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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFox News adopts George Zimmerman
Outside his legal team, few have done more to help Trayvon Martin's shooter than Sean Hannity. Here's why
BY ALEX SEITZ-WALD
The case may be Florida v. George Zimmerman, but it might more aptly be called Florida v. George Zimmerman and the conservative media, as the accused killer has found devoted defenders on the airwaves of Fox News and in the digital pages of conservative blogs.
Few outside Zimmermans defense team have done more to help him than Sean Hannity, who on Friday declared that Zimmerman had already won the trial. As far as Im concerned, this case is over, the Fox host said after playing testimony from a witness who said he saw Trayvon Martin beating Zimmerman MMA style. The day before that, Hannity said on his radio show that the judge should dismiss manslaughter, let alone the second-degree murder charges.
So the question is why are we here? And the answer to that question is purely political. Politics influenced the decision, the media influenced the decision, Hannity said, succinctly revealing why the conservative media has found itself vocally defending someone who admitted to killing teenager Trayvon Martin. It goes like this: Liberals and the media made hay out of the fact that Zimmerman was initially not charged in the killing of Martin. Liberals and the media are bad. Therefore, Zimmerman must be good.
Hannity and others have sought to portray Zimmerman as the real victim here, of a left-wing media lynch mob, a term used by Ann Coulter, Tea Party Nation founder Judson Phillips, David Horowitz, and conservative watchdog Accuracy in the Media, among others. When NBC aired an edited 911 call that made Zimmerman look racist, that was all the proof conservatives needed.
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http://www.salon.com/2013/07/01/right_wing_media_adopts_george_zimmerman/
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Fox News adopts George Zimmerman (Original Post)
DonViejo
Jul 2013
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zbdent
(35,392 posts)1. and they keep pushing bengazzi as a "world class coverup" ...
quinnox
(20,600 posts)2. and we have had a few duers who seem to have adopted him as well
Just saying.
These Zimmerman defenders are an odd breed.