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babylonsister

(171,074 posts) Mon Apr 16, 2018, 09:01 PM Apr 2018

Sean Hannity has few rules, and now Fox News has a problem

Stelter: Sean Hannity has few rules, and now Fox News has a problem
by Brian Stelter @brianstelter April 16, 2018: 5:27 PM ET

Hannity: Cohen has never represented me
Sean Hannity operates at Fox News with few rules. He seemingly says and does whatever he wants, even when it embarrasses his own colleagues.

With his high ratings come huge headaches for Fox. Case in point: Monday's courtroom revelation about Hannity being a client of President Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen.

While his off-air relationships might be just a logical extension of Hannity's on-air cheerleading for Trump, it still came as a surprise, immediately raising questions about both Hannity and Fox.

By any standards of any normal newsroom, the Cohen-Hannity relationship is a glaring conflict of interest.

Fox is not a normal newsroom. And Hannity's viewers are not typical news viewers -- people who watch almost any other show would likely feel lied to when they learned something like this had not been disclosed to them, but Hannity's want him to have this kind of relationship with Trumpworld.

Still, Fox will still have to address these issues. A network spokeswoman had no immediate comment on the matter on Monday.

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http://money.cnn.com/2018/04/16/media/sean-hannity-conflicts-of-interest/index.html

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Sean Hannity has few rules, and now Fox News has a problem (Original Post) babylonsister Apr 2018 OP

I just watched the first 2 min of Hannity for curiousity. BigmanPigman Apr 2018 #1

Two minutes? jberryhill Apr 2018 #6

It was quite amusing. I never knew he has such a gigantic head..... BigmanPigman Apr 2018 #7

Going down, down, down, down Angry Dragon Apr 2018 #2

Seems that anyone who hitches their cart to Trump's is going down. Kablooie Apr 2018 #3

A longish NYT article just came out on the Hannity-Cohen-Trump relationship: dalton99a Apr 2018 #4

"By any standards of any normal newsroom, the relationship is a glaring conflict of interest" progressoid Apr 2018 #5

BigmanPigman

(51,611 posts)

1. I just watched the first 2 min of Hannity for curiousity.

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Mon Apr 16, 2018, 09:06 PM

Apr 2018

He addressed "the Fake News CNN and conspiracy theory MSNBC media hysteria" by saying he will discuss it AFTER he discusses the real news...Syria. Well Sean,I won't be listening since I never do! Thanks for the laugh.

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)

6. Two minutes?

Reply to BigmanPigman (Reply #1)

Mon Apr 16, 2018, 11:06 PM

Apr 2018

That would beat the house record here.

BigmanPigman

(51,611 posts)

7. It was quite amusing. I never knew he has such a gigantic head.....

Reply to jberryhill (Reply #6)

Mon Apr 16, 2018, 11:21 PM

Apr 2018

I only turn that channel on if I know they will be a source for humor otherwise it would be a masochistic move on my part. I have to immediately change the channel if I just see, let alone listen to, half of the idiotic GOP talking heads on my regular stations.

Angry Dragon

(36,693 posts)

2. Going down, down, down, down

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Mon Apr 16, 2018, 09:23 PM

Apr 2018

Kablooie

(18,634 posts)

3. Seems that anyone who hitches their cart to Trump's is going down.

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Mon Apr 16, 2018, 09:53 PM

Apr 2018

One of the most unwisest things ever to do.

dalton99a

(81,526 posts)

4. A longish NYT article just came out on the Hannity-Cohen-Trump relationship:

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Mon Apr 16, 2018, 10:01 PM

Apr 2018

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/16/business/media/sean-hannity-michael-cohen-client.html
Sean Hannity Is Named as Client of Michael Cohen, Trump’s Lawyer
By ALAN FEUER, MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM and JOHN KOBLIN | APRIL 16, 2018

From his Fox News pulpit, Sean Hannity has been one of the most ardent supporters of President Trump, cheering his agenda and excoriating his enemies.

He has gone from giving advice on messaging and strategy to Mr. Trump and his advisers during the 2016 campaign to dining with him at the White House and Mar-a-Lago.

Now, Mr. Hannity finds himself aligned even more closely with the president.

During a hearing at a packed courtroom in Lower Manhattan on Monday, he was named as a client of Mr. Trump’s longtime personal lawyer and fixer, Michael D. Cohen.

That revelation nudged the conservative commentator into the orbit of those who have lately come under legal scrutiny related to the investigations of Mr. Trump and his associates by the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, and the United States attorney’s office in Manhattan. Both inquiries have provided fodder for Mr. Hannity’s prime-time cable show and nationally syndicated radio program.

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progressoid

(49,991 posts)

5. "By any standards of any normal newsroom, the relationship is a glaring conflict of interest"

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Mon Apr 16, 2018, 10:08 PM

Apr 2018

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