Misinformer of the Year Hannity again announced he was giving "Left-Wing Obamamania Media Sleaze PC Police Award" to Media Matters
For the second day in a row, Sean Hannity stated on his radio show that he was presenting an award to Media Matters: "[A]s we announced yesterday on the program, our first annual Left Wing Obamamania Media Sleaze PC Police Award has gone to the group Media Matters." Hannity originally announced this award hours after Media Matters named him the Misinformer of the Year.
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On the December 18 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, Sean Hannity stated: "[A]s we announced yesterday on the program, our first annual Left Wing Obamamania Media Sleaze PC Police Award has gone to the group Media Matters."
Hannity was echoing comments he made the previous day when, hours after Media Matters for America named him the 2008 Misinformer of the Year for promoting and embellishing a vast array of false and misleading claims about President-elect Barack Obama and for attacking members of Obama's family, as well as Sen. Hillary Clinton and other progressives, Hannity announced he was giving Media Matters an award, which he named the "first annual Left-Wing Obamamania Media Propaganda Sleaze Award," the "Left-Wing Propaganda Obamamania Media Award," and the "first annual Left-Wing Obamamania Media Propaganda PC Police Award" at various points in the program.
Hannity also repeated his offer of a "prize" for Media Matters. He stated: "[O]ur offer stands. We have a prize for all the Media Matters propagandists, and that is that they get a loop tape of Barack Obama saying, 'change, change, change,' and they can listen to it 24 hours a day, seven days a week."
From the December 18 broadcast of ABC Radio Networks' The Sean Hannity Show:
HANNITY: Well, as we announced yesterday on the program, our first annual Left-Wing Obamamania Media Sleaze PC Police Award has gone to the group Media Matters. Sweet Baby James informs me that they're actually sending out press releases, and they want to be -- please book us.
Folks, I gotta tell you something. There's one thing that just makes me laugh more than anything else: a bunch of pathetic propaganda losers that sit around with the -- their whole job -- after they're funded by a bunch of left-wing radical millionaires, after having deceived the IRS into granting them tax-exempt status, which is reserved for nonprofits and nonpartisan charitable groups -- their entire job all day is to watch other shows in the hope that they may find one word, one sentence, one phrase, one paragraph that they can take out of context and they can play "gotcha." What a bunch of losers.
But, anyway, our -- we still have -- our offer stands. We have a prize for all the Media Matters propagandists, and that is that they get a looped tape of Barack Obama saying, "change, change, change," and they can listen to it 24 hours a day, seven days a week, as they try and book themselves. I'm sure Air America and NBC will be the first takers.
MMFA: mentality makes fools apoplectic. The only thing they have too dear is fear itself.
Given a choice between sounding clever or being clever, it is always best to choose the latter.
Hmmm... looks like Clownboy is still collecting all of his examples of MMFA's lying and smearing. Nothing offered up yet. He has progressed to calling the site "losers".
And can somebody help me out here, who is MM supposedly trying to "book" themselves with?
Why do I think that if he put it in writing they'd be called "loosers"?
Bulls-eye.
Given the laserbeam-like continuity of the rest of Hannity's rant there, I'm not sure he was even talking about MMfA at that particular point.
I realize original thought is not Shyawn's forte. But complete thought still lags far behind...
Col., there's some kind of weird brilliance in Sean-of-the-dread's remark about "MM's booking themselves". If MM could somehow "book" themselves (or would it be "itself"?) into a wider audience, that is, the more Main Stream Media World, anti-democratic traitors like Hannity would have less influence. Almost NONE of my friends get MM on a regular basis. I have to forward items to them. These attacks by slugs like Hannity and O'Reilly might actually be a good thing. Some well-placed appearances on Letterman, The Daily Show, Bill Moyers, Meet the Press, etc., could go a long way to alert the general public of MM's existence.
their entire job all day is to watch other shows in the hope that they may find one word, one sentence, one phrase, one paragraph that they can take out of context and they can play "gotcha."
Somehow, that job description sounds kinda familiar...
Funny that the "prize" Hannity is offering is a heavily edited recording of Obama speaking completely out of context. This boy is thick.
inshannity is a skid mark on the depends of life
Not to mention that MMFA has never, in almost 5 years, ever quoted anyone without full context.
Ever.
That is simply not how MMFA rolls.
The same cannot be said of Sean Hannity.
Absolutely right, Deez. MMFA even provides the complete link (in blue) to whatever source it is quoting. I can go there and read, in DETAIL, the whole thing. However, as I have said so often, we are talking to ourselves. Not enough people have access to the internet. Our only hope for the future is that Obama fulfills his commitment to a broader public availability of the information highway. Only an informed population can combat these ding-bats.
MMFA has changed my life, especially my perceptions of it.
17*
*number of different names that Meathead has given his first ever annual media award (as of Dec. 19, 2008).
What a petulant child. "I'll get even with you! I'm telling your mommy!"
Just grow up already, hannity...
F'real.
This is the equivalent of "I know you are but what am I?"
Ode to Sean Hannity
by John Cleese
Aping urbanity
Oozing with vanity
Plump as a manatee
Faking humanity
Journalistic calamity
Intellectual inanity
Fox Noise insanity
You're a profanity
Hannity
Excellent, NEON! W. S. Gilbert would have hired you as his assistant. I am trying to put your lyrics to music.
Not my lyrics. From John Cleese, as quoted by Keith Olberman.
And, by the way, Cleese has my vote as Colmes' replacement:
"I'm here for an argument."
"No you're not."...
"Is this a five minute argument or the full half hour?"
DUH! Sorry, Neon; I am just as guilty as the "next guy" of not reading the words.
HANNITY "-- their entire job all day is to watch other shows in the hope that they may find one word, one sentence, one phrase, one paragraph that they can take out of context and they can play "gotcha."
Sean, when you tell your audience over and over and over again that Barack Obama has said he "wants to attack our ally, Pakistan" (sometimes speaking each word slowly and deliberately as though you are quoting the President-elect) those aren't mere slips of the tongue...those are repeated lies. What Obama said, quite specifically, was that if there was actionable intelligence of the location of ALQaeda in Pakistan, and if Pakistan would not act, we would. In fact, about a month after Obama said those words in a debate George W. Bush finally did just that. Obama's words were heard by millions of people...his words are a matter of record and they are clear and concise. So you are lying every time you say (and said quite often during the campaign) that Obama has said that he "wants to attack our ally, Pakistan." You know iit is a lie. And you are lying when you say that MMFA simply takes your words out of context or plays gotcha with simple mistakes. The only reason you are able to get away with your lies, Sean, is because your audience is too ignorant to know the difference.
Hey, Sean, why don't you invite someone from MMFA to be on your show to discuss your propensity for misinformation...in detail? You could start with the "Obama wants to attack our ally, Pakistan" lie indicated above.
And when you award MMFA your "first annual Left Wing Obamamania Media Sleaze PC Police Award" why don't you tell your audience that you did so in a fit of pique because MMFA chronicled your lies in naming you Misinformer of the Year?
Have you ever considered the example for your sons, Sean...a dad who tells lies for a living? What are you going to do when they are old enough to read your record and judge for themselves? You must be quite proud of yourself, I am sure...
Oh...and, Sean, one other thing. What does your wife think about being married to a guy who tells lies to hurt other people for a living? Does it bother her or does she turn a blind eye and say, like John Gotti's wife used to say, "he's a good provider."? Just wondering...
See you in church Sunday, Sean...
Did anyone see the episode of HANNITY & colmes last year when Alexandra Pelosi was a guest? I did. Alexandra Pelosi is a noted documentary film maker who did a film about evangelicals in America. Reviewers said it was even-handed and definitely not a hit job. Alexandra Pelosi is Nancy Pelosi's daughter.
In 2006, during the build up to the Congressional elections Sean Hannity went over the top in his desperation (sound familiar?) over the pending collective Republican defeat. Of Nacy Pelosi, he said, among other things, that defeating Nancy Pelosi becoming Speaker of the House was worth "dying for." MMFA noted Hannity's remarks in a piece.
http://mediamatters.org/items/200608310002
Apprently, Hannity said many other things about Pelosi during that desperate period, to the effect that Pelosi as Speaker would destroy America. Alexandra Pelosi heard those remarks. She said so in an article in Time.
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1558314-2,00.html
When Alexandra Pelosi went on the HANNITY & colmes show to plug her film she remarked to Hannity that she was apprhensive about coming on his show because of what he had said about her mother destroying America. Hannity, smirking, denied that he said that. The jaws of Alexandra Pelosi and Alan Colmes dropped simulataneously. Pelosi looked at Colmes and said, to the effect, "But there's tape. Can't you run the tape?" Colmes was glaring at Hannity as if to say "You lying sack of xxxx." and stammered, "There's tape..." Hannity continued to grin and smirk as if to say that he controlled the show and there wasn't going to be any tape running. Pelosi looked incredulous...Colmes looked p!ssed.
There is a You Tube video of part the segment, but it is only a two minute clip in which the exchange has been edited out (it occurred before where the clip starts).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSZCzoyePkk
So, Alexandra Pelosi thinks Sean Hannity is a liar and I suspect that Alan Colmes does, too.
Irony,
Not that I don't believe you, but can you provide a link backing up your claim regarding Hannity's quote? Thanks.
What...!?!? You have never heard Sean Hannity say that Barack Obama "wants to attack our ally, Pakistan"? He only used to say it about every five minutes. He had Mitt Romney saying it one night on his show, too. No, I do not have transcripts of his radio and TV show but Hannity said this with such regularity it was part of his mantra. I don't listen to or watch him regularly but if you want to ask my wife how many times I screamed at the radio or TV when he said it, be my guest. ;>)
http://mediamatters.org/items/200805220002
Your welcome.
Except when Hannity gets on a roll he doesn't say Obama "possibly" wants to invade Pakistan. He asserts that Obama has said he wants to attack our ally, Pakistan. Unfortunately, I do not tape Hannity's shows...
Yeah, McCain said the exact same lie, too. "Obama wants to bomb our ally, Pakistan". But I'm not gonna provide a link to it for Another American. He'll just have to go wanting. McCain said the lie and Hannity spouted that particular lie dozens of times. It's a fact. The man's a liar. He gets paid to tell lies.
Just to be clear, I have actually heard Hannity progress from saying Obama wants to "invade" Pakistan to Obama says he wants to "attack" Pakistan. I know because it drove me up the wall. Towards the end of the campaign I listened to Hannity's radio show more often (although I don't listen to him regularly). If you ever herd the show you would recognize a familair ploy of his (which he also does sometimes on his TV show). Towards the end of a segment he would rattle off (as though talking to an audience of slow learners to drive home a point), This is the same Barack Obama who...blah, blah blah, Jeremiah Wright...blah, blah, blah, Bill Ayers...blah, blah, blah, says he wants to attack our ally, Pakistan." One day, in particular he said it while I drove to pick up my my wife. On our way home, he said it again. I told my wife I couldn't believe he repeated the same lie. But, remeber, towards the end of the campaign Hannity was desperate and nuts, or more nuts than usual, and he was saying whatever lies popped into his head. This guy is a lying piece of work if I ever saw one. And I've heard him myself ao I don't need MMFA to tell me what a liar he is.
Hannity and McCain aren't the only ones who have told the same lie about Obama and Pakistan.
The wingnut-o-sphere is awash in similar misreadings of the quote.
Even "possibly" is misleading. We might "possibly" invade Canada, if the circumstances warrant it. To say that Obama possibly wants to invade implies that he thinks the circumstances either do warrant it or are close to doing so.
Victor, you probably won't get back here, but this is priceless. From your link, a comment from one of our favorite con posters;
Obama said he would take unilateral action with our military, (which could include an invasion), in the country of an ally.
Yes, he's saying 7 months ago, that Hannity is exactly right, and agreeing with him.
How wild would that be if the same poster came back this week, demanding proof that Hannity ever said this? That would have to be one dishonest troll, or the stoopidest person on the planet
Wow!
MEMO TO AA: Don't assume that MMFA reports each and every lie that Sean Hannity tells. Same about Limbaugh... I've heard their lies far more times than what MMFA has reported. And unless someone gets a tape or transcript right away after a show the evidence disappears...it's like they never said the lies they did.
Congratulations! You've obviously struck a nerve!
MMfA releases a long, detailed list of Hannity's misinformation. Hannity responds by all but calling MMfA a bunch of doodyheads.
You really couldn't give MMfA more credence if you tried. Does Hannity really not have the time to go through the list and refute the specifics? Time is all he has.
in memory of mark felt's passing, it's like being on nixon's enemies list. an honor.
Sean, you're a smug a-hole with little to no hint of intelligence rolling around in that cavern where your brain is supposed to be. Here's the thing. If MMFA is "smearing" you, which would indicate that they've lied about what you've said, prove them wrong. It should be easy right? Except for the fact that you know, there is this video thing where you can go back, and see what you've said, in full context (as MMFA provides of course), and then you can see where you're wrong. The beauty of this website is that, they're not really saying anything. They're using YOUR words, not their own.
Sean, everytime I see your little smirk, I want to smack it off of your smug face. I loved it when you get pelted with snowballs last year, by Ron Paul supporters no less. I can't think of anyone who deserves a pop in the mouth more than you.
About tapes, perhaps someone can enlighten me. How does MMFA go about geting tapes and transcripts. Does MMFA tape these shows? Are tapes available to the public by other means? What about transcripts?
In my observation there's a whole lot more lying going on, particularly by Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh, than gets reported here on MMFA. Read my (overly) lengthy posts above. Hannity often throws in a recapitulation about what is wrong about Barack Obama...Jeremiah Wright, blah, blah, blah...Bill Ayers, blah,blah, blah...says he wants to attack our ally, Pakistan, blah, blah blah...regardless what the topic of conversation is. Similarly, Limbaugh often gives a rapid fire argument and slips in tidbits of misinformation, lies actually, and then is quickly off onto something else.
The reason I ask about the tapes is that unless MMFA reports an egregious lie and has tapes to back it up, I wonder what happens to tapes of other episodes of these shows that are not reported by MMFA. For example, in the Alexandra Pelosi segment she asked about tapes of Hannity saying things about her mother that she heard him say. Hannity just grinned like the Cheshire Cat. Is it safe to assume that tapes of Hannity trashing Alexandra Pelosi's mother, saying she was a danger to America, were no longer availabale to anyone but Sean Hannity or FOX?
I wish MMFA, or anyone else, would clear this up about the availability of tapes of the shows of these professional liars. MMFA does a wonderful job, but my point is that, in my observation, even MMFA can't keep up with and expose all of the lying going on in right wing broadcasting. It really is a sad state of affairs...
Hannity can bark all he wants.
The last election proved to me that there are enough reasonable people in this country. Granted, there was a lack of them till things got scary.
MMFA is not alone in its assessment of Sean Hannity as the ultimate liar.
http://tvnewslies.org/html/sean_hannity.html
I love this part:
Factual Errors Relentlessly Posed as Truth: Sean’s flagrant disregard for honesty is simply stunning. He quotes facts that are simply wrong. It would be a full time job for someone to keep track of his lies.
Just for kicks do a search of "Sean Hannity, lies" and see how much comes up...a lot of it well-documented instances of Hannity's lies, just as MMFA does.
My question is why are all these people picking on poor Sean Hannity and calling him such a liar? He's not even an elected official. They say some of the same things about him that MMFA and we do here. Is there a grand conspiracy against Sean Hannity...or is he just pathological liar whose lies are easily exposed because they are so frequent and his words are often preserved for posterity? And maybe a whole bunch of people can reach the same conclusion independently of each other...
Answer: YES
To paraphrase the Bard:
"Methinks the idiot (Hannity is no gentleman) doth protest too much"
I think Hannity feels the walls closing in on him.
Maybe the intern he had an affair with will speak up.
Giving more publicity to Sean Hannity is such a waste of effort and time. Ninety five percent of talk radio is owned by right wing corporate interests who keep lies in circulation on a consistent and effective basis.
The only way to counter the garbage spewed by Sean and Rush and a whole slew of clowns passing as political commentators and/or journalists is to publicize sources of real news so that there is a semblance of reality that truly informs the public.
One good example of a far better news source than the TV infotainment selectively aired by every single network at the same time 24/7 is http://tvnewslies.org
They update all through the day. Worth a look.