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(182,891 posts)
Tue Oct 25, 2016, 04:31 PM Oct 2016

Hannity goes "Batboy crazy" with National Enquirer story about Weekly World News

That's the best I could do with the subject line.

Hannity Is Convinced Former Editor For Defunct Tabloid Weekly World News Worked As "Fixer" For Clinton
Sean Hannity Is One Step Away From Hosting Bigfoot To Smear The Clintons

https://mediamatters.org/blog/2016/10/24/hannity-convinced-former-editor-defunct-tabloid-world-news-daily-worked-fixer-clinton/214085


Sean Hannity invited Jeff Rovin on his prime-time Fox News show to claim he worked as Bill and Hillary Clinton's longtime fixer. Rovin is a discredited science-fiction writer who worked for the now-defunct Weekly World News tabloid that repeatedly attacked the Clintons with headlines such as “Hillary Clinton Adopts Alien Baby” and “Hillary Names Bigfoot As Running Mate.”

Hannity hosted Rovin after a series of stories were published by the National Enquirer hyping an unnamed "fixer" who helped Hillary Clinton hide her "illicit romps with both men AND women." Rovin claimed he is “coming forward now because of the endless attention the alleged indiscretions of Donald Trump have received.” During the interview Hannity asked Rovin if he was voting for Trump because “it sounds like you like Trump, Rovin responded, “I like Trump, sure”:

The Weekly World News was best known for ridiculous and outrageous front-page headlines, including; “Clinton Hires 3-Breasted Intern,” “Alien Backs Clinton,” “Alien In Slammer After Fistfight With Bill … Over Hillary,” and “Hillary Names Bigfoot As Her Running Mate”:

Trump sycophant Sean Hannity has continued to sink lower and lower in order to help boost Trump’s candidacy, this time allowing himself to become the victim of a tabloid story which was neither verified by Fox News nor any other independent analysis.

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Hannity goes "Batboy crazy" with National Enquirer story about Weekly World News (Original Post) underpants Oct 2016 OP
I wonder if Hannity is secret lover of Michelle Bachmann?? Angry Dragon Oct 2016 #1
or in a 3 way with Michelle and word salad Sarah rurallib Oct 2016 #5
Each day Hannity decends more into the stinking sewer riversedge Oct 2016 #2
It is fascinating to watch underpants Oct 2016 #3
who would have mercuryblues Oct 2016 #6
Well there was this rumor... Rex Oct 2016 #4

underpants

(182,891 posts)
3. It is fascinating to watch
Tue Oct 25, 2016, 04:47 PM
Oct 2016

Hannity usually seems to know his role - repeat the talking points of the day on his daily 4 hours of radio and TV airtime. Now he's just gone off the rails.

Maybe it was the loss of his mentor Ailes. Many think he will host the flagship of any Trump TV Network so he is basically already out the door at Fox. Who knows, but he has lost it.

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