Sean Hannity

[cernjSHU]

Well, many people surmised this already but it is proven now. Sean Hannity is not a journalist. What he really is the Chief Minister of Propaganda for Donald Trump. Will Fox have the integrity to fire Hannity for this obvious breach of ethics by not disclosing his relationship with Cohen and cough cough Trump?

Well, I am sure Fox willl do nothing with Hannity. Since the network is part of the propaganda machine.

 

[shu09]

Sean Hannity has never been a journalist. He has always been a partisan hack ever since he came on to the scene in the 1990s. This is nothing new.

 

[HALL85]

Sean Hannity has never been a journalist. He has always been a partisan hack ever since he came on to the scene in the 1990s. This is nothing new.

Exactly. Whoever claimed he was a journalist?

 

[Merge]

Exactly. Whoever claimed he was a journalist?

He did.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/28/magazine/how-far-will-sean-hannity-go.html

"I'm a journalist...but I'm an advocacy journalist, or an opinion journalist"

Will be interesting to see if anything comes out of his chats with Cohen. Of course those would be privileged communications unless they are related to whatever crime they are going after Cohen for. (fingers crossed) lol

 

[HALL85]

He did.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/28/magazine/how-far-will-sean-hannity-go.html

"I'm a journalist...but I'm an advocacy journalist, or an opinion journalist"

Will be interesting to see if anything comes out of his chats with Cohen. Of course those would be privileged communications unless they are related to whatever crime they are going after Cohen for. (fingers crossed) lol

That's weak Merge...even Hannity wouldn't call himself a news journalist. Good to see you're starting yet another conspiracy theory...lol

 

[Merge]

That's weak Merge...even Hannity wouldn't call himself a news journalist. Good to see you're starting yet another conspiracy theory...lol

Yeah, he just makes up his own category of journalism to keep the word journalists but still gets to have zero integrity. Good for him.

Cohen being under a criminal investigation is a conspiracy theory? No conspiracy theory there. I just hope Hannity is caught up in it.

 

[HALL85]

Yeah, he just makes up his own category of journalism to keep the word journalists but still gets to have zero integrity. Good for him.

Cohen being under a criminal investigation is a conspiracy theory? No conspiracy theory there. I just hope Hannity is caught up in it.

Hannity is a hack. Really don’t care what he calls himself. No rationale person considers him a journalist.

 

[cernjSHU]

Hannity is a hack. Really don’t care what he calls himself. No rationale person considers him a journalist.

Hmmm, well he is the number one rated show on a so-called news network. Someone must think he is.

 

[SPK145]

Hannity is a hack as is Rachel Maddow yet both their shows are the top rated cable news shows. How sad.

 

[HALL85]

Hmmm, well he is the number one rated show on a so-called news network. Someone must think he is.

Is there anybody on cable news between 7 pm and midnight who is a journalist?

 

[cernjSHU]

Hannity is a hack as is Rachel Maddow yet both their shows are the top rated cable news shows. How sad.

Equating the two is laughable. Rachel certainly has a bent but she at least does some corroborating opinions with fact. Hannity is another league. He is a propagandist. He promotes lies and disinformation for his master.

 

[Blue Bloods]

Rachel certainly has a bent but she at least does some corroborating opinions with fact.

Lmao. That's a good one.

 

[Merge]

Lmao. That's a good one.

Neither are a good option to get your news, but in a similar way that a chiropractor and a homeless guy are a good option to get a health checkup.

Maddow is a Rhodes scholar with a doctorate from Oxford. She is an opinion broadcaster as Hannity is - but Hannity is just on another level of outright lies and fearmongoring to gain viewers.

 

[SPK145]

Maddow is a Rhodes scholar with a doctorate from Oxford. She is an opinion broadcaster as Hannity is - but Hannity is just on another level of outright lies and fearmongoring to gain viewers.

Two clowns not worthy of anyone’s time, I can’t stomach either one, they both offer nothing.

 

[Merge]

Two clowns not worthy of anyone’s time, I can’t stomach either one, they both offer nothing.

And that is fine, I don't watch either.
Just think we can acknowledge they are quite different in their background and "reporting"

 

[SPK145]

And that is fine, I don't watch either.
Just think we can acknowledge they are quite different in their background and "reporting"

They are birds of the same filthy feather.

 

[HALL85]

And that is fine, I don't watch either.
Just think we can acknowledge they are quite different in their background and "reporting"

Trying to justify one is better than the other is just silly.

 

[Merge]

Trying to justify one is better than the other is just silly.

Why? You don't like two people so those two people must be equal?

I didn't like O'reily either but he was far better than Hannity, and more comparable to someone like Maddow, sans harassment of course.

 

[Section112]

Maddow is as much a hack as is Hannity. Being impressed with ones education is one thing, but just listen to her for 5 minutes if you can. Same for Hannity - he sees one side and that is it. He is terrible.

Zuckerberg graduated from Harvard but he's a punk no matter which way you slice it. Corey Booker was a Stanford grad, attended Yale Law school and is the biggest and most unimpressive whiner I have ever seen. Ann Coulter went to Cornell and is a complete nutjob. I could go on and on but to say Maddow is better than anyone because she is a Rhodes Scholar is laughable unless you are comparing her to other Rhodes scholars in the education field. What matters is what you do and say and she is a very hard listen unless you are part of her base.

 

[Merge]

What matters is what you do and say and she is a very hard listen unless you are part of her base.

Definitely understandable. I don't watch the cable news shows in general, but have turned in from time to time if I wanted to see their take on a specific topic or if they had a guest on I wanted to see.

Maddow's education is important because it is a large part of her style, and while very biased - Her intelligence does come through in her interviews. Hannity's style is more conspiracy theory type of stuff - Deep state, seth rich murder after the story was debunked, defending Roy Moore etc.

I do believe Maddow would not sink to the level of Hannity - fine if you disagree.

 

[HALL85]

Definitely understandable. I don't watch the cable news shows in general, but have turned in from time to time if I wanted to see their take on a specific topic or if they had a guest on I wanted to see.

Maddow's education is important because it is a large part of her style, and while very biased - Her intelligence does come through in her interviews. Hannity's style is more conspiracy theory type of stuff - Deep state, seth rich murder after the story was debunked, defending Roy Moore etc.

I do believe Maddow would not sink to the level of Hannity - fine if you disagree.

Is this the same Rachel Maddow that overhyped her entire show once because she had Trumps tax return and then presented the summary at the very end of the show (that was a basic pfffft)????lols

 

[Merge]

Is this the same Rachel Maddow that overhyped her entire show once because she had Trumps tax return and then presented the summary at the very end of the show (that was a basic pfffft)????lols

Yes. The Rachael Maddow who had a dud of a story, is not similar to conspiracy theorist Sean Hannity.

 

[HALL85]

Yes. The Rachael Maddow who had a dud of a story, is not similar to conspiracy theorist Sean Hannity.

lulz...Rhodes Scholar-esque....

 

[SPK145]

Yes. The Rachael Maddow who had a dud of a story, is not similar to conspiracy theorist Sean Hannity.

They're all duds.

 

[Merge]

lulz...Rhodes Scholar-esque....

Like I said. I'm not a fan of hers. She is very biased and leading in her reporting. but the idea that 2 biased people are the same is silly.

Just like Alex Jones is significantly worse than Hannity, Hannity is worse than Maddow.

 

[Merge]

They're all duds.

Tax return was certainly a dud, but can't agree since I haven't watched every segment of her shows. I've probably seen about 3-4 of her shows ever. I'll just have to take your word for it, the loyal MSNBC viewer that you are.

 

[HALL85]

They are both UNWATCHABLE. Do I care if they suck in different ways? No.

 

[donnie_baseball]

This is a pretty funny thread. Someone is pretty impressed by the conferral of degrees.

 

[Merge]

This thread started with a point about how it was wrong for Hannity to not disclose his relationship with Cohen while defending him.

What this thread turned into was people justifying Hannity because they are leftist versions of him. It's just more whataboutism.
The original post has zero to do with anyone other than Hannity, yet certain people feel the need to find fault from the left when there is some shown on the right.

My point there are degrees of integrity and character. Equating Maddow to Hannity because they are left and right is silly.

 

[HALL85]

This thread started with a point about how it was wrong for Hannity to not disclose his relationship with Cohen while defending him.

What this thread turned into was people justifying Hannity because they are leftist versions of him. It's just more whataboutism.
The original post has zero to do with anyone other than Hannity, yet certain people feel the need to find fault from the left when there is some shown on the right.

My point there are degrees of integrity and character. Equating Maddow to Hannity because they are left and right is silly.

Weak...the first half of the thread was all about him until cern mentioned that he was the top rated cable show. Then you start with the diploma nonsense. Maddox and Hannity both suck...like saying who is worse....RU basketball or football.

 

[Merge]

Weak...the first half of the thread was all about him until cern mentioned that he was the top rated cable show. Then you start with the diploma nonsense. Maddox and Hannity both suck...like saying who is worse....RU basketball or football.

Yes, I think Maddow had more integrity in her reporting than Hannity by a wide margin. I don't think they are equally bad because they are both biased.
There was zero reason to bring her into this discussion other than to say "what about the left"

It's a fair point that their education doesn't prove integrity - I shouldn't have brought it up.
The reason I did was that my impression of watching her is that while biased, her intelligence does come through. My impression of watching Hannity is that he is a conspiracy theorist trying to scare his viewers.

 

[HALL85]

Yes, I think Maddow had more integrity in her reporting than Hannity by a wide margin. I don't think they are equally bad because they are both biased.
There was zero reason to bring her into this discussion other than to say "what about the left"

It's a fair point that their education doesn't prove integrity - I shouldn't have brought it up.
The reason I did was that my impression of watching her is that while biased, her intelligence does come through. My impression of watching Hannity is that he is a conspiracy theorist trying to scare his viewers.

You clearly spend a good amount of time watching both for that depth of comparison. Personally, after 10 minutes, I recognized neither added any value to my daily routine.

 

[cernjSHU]

Merge, you are 100% correct about whataboutism or false equivalencies with people on the right. There can never be agreement about something that really isn't in dispute. Hey, there is an attack against a conservative, therefore, we must attack someone on the left, even if there is no comparison.

 

[SPK145]

Merge, you are 100% correct about whataboutism or false equivalencies with people on the right. There can never be agreement about something that really isn't in dispute. Hey, there is an attack against a conservative, therefore, we must attack someone on the left, even if there is no comparison.

The problem is your last 6 words, there always is a comparison, can't justify such hypocrites. Haven't there been leftist journalists/hacks who have been represented by the same attorneys that Clinton/Obama used?

 

[Merge]

The problem is your last 6 words, there always is a comparison, can't justify such hypocrites. Haven't there been leftist journalists/hacks who have been represented by the same attorneys that Clinton/Obama used?

Has Maddow? You brought her up in this thread.

Was Obama's attorney being reported on for being under a criminal investigation reported on by Maddow without her disclosing her ties? Seems like this is kind of uncharted territory. Not sure if you'll find a real comparison on the left, but good luck in your efforts.