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Hannity: "I don't think" it's "accurate" to portray CRU emails as stolen

December 03, 2009 10:48 pm ET

From the December 3 edition of Fox News' Hannity:

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Previously:

Limbaugh confuses hackers and whistleblowers, gets apopleptic at thought of criminal probe into hacked CRU emails

Tucker Carlson: "[S]eems more likely a whistleblower" leaked CRU emails; "Cap and trade is over"

"Climategate" exposed: Conservative media distort stolen emails in latest attack on global warming consensus

Hannity says stolen emails are evidence global warming is a "hoax"

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    • Author by soze169880 (December 03, 2009 11:00 pm ET)
         
      "I don't think it's accurate to say what happened."
      Welcome to Fox.
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    • Author by blk-in-alabam (December 03, 2009 11:00 pm ET)
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      Because accurate is not allowed on the Hannity Show.
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    • Author by ReasonAndResolve (December 03, 2009 11:04 pm ET)
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      Really, Sean? And what would you call the back end of a horse?
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    • Author by DellDolly (December 03, 2009 11:13 pm ET)
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      Wow. Omigod.

      How do you ignore the fact that the emails were stolen?

      The fact that they were requested under a FOIA submission doesn't change the fact that they were stolen, Hannity.

      And then the guy he's interviewing piles on the crap, and says that because the people who created the emails have lied about other things, they can't be trusted to be honestly saying that the emails were hacked!?

      Another example of the black and white thinking of those on the right. Either someone always lies, or they are always an angel.

      Realistic people know that no one is all good or all bad. Realistic people know that the emails don't prove what these two fools claim that they prove, but even if they did, it wouldn't mean that we shouldn't trust their claims that the emails were hacked.
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      • Author by Don Hussein Fabuloso (December 04, 2009 1:04 am ET)
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        ...because the people who created the emails have lied about other things, they can't be trusted...


        I think you mean that the media angle is that the people who wrote the emails lied about things. Mostly, they wrote things that right wingers didn't understand, and worked really hard at not understanding even after having those things explained to them.

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    • Author by wzwriter (December 03, 2009 11:34 pm ET)
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      I don't think it's accurate to portray Sean Hannity as an honest person. To paraphrase one of his standard lines, he doesn't even qualify as a mediocre American.
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      • Author by Don Hussein Fabuloso (December 04, 2009 1:07 am ET)
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        I'm sure the mothers of most defendants accused of stealing cars would say it wasn't accurate to describe the cars as stolen. Sean Hannity is a very emotional person when it comes to right wing criminal behavior. He doesn't really see things clearly.
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        • Author by princeofwheels (December 04, 2009 5:13 am ET)
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          If I rob a bank and leave an I.O.U, is that really a robbery?

          If I steal a car and return it a few days later,tank full, is that theft?

          If I promote concerts, take out my appearence fee, donate it back to the charity and write it off my taxes, is that being a liar when I say I never take a dime?

          If I promote a charity concert and only 5% goes to the charity, the rest to "costs", am I being Ollie The Criminal North and Sean the SissyBoy Hannity?
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          • Author by epkklk851 (December 04, 2009 8:28 am ET)
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            Oh, is that what Insanity has been doing with his concerts? I don't doubt you, but I always like websites, so I can send the Fauxfans to accrate information. I did find that his Freedom Alliance fund has an overhead above 11% which is high for a charitiable organization. When Keith asked his viewers to raise money for free clinics, he didn't make a penny on any of it. Not even an appearance fee, and he raised $1.7 million in about five weeks.
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            • Author by wzwriter (December 04, 2009 10:02 am ET)
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              Here's a link to a report Daily Kos did about Hannity's scam concerts. Nice little racket they have there...
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              • Author by epkklk851 (December 04, 2009 11:11 am ET)
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                Thank you for sharing. It is always nice to get some solid facts, it may not change a Foxfan's mind, but at least I know where to find the facts. I got my information about Freedom Alliance from the Combined Federal Campaign website.
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          • Author by DellDolly (December 04, 2009 11:42 am ET)
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            OJ Simpson recently claimed that he was simply retrieving items that belonged to him. How well did that argument work for him?
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    • Author by ptluzzi (December 04, 2009 6:35 am ET)
         
      What with this guy has he NO shame? none? how can one network work 24/7 to destroy our president. dont they know that they are destroying this country alnog with doing that? I dont understand why they would rather have this country fail than to have a black man run it. sad just sad.
      I will not watch this fool or any show on that network they are nothing but LIERS who seek to destry this country and make money doing it. i dont know if there is a heaven or hell but if there is they will all burn in hell for what they are doing.
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    • Author by Boxer1979 (December 04, 2009 7:53 am ET)
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      Hannity: "I don't think" it's "accurate" to portray CRU emails as stolen

      Sean Hannity is the king of beating a dead horse over stories.

      Long live "King Hannity!" Hip Hip Hooray!

      Also is it accurate to say this photo of you Hannity was stolen???

      [http://blatherwatch.blogs.com/talk_radio/images/2008/07/21/hannity_bunnies.jpg]
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    • Author by Tbone Slickens (December 04, 2009 10:05 am ET)
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      So this is the liberal angle now? The emails were stolen? I thought the left loved whistle blowers? OH, only when it bolsters your point of view...got it.
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      • Author by bintx (December 04, 2009 10:11 am ET)
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        They were stolen. It is illegal to hack computers and that's how the e-mails were obtained. If I hacked into YOUR computer and stole information from it, you'd be singing a different tune. Has nothing to do with your phony "us v. them" war. Has to do with the law.

        FYI, a "whistleblower" is someone who works for the business who has personal knowledge of the information which is obtained and brought forth to the public. A "hacker" is someone who illegally obtains access to another person's computer data. Do you see the difference?

        [I'm assuming that you do not because you rarely see anything in a logical manner . . . if you didn't hear it on Fox or hate talk radio, it simply does not exist for you.]
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        • Author by Don Hussein Fabuloso (December 04, 2009 10:38 am ET)
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          Sure, bintx, those facts just fit conveniently into your "librul angle".

          Koko even added "now", to imply that this is some sort of new development that the emails were stolen. Nice touch. The only "new angle" on this story is that the brighter anti-science villagers have figured out that the email story isn't working, and they've moved on to some fuzzy complaints about the computer code used.

          I'd also add that a whistleblower is not only somebody within the group (as you note) but also somebody calling attention to wrongdoing, not stealing piles of data to cherry-pick a few lines that can be used to confuse fanatics.
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        • Author by newzhound (December 04, 2009 11:41 am ET)
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          Remember when Sheer "Am I An Idiot?" InSannity got his panties in a bunch about hackers getting into then-Gov'Nor Palin's "personal" email account?

          Turned out her use of that was probably illegal, as she was conducting public business in a private account that she thought would be sheltered from FOIA requests.

          The right wing nutz gasbags raged out this invasion of privacy.

          But now it's OK because they think they've found the smoking gun? Too bad these same idiots didn't show the same interest in the run-up to the Iraq War. Like The Downing Street Memo...
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          • Author by bintx (December 04, 2009 12:03 pm ET)
               
            Yeah, and the Palin hacker was indicted and faces jail time. Hacking is illegal, doesn't matter whose doing the hacking.
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        • Author by westofkanye (December 04, 2009 12:44 pm ET)
             
          I haven't heard who did hack the emails but if it were someone who worked with or for the agency in question(likely) then they would be considered a 'whistleblower'.
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      • Author by DellDolly (December 04, 2009 11:48 am ET)
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        First off, whistleblowers actually have the facts on their side. The people who are misinterpreting the emails don't. And secondly, whistleblowers don't steal emails. These were stolen. Of that there's no doubt.

        Lastly, Hannity is trying to say that they aren't stolen because there was an outstanding FOIA request. Did you even read the article? It's not the "liberal angle" now that's being discussed. It's Hannity false framing that's being discussed. The existence of an FOIA request doesn't change the fact that they were stolen. One doesn't get to take the law into one's hands and STEAL something that one thinks they are going to be eventually entitled to.

        Gosh, even some fool who watches The People's Court understands this!

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      • Author by westofkanye (December 04, 2009 11:59 am ET)
           
        It's the same line as when ACORN was busted. The video was 'illegally' taken without the [criminal's] permission. Nice defense.
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    • Author by shaggles (December 04, 2009 11:39 am ET)
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      What would Hannity know about accuracy?
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    • Author by jediknight65 (December 04, 2009 11:45 am ET)
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      well then i guess people can go ahead and rummage through kkklanity's garbage and see what they find.......yeah and see how fast he will call the cops and scream for arrests
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      • Author by jediknight65 (December 04, 2009 11:52 am ET)
           
        lets hack his computer too and see how fast he is calling for torture and the theives to be sent to gitmo.
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        • Author by jediknight65 (December 04, 2009 11:53 am ET)
             
          of course im not saying to actually do that. simply pointing out kkklanity's double talk in that if this happened to him then he would be screaming his head off
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    • Author by NiceguyEddie (December 04, 2009 12:04 pm ET)
         
      No wait, guys, I like this logic! By his own admission, I could go and kick the ever-loving s#!t of him, and it wouldn't be "accurate" to call it "assult and battery."

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      But then... one rule for them and another for the rest of us! I'd do well not to forget that!
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    • Author by thundavolt (December 04, 2009 3:21 pm ET)
         
      They have done it so many times now they don't even bother to be subtle. Redefining hacking emails of private discussion is a crime. If there was data that was uncover I would really like to see it.

      If these people knew anything about hacking then they would know that a good hacker tries all the easiest things first if the succeed then they have committed a crime. Sarah Palin's email was hacked in the most basic whay ever, but it was still hacked and that was wrong.
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