{"id":39630,"date":"2018-11-04T15:46:44","date_gmt":"2018-11-04T23:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=39630"},"modified":"2020-02-02T11:29:48","modified_gmt":"2020-02-02T19:29:48","slug":"sean-hannity-will-be-trumps-special-guest-at-a-rally-violating-even-fox-news-low-standards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=39630","title":{"rendered":"Sean Hannity Will Be Trump’s ‘Special Guest’ at a Rally, Violating Even Fox News’ Low Standards"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trump’s national campaign tour in support of his Republican Nationalist Party is reaching a fever pitch as we approach the last few days before the election. In a late breaking press release, Trump has announced<\/a><\/strong> that he will have two special guests joining him at his cult rally in Missouri: Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh.<\/p>\n

\"Donald
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Of course Limbaugh and Hannity are not exactly a match for Oprah and Obama. But there are other contradictions in this turn of events that deserve attention. For instance, a few years ago Limbaugh soured on the GOP and promised to never carry water<\/a><\/strong> for the party again. Apparently he got over it.<\/p>\n

A bigger problem is Hannity’s addition to this reality show lineup. That’s the same Hannity who Trump calls before beddy-bye<\/a><\/strong> every night. And this isn’t the first time that Hannity has unethically stumped for Trump. He was even admonished by his bosses at Fox News for it. If you can believe it, Fox News has some journalistic standards that are obviously rather low, but they exist. Or so we thought. Back in 2016 Fox rebuked Hannity for appearing in a Trump campaign video. This is what News Corpse published<\/a><\/strong> at the time:<\/p>\n

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Hannity taped a tribute to Donald Trump that appears in a new web ad. Curiously, he is identified only as “Sean Hannity, TV personality.”<\/em> Not only did they leave out his Fox News affiliation, but they reduced him to the status of Kim Kardashian or Ryan Seacrest. In the clip Hannity unequivocally states his support for Trump and outlines his reasons why. <\/p>\n

“One of the reasons I\u2019m supporting Donald Trump this year is number one, he\u2019s going to put originalists on the Supreme Court. People that believe in fidelity to the Constitution, separation of powers, co-equal branches of government. He\u2019s a guy that will vet refugees to keep Americans safe. And of course he\u2019s gonna build that wall. He says he\u2019s gonna have Mexico pay for it. That\u2019s fine, as long as we secure the country and, of course, we don\u2019t want people competing for jobs. He said he will eliminate Obamacare, make us energy-independent, and as somebody who\u2019s been a marksman since I\u2019m 11 years old, protecting our Second Amendment rights are paramount to me.”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This list of right-wing tripe is typical of the propaganda that Fox and Hannity regularly dispense. Nothing in it varies from the conservative politics that dominate the network. What’s unusual is that Hannity delivers his testimonial in an official Trump advertisement. Along with fellow asshats like Ted Nugent, Hannity plants a wet kiss full on the mouth of his hallowed hero. Unfortunately, he failed to get permission from his Fox bosses before contributing his services. That reckless disobedience resulted in Fox News taking swift disciplinary action<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n

“We were not aware of Sean Hannity participating in a promotional video and he will not be doing anything along these lines for the remainder of the election season.”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well, that ought teach him. While distancing themselves from Hannity’s impropriety, Fox firmly forbade him from further misconduct. And that appears to be the extent of his punishment. He wasn’t suspended. His pay wasn’t docked. There doesn’t even seem to be a demand to remove his segment from Trump’s ad. What’s more, they gave him permission to continue his partisan antics after the election.<\/p>\n

This absence of consequences isn’t the least bit peculiar. Why would Fox News punish Hannity for doing in an ad what he does everyday on his program?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Everything written at that time applies perfectly today. Hannity is still a Trump-fluffing shill, and Fox News still doesn’t care about upholding any journalistic principles. Nothing changes for these dishonest, unethical propagandists who are now working for the State. Pathetic.<\/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

UPDATE:<\/strong> Both Fox News and Hannity made statements that he was only going to Missouri to interview Trump and would not campaign on stage with him. They lied<\/a><\/strong>. Not only did Hannity speak at the rally, but so did Fox’s Jeanine Pirro. More proof that Fox News is the State TV affiliate of the Trump White House.<\/p>\n

UPDATE II:<\/strong> Fox News finally commented on this<\/a><\/strong> with a weak, meaningless statement saying only that it “does not condone any talent participating in campaign events”<\/em> and that it “was an unfortunate distraction and has been addressed.”<\/em> Addressed how? Fox doesn’t say. Hannity also posted a thoroughly dishonest tweet<\/a><\/strong> (which he later deleted, but is preserved here<\/a><\/strong>) saying that his appearance “was NOT planned.”<\/em> Yeah right. It was literally featured in the White House press release saying that he would be a “special guest.”<\/em> Is he trying to tell us that he was the only person who didn’t know that Trump would call on him (and Pirro) to speak?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Trump’s national campaign tour in support of his Republican Nationalist Party is reaching a fever pitch as we approach the last few days before the election. In a late breaking press release, Trump has announced that he will have two special guests joining him at his cult rally in Missouri: Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh. 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