dana Perino needs a history lesson on 9/11. While trying to classify the Ft. Hood shooting as a terrorist attack, Perino makes the crazy assertion that “we did not have a terrorist attack on our country during President Bush’s term.”
With the [...]
Written on November 25, 2009 | Posted in
Sean Hannity
While discussing Al Gore’s book, An Inconvenient Truth, with British filmmaker and climate change skeptic Phelim McAleer, the following inaccurate exchange took place:
HANNITY: Well, [Gore's] claiming that this court decision actually, you know, favored his point of view, that is absolutely false.
MCALEER: That is false.
HANNITY: Explain.
MCALEER: Well, the court case, it was a lengthy hearing, [...]
Written on November 23, 2009 | Posted in
Sean Hannity
The Daily Show host Jon Stewart slams Sean Hannity for trying to dupe his viewers by showing footage of the crowds from the 9/12 Project event in Washington DC and saying it was from Rep. Michele Bachmann’s (R-MN) anti-health care reform protest. First, 9/12 supporters use attendance numbers from Obama’s Inauguration to inflate their own [...]
Written on November 11, 2009 | Posted in
Sean Hannity
The Ft. Hood shooting was a tragedy. We can all agree on that. But to place the blame on President Obama to fuel some sick agenda is also tragic. Here’s a recent quote from Sean Hannity, trying to tie the shooting to the current president.
HANNITY: This Fort Hood situation is really beginning to disturb [...]
Written on November 10, 2009 | Posted in
Sean Hannity