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CatWoman

(79,293 posts)
Wed May 31, 2017, 11:55 AM May 2017

LOL!!! Hannity declares war on Rachel

Hannity Now Taking Aim at Maddow’s Advertisers

Fox News’ Sean Hannity is pretty salty about the backlash he’s 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 Rich’s 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 he’d stop talking about it last week — but also deciding to take aim at a competitor. And, in his mind, he’s 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 Maddow’s sponsors. While Hannity claimed last night that he’s “against boycotts,” he feels the group is doing an excellent service because they’re working against the forces trying to silence conservative voices.

Prior to bringing them on last night — he’d 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 group’s actions while simultaneously reiterating the fact that he doesn’t agree with boycotts.

http://www.mediaite.com/online/hannity-now-taking-aim-at-maddows-advertisers/

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Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
16. Seriously, there is no such thing.
Wed May 31, 2017, 01:28 PM
May 2017

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.

BumRushDaShow

(128,447 posts)
6. Interesting the turnabout
Wed May 31, 2017, 12:05 PM
May 2017

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)
7. Isn't that just like him? Hit her when she's down. She's been sick for several days.
Wed May 31, 2017, 12:06 PM
May 2017

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)
11. I just hope the Russians didn't poison her.
Wed May 31, 2017, 12:21 PM
May 2017

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.

rurallib

(62,379 posts)
9. before he can go to war, doesn't soldier Hannity have to undergo a water boarding?
Wed May 31, 2017, 12:11 PM
May 2017

he promised the public he would.
It will strengthen his soul and stiffen his spine for battle.

Lint Head

(15,064 posts)
12. This is how ignorant Hannity is. People who watch Rachel
Wed May 31, 2017, 12:25 PM
May 2017

would most likely never watch Fox and people who watch Fox would never watch Rachel anyway? Boycotting her advertisers will never work.

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