The Propaganda FilesSean Hannity
Host of Fox News' Hannity since 2009 after co-hosting Hannity & Colmes from 1996; also hosts the syndicated Sean Hannity Show on radio.
The receipts (6)
Predicted 2022 'red wave' that did not occur
Hannity was among Fox hosts who predicted a Republican wave in the 2022 midterms; Republicans narrowly won the House and lost ground in the Senate.
Source: The Propaganda Files →Platformed claim that frozen wind turbines caused Texas blackouts
Gov. Greg Abbott told Hannity wind and solar shutdowns drove the Texas power shortage; ERCOT and the FERC/NERC report found gas-fired units were the largest source of failures, and PolitiFact rated the claim False.
Source: The Propaganda Files →Joins Trump on stage at Missouri campaign rally
At a Cape Girardeau rally on the eve of the midterms, Hannity took the stage after tweeting he would not campaign with the president, called reporters in the back 'fake news', and recited economic statistics; Fox News said it did not condone the 'unfortunate distraction'.
Source: NBC Washington →Corrected record on claim CNN scripted Parkland student
Hannity's show presented a Parkland survivor's claim that CNN scripted his town-hall question; the emails had been altered, and on Feb. 27 Hannity said Fox wanted to correct the record.
Source: The Propaganda Files →Calls himself an 'advocacy journalist'
Told The New York Times Magazine: "I'm a journalist. But I'm an advocacy journalist, or an opinion journalist." Wikipedia lists his party as the Conservative Party of New York State.
Source: Wikipedia (citing The New York Times Magazine) →Kept promoting Seth Rich theory after Fox retracted its story
Fox News retracted its online story linking murdered DNC staffer Seth Rich to the WikiLeaks email leak; Hannity said he 'retracted nothing' and continued to discuss the theory. Fox later settled with Rich's family in 2020.
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