http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/hannity_s_america This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Hannity's America en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/items/200804280004 On <em>Hannity's America</em>, discussing what host Sean Hannity said was Sen. Barack Obama's "friendly relationship" with Weather Underground member William Ayers, retired New York City Police detective Paul Ragonese, who survived a 1970 bombing attack by the Weather Underground, stated, "I can't understand why somebody who wants to be president of the United States, I'll be perfectly honest with you, would want to associate or not condemn the actions of people in the past." Hannity did not note that, in fact, Obama has condemned Ayers' "detestable acts." http://mediamatters.org/items/200804280004 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:34:44 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200803050004 On <em>Hannity's America</em>, Sean Hannity falsely asserted that the minister of Sen. Barack Obama's church "honored [Louis] Farrakhan for lifetime achievement, saying, quote, 'He truly epitomized greatness.' " In fact, the managing editor of a magazine founded by the church wrote those words, not the minister. Hannity also stated that Michelle Obama "wrote in her [undergraduate] thesis that we see at Princeton, you know, the belief -- 'because of the belief that blacks must join in solidarity to combat a white oppressor.' " However, as the full context of the passage makes clear, she was discussing views that black students who attended Princeton in the 1970s may have held, not asserting her own views. http://mediamatters.org/items/200803050004 Wed, 5 Mar 2008 15:15:52 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200801290004 On <em>Hannity's America</em>, conservative radio talk-show host Bill Cunningham repeatedly called Sen. Barack Obama "Barack Hussein Obama." Discussing the Democratic presidential primaries, Cunningham asserted: "I've had a couple individuals tell me that after the so-called 'white voters' in Iowa and New Hampshire weighed in heavily, especially in Iowa, for Barack Hussein Obama and then in New Hampshire, Hillary kind of made a little bit of a comeback. There has been a conscious effort by Bubba [Bill] Clinton to smear and to slime Barack Hussein Obama on the race issue." http://mediamatters.org/items/200801290004 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:20:28 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200712110001 Referring to Rep. John Murtha's recent statements on President Bush's troop increase strategy in Iraq, Sean Hannity asserted that "Democrats are going to have an even harder time trying to win the White House on a blame-Bush and the Republicans platform now that their loudest critic has gone to the other side." However, Murtha's comments did not indicate that he "has gone to the other side." Rather, Murtha said: "I think the surge is working, I think -- but that's only one element. ... But the thing that has to happen, the Iraqis have to do this themselves." In a November 30 statement, Murtha also reiterated his support for withdrawing troops from Iraq. <br /> http://mediamatters.org/items/200712110001 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 19:10:46 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200712040010 During a <em>Hannity's America</em> "Clinton Chapters" segment highlighting Hillary Clinton's alleged "connections with a communist law firm," host Sean Hannity omitted key points from reporting by <em>The</em> <em>New York Sun</em>'s<em> </em>Josh Gerstein despite Hannity claiming his report was "based on reporting from ... Gerstein." Specifically, Hannity asserted that Jessica Mitford, the wife of one of the partners at the firm where Clinton held a summer internship, "decided to use her connection to the Clintons to get the state of Arkansas to drop the extradition or to completely pardon" an escaped fugitive after Bill Clinton had become Arkansas governor. But Hannity didn't note Gerstein's reporting that the Clintons rebuffed the request. Hannity also questioned whether Hillary Clinton had "sympathy with the Communist Party" in deciding to clerk at the firm but failed to note Gerstein's reporting quoting a partner in the law firm calling Clinton "much more of a classic liberal than the rest of us." http://mediamatters.org/items/200712040010 Tue, 4 Dec 2007 16:57:15 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200710010008 On <em>Hannity's America</em>, Sean Hannity asserted: "The left-wing group <em>Media Matters</em> denies that Soros gives them any funding, but <em>IBD</em> [<em>Investor's Business Daily</em>] suspects they may be getting his money indirectly through third parties." As <em>Media Matters</em> has repeatedly and exhaustively demonstrated, philanthropist George Soros has never given money to <em>Media Matters</em>, either directly or through another organization. http://mediamatters.org/items/200710010008 Mon, 1 Oct 2007 16:06:54 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200710010007 On <em>Hannity's America</em>, Sean Hannity stated that it is "amazing" how the Iraq war "has become so politicized" and attacked Sen. Barack Obama, claiming that "one of the worst things ... we could ever have happen is have people like Barack Obama say that our troops are air-raiding villages and killing civilians." But in Obama's August 13 comments to which Hannity was referring, Obama was talking about Afghanistan when he said, "We've got to get the job done there and that requires us to have enough troops so that we're not just air-raiding villages and killing civilians, which is causing enormous pressure over there." http://mediamatters.org/items/200710010007 Mon, 1 Oct 2007 15:41:13 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200708200006 On <em>Hannity's America</em>, Sean Hannity asserted that Sen. Barack Obama was "bashing America" and "accus[ing] U.S. soldiers of killing innocent Afghani civilians" during a campaign appearance. In fact, accounts of civilian casualties resulting from U.S. air strikes in Afghanistan have been widely reported, and Obama expressed support for increasing the number of troops in Afghanistan so the U.S. military is not so reliant on air strikes in the region. Hannity has repeatedly mischaracterized Obama's comments on Afghanistan. http://mediamatters.org/items/200708200006 Mon, 20 Aug 2007 18:46:11 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200707260004 http://mediamatters.org/items/200707260004 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:26:13 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200707230007 http://mediamatters.org/items/200707230007 Mon, 23 Jul 2007 19:15:41 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200707230003 http://mediamatters.org/items/200707230003 Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:37:00 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200707200010 http://mediamatters.org/items/200707200010 Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:03:58 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200707180010 http://mediamatters.org/items/200707180010 Wed, 18 Jul 2007 19:01:18 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200707020005 http://mediamatters.org/items/200707020005 Mon, 2 Jul 2007 17:43:38 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200707020004 http://mediamatters.org/items/200707020004 Mon, 2 Jul 2007 16:31:10 EST