They believe it's 'below them' to criticize a fellow 'journalist.'

conclusion you did. I cannot find any other TV channel (except maybe for Comedy Central) who reported that.

idea who Sean Hannity is. Most recent date I can find is Thursday Oct 17. Hannity had a total of 1,589,000 viewers. Of those viewers less than a million were both older than 24 and younger than 54, the 'target' demo. 313,000,000 Americans. About one half of one percent of the country watch his show.
He's important here, but in reality he's a niche performer with a following too small to call a cult following. He's not reported on for the same reason the band who plays at the local tavern is not on the cover of Variety.

a shit load of money to lie to so few.