{"id":32385,"date":"2016-08-22T16:50:38","date_gmt":"2016-08-22T23:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=32385"},"modified":"2018-08-29T12:20:58","modified_gmt":"2018-08-29T19:20:58","slug":"the-trump-for-president-hour-brought-to-you-by-sean-hannity-and-fox-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=32385","title":{"rendered":"The Trump For President Hour: Brought To You By Sean Hannity And Fox News"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Republican shills at Fox News are becoming increasingly unhinged as their anointed candidate falls farther behind in the polls. Donald Trump’s new “presidential”<\/em> persona isn’t helping him attract voters. In fact, his appeal to African-Americans actually offended many with his stereotyping of them as poor, unemployed, and uneducated. Not to mention his backhanded slam that they are gullible waifs being duped by the evil Democrats.<\/p>\n

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So what is a blatantly biased GOP PR machine to do when their electoral messiah falls off the cross? Nail him back up, of course. And that’s what Fox is doing with yet another primetime special produced and hosted by their Senior Trump Fluffer, Sean Hannity. Last week Hannity held a Trump infomercial<\/a><\/strong> in Milwaukee that was billed as a town hall. Following that The Donald’s ship hit another iceberg as his campaign staff fell apart. The leadership void was filled<\/a><\/strong> by the chairman of Breitbart News, Stephen Bannon, a favorite of the American white nationalist movement.<\/p>\n

All of that bad news took some of the punch out Hannity’s promo. Consequently, he’s scheduled another town hall for tomorrow night in Austin, TX, to make up for it. Apparently this is a new weekly series offered by Fox News featuring the wingnut duo “Donny and Seany”<\/em> (Marie is busy selling diet shakes). On the nights when Trump is not a guest, he will still be the main attraction. Hannity already spends every episode reciting love poems to Donny and attacking his nemesis, Hillary Clinton. And he’s getting lots of help<\/a><\/strong> from Fox News on that score.<\/p>\n

UPDATE:<\/strong> This is even worse than I thought. The town hall in Austin will be a two night affair (Tuesday and Wednesday).<\/p>\n

Hannity’s involvement with Trump’s campaign is growing more complex. He’s always been the top provider of airtime<\/a><\/strong> to Trump, and now reports say he is also serving as an adviser. Media analyst Jim Rutenberg writes<\/a><\/strong> in the New York Times that:<\/p>\n

“Mr. Hannity uses his show on the nation\u2019s most-watched cable news network to blare Mr. Trump\u2019s message relentlessly \u2014 giving Mr. Trump the kind of promotional television exposure even a billionaire can\u2019t afford for long.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“But Mr. Hannity is not only Mr. Trump\u2019s biggest media booster; he also veers into the role of adviser. Several people I\u2019ve spoken with over the last couple of weeks said Mr. Hannity had for months peppered Mr. Trump, his family members and advisers with suggestions on strategy and messaging.”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sean Hannity has already announced on the air his endorsement for Trump and intention to vote for him. Now it appears that he is also working for the campaign as a political operative (along with his ex-boss Roger Ailes<\/a><\/strong>). And Fox News permits this flagrantly biased behavior. There is no precedent for a news network turning over so much of its schedule to one candidate. It is wholly inappropriate and a breach of journalistic ethics. As noted previously, if the Federal Elections Committee had any integrity they would cite Fox for violating campaign finance laws. They should be forced to declare this an in-kind contribution to Trump\u2019s campaign.<\/p>\n

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How Fox News Deceives and Controls Their Flock:
\nFox Nation vs. Reality: The Fox News Cult of Ignorance.<\/a>
\nAvailable now at Amazon.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Many people are speculating that Trump’s presidential ambitions have been a scam from the start. Media watchers from Vanity Fair to the New Yorker say that his real goal is to launch his own cable network. That may be true, and he has been assembling a team (Ailes, Bannon, Hannity) that could serve as a starting roster. However, there is a far greater likelihood of failure than success for such a venture, as I detailed here two months ago<\/a><\/strong>. Trump would just be adding to the list of his business debacles should he attempt this. Therefore, he has my blessing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Republican shills at Fox News are becoming increasingly unhinged as their anointed candidate falls farther behind in the polls. Donald Trump’s new “presidential” persona isn’t helping him attract voters. In fact, his appeal to African-Americans actually offended many with his stereotyping of them as poor, unemployed, and uneducated. Not to mention his backhanded slam […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32387,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[152,1,684],"tags":[554,33,129],"class_list":["post-32385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-election","category-general","category-media-bias","tag-donald-trump","tag-fox-news","tag-sean-hannity"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-hannity-hearts.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-8ql","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":39648,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=39648","url_meta":{"origin":32385,"position":0},"title":"Fox News Dismisses Sean Hannity’s Unethical Appearance at Trump Rally as ‘a Distraction’","author":"Mark NC","date":"11\/6\/2018","format":false,"excerpt":"This is a quick update to the story about Sean Hannity making an appearance with Donald Trump at Monday night's cult rally in Missouri. 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