Media Matters - Sean Hannity

Media Matters - Sean Hannity http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/sean_hannity This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Sean Hannity en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America Hannity compared carbon offsets to "cheat[ing] on your wife," ignored Murdoch's efforts to make News Corp. carbon neutral http://mediamatters.org/items/200806250009 On Hannity & Colmes, Sean Hannity criticized the purchase of credits to offset one's "carbon footprint," asserting, "Those offsets -- that is the biggest hoax in the world. ... You know what it's like? You go cheat on your wife, and then say, 'Honey, but don't worry. I bought an offset.' Good luck." Hannity has yet to address the pledge by News Corp. chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch "to be carbon neutral, across all our businesses" -- which includes Fox News -- "by 2010." http://mediamatters.org/items/200806250009 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:13:28 EST Dick Morris repeated false and misleading claims about Obama's tax proposals on Hannity & Colmes and Today http://mediamatters.org/items/200806250003 On Fox News, Dick Morris asserted that as president, Sen. Barack Obama "would double the capital gains tax. That means that you get far less when you sell your home, or your 401(k) or your stock plan," and added, "[H]e would increase the limit on Social Security taxes, which means instead of paying 12 1/2 percent of the first $100,000, you pay it on everything that you're making." Morris' claims are false or highly misleading. http://mediamatters.org/items/200806250003 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:40:45 EST Hasselbeck on Obama: "[H]e seemed for a while more willing to give the fist bump to Ahmadinejad than our own General Petraeus" http://mediamatters.org/items/200806190007 On Hannity & Colmes, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, co-host of ABC's The View, asserted of Sen. Barack Obama: "[I]t bothered me that he seemed for a while more willing to give the fist bump to [Iranian President Mahmoud] Ahmadinejad than our own General [David] Petraeus." http://mediamatters.org/items/200806190007 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:33:08 EST Despite Cheney's reported correction on China drilling claim, Hannity asserted China is "drilling 60 miles off our shores" http://mediamatters.org/items/200806170004 Sean Hannity claimed on his radio show, "[W]e've got China, you know, joining with Cuba, they're drilling 60 miles off our shores of Florida." But Vice President Dick Cheney has reportedly issued a correction for making the same claim, as has George Will, whom Cheney cited as the source of his claim. http://mediamatters.org/items/200806170004 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:00:33 EST Hannity twice referred to Obama as the "No. 1 radical liberal in the Senate" http://mediamatters.org/items/200806130007 On Hannity & Colmes, Sean Hannity twice called Sen. Barack Obama the "No. 1 radical liberal in the Senate," failing to note that the National Journal vote ranking to which he was referring -- which said nothing about Obama being "radical" -- was based on a subjective selection of Senate votes by the magazine's staff, or that a more comprehensive examination of Senate votes produced a different result. http://mediamatters.org/items/200806130007 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:44:36 EST Hannity, Morris repeat refuted claims about the price of Obama's house http://mediamatters.org/items/200806060006 On his radio show, Sean Hannity asked, "Did Obama know at the time that Rezko was saving him three hundred grand on the purchase of his home?" On Fox News, Dick Morris asserted: "Rezko paid market price for his property. He [Obama] didn't pay market price for his and they came from the same seller. Who is to say that that wasn't a switch?" But Hannity and Morris provided no support for the claim -- which has reportedly been refuted by the seller -- that Antoin Rezko's purchase of the adjacent property enabled Sen. Barack Obama to purchase his house at a discounted price. http://mediamatters.org/items/200806060006 Fri, 6 Jun 2008 18:13:17 EST Hannity, Rove revive false claims about Obama statement concerning Pakistan http://mediamatters.org/items/200805140009 On Hannity & Colmes, Sean Hannity asserted that Sen. Barack Obama said he would "maybe invade an ally like Pakistan." In fact, during an August 2007 speech, Obama did not say he would "invade an ally like Pakistan"; rather, Obama stated: "If we have actionable intelligence about high-value terrorist targets and [Pakistani] President [Pervez] Musharraf won't act, we will." http://mediamatters.org/items/200805140009 Wed, 14 May 2008 17:11:03 EST Hannity "Worst Person" "runner-up" for failing to challenge suggestion that Obama has not "condemn[ed]" Ayers' actions http://mediamatters.org/items/200804300004 On Countdown, Keith Olbermann awarded Sean Hannity the "runner-up" in his nightly "Worst Person in the World" segment for failing to challenge a guest's suggestion that Sen. Barack Obama has "not condemn[ed] the actions" of William Ayers. As Olbermann noted, "Hannity, of course, never pointed out to the victim that Obama did condemn them -- the words he used were 'deplore' and 'detestable.'" http://mediamatters.org/items/200804300004 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:28:01 EST Hannity failed to challenge suggestion that Obama has not "condemn[ed] the actions" of Ayers http://mediamatters.org/items/200804280004 On Hannity's America, 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 Right-wing radio hosts suggested "damn good" Ayers question to Stephanopoulos day before Dem debate http://mediamatters.org/items/200804170010 During the April 16 debate, George Stephanopoulos asked Sen. Barack Obama to explain his "relationship" with former Weather Underground Organization member William Ayers and to "explain to Democrats why it won't be a problem." The previous day, Stephanopoulos appeared on The Sean Hannity Show and New York radio station WOR's The Steve Malzberg Show, where both Hannity and Malzberg suggested to Stephanopoulos that he ask Obama about Ayers. http://mediamatters.org/items/200804170010 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:13:31 EST Rewriting Rewriting History: On Fox, Dick Morris contradicted his own book on whether Clinton "may well have been" a communist in early '70s http://mediamatters.org/items/200804170005 On Hannity & Colmes, Dick Morris asserted that Hillary Clinton had worked as a "law student defending the Black Panther Party, and then she worked in a communist law firm." Co-host Alan Colmes then asked Morris, "Well, does it make Hillary a communist?" After Morris again stated that Clinton "was a supporter of the Black Panthers," Colmes interjected, "Wait a second. Does that make her a communist?" Morris replied: "No, at that time, at that point in her life, she may well have been." But Morris previously wrote in his book Rewriting History that "Hillary was no Communist, nor should her work in the ... firm imply that she was." http://mediamatters.org/items/200804170005 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:23:42 EST Hannity asked if Carter's planned Hamas meeting was a sign of Obama's "foreign policy strategy" -- but Obama has denounced Hamas http://mediamatters.org/items/200804110008 Fox News' Sean Hannity previewed a segment about former President Jimmy Carter's planned meeting with a Hamas leader by asking, "Is this what the Obama foreign policy will look like?" In fact, Sen. Barack Obama has said his willingness to meet with international adversaries "does not include Hamas." http://mediamatters.org/items/200804110008 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:23:00 EST Frank Luntz: Obama "[c]learly ... trying to make a statement" with flags "behind him" at March 18 speech -- but he often speaks with flag background http://mediamatters.org/items/200804100006 On Hannity & Colmes, Frank Luntz said of Sen. Barack Obama: "[W]hen he gave his [March 18] speech on race, it was the first time that he used American flags behind him." However, Media Matters has identified numerous prior instances in which Obama spoke in front of either multiple American flags or a prominent American flag. http://mediamatters.org/items/200804100006 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:22:44 EST Hannity falsely claimed Obama was "talking about the issue of abortion" when he made "punished with a baby" comment http://mediamatters.org/items/200804010001 Fox News' Sean Hannity falsely claimed that Sen. Barack Obama "made a statement over the weekend talking about the issue of abortion. If people make a mistake, quote, 'I don't want them punished with a baby,' unquote." In fact, according to CNN, Obama was responding to "a question about how his administration, if he's elected, would deal with the issue of HIV and AIDS and also sexually transmitted diseases with young girls," and replied by talking about the need for effective sex education. http://mediamatters.org/items/200804010001 Tue, 1 Apr 2008 11:42:59 EST Hannity on passport security breach: "Seems to me Barack Obama is looking for anything to distract from the story of Jeremiah Wright" http://mediamatters.org/items/200803210002 Discussing the State Department's admission that Sen. Barack Obama's passport records had been repeatedly accessed without authorization by three contract workers, Sean Hannity said, "Seems to me Barack Obama is looking for anything to distract from the story of Jeremiah Wright." http://mediamatters.org/items/200803210002 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:45:22 EST