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Sean Hannity's losing his fucking mind & not even Fox can handle it.
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When's his contract till/when's it up?
Cesare Borgia
Banned
He knows they won't renew his contract so he's going HAM to build more cred with Trump and the alt right. Guessing he'll move to Info Wars or do his own thing (YouTube, podcast).
When he's let go he'll claim it's due to Fox trying to silence the truth.
John Dunbar
correct about everything
it would be nice to think that people like hannity would get some sort of comeuppance, but unfortunately that is not going to happen. he doesn't care as long as he gets paid, and as long as nutjobs abound, that's not going to stop any time soon.
BronsonLee
Member
No clue
That's my thought process on that. He'll get more juice this way vs just being normal shithead Hannity
A darkest before the dawn type of situation. The problem with that is so much more damage could be done before they even get a chance to come out the other side of this change.
Username1198
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They still believe the story to be true, and the russian connections a conspiracy theory.
Every other thread is about Seth rich being murdered by Hillary, and hebother half how Ariana grande wanted all her American fans dead back in 2014.
Man Called Aerodynamics
Member
It does feel a bit like having their cake and eating it too. You have this "Good guy Fox News"/"we care about real journalism" routine going on... yet no one is actually stopping Hannity from peddling his crap all day.
I dunno. They had Glenn Beck on there for quite a while, suggesting conspiracy theories was his main thing.
jediyoshi
Member
Hue hue hue hue
shadowsdarknes
Member
As shitty as Fox News is, they generally don't peddle Infowars-esque conspiracies.
Hannity is pretty much the only one who can't even remotely handle even talking about Russian influence.
Wow, when even a class-A shithead like Jonah Goldberg thinks you've gone too far, it's time to pack it up.
For reference, Goldberg's the same asshole who wrote this:
WGBH/WBUR having shits like Goldberg on and letting them go through their nonsense without ever being questioned or challenged is the reason I let my sustaining membership lapse. They basically give them a platform to say anything and everything they want in some attempt to be 'fair' in the worst way possible. They're barely even interviews - host will ask like three general questions and never follow anything up.
Goldberg is in some ways worse than the idiots they have from the Federalist on - he sounds/presents like he's a legit intelligent person, while the Federalist just has straight up crazies. The crazies are obvious, Goldberg makes it sound like he might have a point, when if the facts are presented he's almost as out there as they are.
Makes the nonsense with Leak and Lawerence O'Donnell at MSNBC make no sense. This is the time to capitalize on Fox News downward spiral this yet Leak wants O'Donnell gone because he calls Trump out for what he really is and that's a liar and he isn't afraid to say it on air and back it up with examples.
Sectorseven
Member
Maybe with him being on at 10pm now they figure any damage he is causing is minimal and are just riding it out.
OriginofHysteria
Banned
C. He backed Trump and looks stupid AF and is in denial
Conservative white men are the last people in the entire world to think anything they do is wrong or their fault
hydragonwarrior
Member
I mean, he could literally start telling his audience that the Earth is flat, and eventuallythey'll gobble that up and his base will watch no matter what, even dumber than before.
Also, the time he endearingly called his fellow Tea Party supporters "Tim McVeigh wannabes"
Come on, Fox News...it's time..
Come on, Fox News...it's time..
LegendofJoe
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My best friend growing up went to a Hannity/Trump rally during the campaign last year and proudly boasted about it with FB pictures of himself with Hannity. I've never been so simultaneously disgusted and heartbroken in my life. We never discussed politics growing up and we lost touch somewhat after high school, so I did not see it coming. I honestly hate Fox News, they are responsible for destroying so many of my relationships.
In addition to my once best friend they also took my last remaining grandparent from me. The man I am named after. After they poisoned his mind I have more or less lost all respect for him. It's incredibly sad and infuriating at the same time.
In addition to my once best friend they also took my last remaining grandparent from me. The man I am named after. After they poisoned his mind I have more or less lost all respect for him. It's incredibly sad and infuriating at the same time.
Version 3.0
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They can't go against Trump, though. Have we all forgotten? They tried way back in the primaries, and learned fast that their viewers wouldn't stand for it.
Lord Frieza
Member
And that's telling to just how unhinged Hannity is becoming. This is like going beyond even Beck at his craziest.
EmCeeGramr
Member
He's completely lost it.
The best part is when he indirectly admits that this is all to distract from Russia/sow doubt to get Trump off the hook.
Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!
Member
Having to deal with the (((mainstream))) (((liberal))) (((media))) every day would drive any god-fearing conservative insane
WhiteRabbitEXE
Member
I don't know if he ever wasn't, but it's damn certain that he's legitimately fucking insane now.
Chmpocalypse
Blizzard
Um
The phrase "wholly without merit" in regards to fox news complaining about journalistic integrity seems appropriate here.
The phrase "wholly without merit" in regards to fox news complaining about journalistic integrity seems appropriate here.
BoogieWoogie
Banned
Wait....what's the Panda thing?
Lord Frieza
Member
Follow the bamboo
To Far Away Times
Member
Deep down he knows what fact based reporting is, how credible the NY Times and Washington Post are, and he knows the GOP is fucked. Yet, he probably has not been able to reconcile that to the Seth Rich story, which he so desperately wants to be true so he can be one of the early discoverers on.
And that's true. But they're at a very real impasse where they can either be an outlet for delusion, resorting to lies, deceit, deflection, shitty practices in order to tuck in old white American and tell them that everything will be alright, the scary brown people are gone, but are at the foot of the bed and the light of the TV will keep them at bay...
Or they can be JOURNALISTS.
Political shifting aside, I bet there are a LOT of people at Fox news who, while being super conservative and right leaning, WANT TO DO THE FUCKING NEWS! And as long as they continue being the mouthpiece of the shuttering, cowering, specter of aging white America, they cannot be journalists. I'm sure there are lot of people at fox news who are fucking pissed off that comedians who haven't done a single days worth of journalistic education have more credibility than they do because the show that pulls in the biggest numbers is run by a wackjob who hates people and handwaves constantly and makes everyone associated with the network he's on look bad.
But you make a lot of money being a mouthpiece, convincing people that the country will be there tomorrow.
::Shrug::
Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!
Member
Sean Hannity strikes me as perfectly sane. Like if being a crazy liberal news host had been the fad in the early 2000s, that's what he'd be doing now. He doesn't really have any allegiance other than to manipulate people for his personal gain which is why he's pushing a conspiracy theory from the_donald.
TestOfTide
Banned
Yes, but that was basically ONLY a Glenn Beck thing back then. And even back then eventually they kicked Beck because it wasn't winning enough viewers.
why not both
Lord Frieza
Member
A lot of advertisers pulled from his show I think because of some insane Nazi analogy he made.
Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!
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He was also the first person outside of lunatic corners of the internet to stat propagating George Soros conspiracy theories and now everyone on Fox News does that.
smokeymicpot
Beat EviLore at pool.
Honestly if Fox News can stop their crazy shit it will change a lot.
Isaac Otherworld
Member
It was specifically the "i think Obama is a racist that hated white people." That sunk him.
TestOfTide
Banned
It was both. Advertisers didn't like Becks Nazi comparisons and Beck was also declining in viewership, so fox let him go.
But my main point stands that pre-Trump, fox was very careful not to let their prime time shit go full Breitbart.