Now, a new report from the nonprofit watchdog group Media Matters for America labels Hannity one of the chief sources of dangerous misinformation about the coronavirus pandemic. The analysis documents some 50 specific examples in which the commentator misrepresented facts about the outbreak to benefit his far-right agenda.
On March 9, for example, Hannity opined that young, healthy Americans have no reason to fear coronavirus. Two days later, on his radio program, the commentator dished up a conspiracy theory about the “deep state” using coronavirus to spin the public.
“Taken as a whole, his commentary falls into six discernible themes: peddling unproven treatments, comparing COVID-19 to other illnesses or focusing on other ways people can die, defending Trump’s response to the pandemic, blaming the media and journalists, downplaying supply shortages, and attacking local and congressional responses,” Media Matters writes.
Of course, there are real-world implications for the words Hannity uses. A recent Pew Research poll found that 79% of Fox News viewers believe the media had overstated the potency of the virus.
Pew Research also cited that the average age for Fox News viewers as 65. COVID-19’s most devastating effects are on elderly people, especially those with underlying health conditions.
In this case, it’s hard to tell who’s more deserving of the assclown designation, Hannity himself or the myriad advertisers who still buy time on his show. Among those are Expedia, Progressive Insurance, Bayer and Ford Motors, Media Matters kindly points out
This article appears in Apr 8-14, 2020.
wrg
Christ has Risen
Walk out of the darkness towards the light.
I don’t think anyone is surprised by this. Faux News and their entire crew of right wing lunatic Trump lapdogs are almost always lying about something. Kind of like the right wing idiots you’ll find in the comment section of this very website.
Resist the stupid, stop listening to morons.
Apparently even one Conservative News outlet is too much for the Fake News spreading left. So much so that they had to use a far Left “watchdog” group to bemoan them, and publish a piece from an “affiliate” in San Antonio.
What’s the matter, couldn’t find anything to publish from snopes or are they busy running interference for Hillary’s 30,000 deleted emails still?
who gives a fuck about hannity? Thanks sanferd for the regurgitated piece.
They should make Trump’s wall from Hillary’s emails because no one will ever get over them.
January 20, 2020, coronavirus started in South Korea and the U.S. April 11, 2020, death toll: S. Korea, 214, US, 20,000. Either they’re governed by a genius or we’ve got a dimwit in the WH.
Trump, ”We have it totally under control. It’s one person coming in from China, and we have it under control. It’s going to be just fine.” (January 22)
2. “We pretty much shut it down coming in from China.” (February 2).
Trump, not smart enough to be a dog catcher.
Oh my god, I can’t stop laughing.
This one really hit the idiot right wingers hard. So hard they went from 0 to that old Republican chestnut that they drag out every single time someone proves them wrong. “Durrrrr what about Hilary’s emails?!?”
Trumps denial and shitty delayed virus response costs thousands of lives – Hilary’s emails
Strategic medical supplies completely depleted- Hilary’s emails
Cuts and closures to the CDC- Hilary’s emails
Trump lying every single time he opens his fat orange gob- Hilary’s emails
Putting an idiot like Mike Pence, a man who doesn’t believe in evolution and presided over the single largest HIV outbreak ever, in charge of our Covid19 response- Hilary’s emails
Laughable small business lending program- Hilary’s emails
Trump’s ridiculous nepotism, putting his idiot son in law in charge of our vital supply chain- Hilary’s emails
Trump being about to fire Dr. Fauci, one of the only people in that adminstration with a fucking clue, because he didn’t give his orange ass enough lip service- Hilary’s emails
Sean Hannity on the record being as full of shit as everyone with two brain cells to rub together always knew he was- HILARY’S EMAILS!!!!!!1
I know a couple other historical figures who couldn’t take the least amount of criticism and would frequently fire, or kill, otherwise competent employees. Their names were Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Pol Pott, Idi Amin, I could go on and on.
But yes, we know your response:
Hilary’s emails.
A comment posted on Easter Sunday that tells people to walk towards the light has 0 likes and 20 dislikes and “progressives” believe they are the enlightened ones?
Could the void of their souls be any more obvious?
fuaxcci has been running this fiasco since the beginning, not letting trump shut the borders, then saying you dont need to wear mask in feb, he’s a leftist with an agenda ,but then i repeat myself.
Sounds like someone’s upset that their generic ass Easter comment didn’t get any likes. LOL
The problem with you conservative types is that you’ve lived in the darkness for so long that you’ve started to mistake it for the light. You think everyone thinks like you and shares your values, but the truth is exactly the opposite. Your values and opinions are dying with you and I, for one, don’t think the funeral can come fast enough.
Pretty funny when Frankensteins Monster starts talking about vampires. Enjoy the death throes of your ideology.