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Hannity Now Taking Aim at Maddows Advertisers
Fox News Sean Hannity is pretty salty about the backlash hes faced over his pushing of the Seth Rich murder conspiracy theory. In the aftermath of his multi-day promotion of the story, Hannity not only saw Richs family beg for him to stop, he also witnessed advertisers leave his program. (One sponsor, USAA, did return to the fold this week.) The way Hannity sees it, the advertisers jumping ship is a prime example of liberal fascism, with Media Matters leading the charge due to the watchdog publishing a list of his sponsors.
Last night, Hannity returned to his show after a few days off by not only addressing the Seth Rich conspiracy again he claimed hed stop talking about it last week but also deciding to take aim at a competitor. And, in his mind, hes merely doing what was done to him.
Hannity is now taking up the cause of targeting the advertisers of MSNBC host Rachel Maddow. The Fox News host found a right-wing watchdog group, Media Equality Project, which started a project called Operation Fight With Fire, where they are publicizing Maddows sponsors. While Hannity claimed last night that hes against boycotts, he feels the group is doing an excellent service because theyre working against the forces trying to silence conservative voices.
Prior to bringing them on last night hed already devoted a radio segment to them and their cause earlier in the day Hannity railed against Maddow, calling her a conspiracy theorist while highlighting a number of segments flagged by the group that supposedly showed her pushing bizarre conspiracies.
After playing the montage of Maddow clips, Hannity then went on to justify why he endorses the groups actions while simultaneously reiterating the fact that he doesnt agree with boycotts.
http://www.mediaite.com/online/hannity-now-taking-aim-at-maddows-advertisers/
samnsara
(17,604 posts)JaneQPublic
(7,113 posts)...kind of like "conservative intellectual."
Wounded Bear
(58,598 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)There is left-wing fascism, and we occasionally see posts from some prone to it right here on DU. There is right-wing fascism, of course!
But there is literally no such thing as liberal fascism. As you say, an oxymoron. We are humanity's anti-fascists.
Skidmore
(37,364 posts)You cece ground when support is not given.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Seth's parents need to sue the crap out of Fox.
BumRushDaShow
(128,447 posts)where back in the day, liberal shows spent much of their time replaying RW loon show clips and then discussing them.... which of course gave the RW loon shows "free advertising".
Now it's evolving into the other way around.
shraby
(21,946 posts)I'm sure he will feel her wrath when she's back in the groove again.
He'll lose. He's messing with a PhD holder.
He was lucky to pass high school.
kimbutgar
(21,055 posts)You know the sop of Putin poison and kill your media opponents.
Wouldn't it be a sweet thing for Chump and putin to no longer have Rachel investigating chump and his Russia ties.
Get well Rachel. We miss you.
lpbk2713
(42,736 posts)It took him a while to find a fringe group that would back him up.
rurallib
(62,379 posts)he promised the public he would.
It will strengthen his soul and stiffen his spine for battle.
Gothmog
(144,919 posts)shenmue
(38,506 posts)Lint Head
(15,064 posts)would most likely never watch Fox and people who watch Fox would never watch Rachel anyway? Boycotting her advertisers will never work.