A Grand for Every Second He's Tortured

"Sean, it is torture," wateboarded Mancow tells his buddy

(NEWSER) - Right-wing mouth Sean Hannity, who chickened out on a dare to be waterboarded for charity, still claims the procedure is not torture, says conservative shock jock Erich "Mancow" Muller, who discovered firsthand it "absolutely" is. Mancow again described his experience being waterboarded to Keith Olbermann last night as "horrific," despite Hannity's phonecall afterward reiterating his claim that it's still not torture. More»

Fox host silent on MSNBC rival's $1K-per-second offer

(NEWSER) - Keith Olbermann isn’t letting up as he pushes Sean Hannity to follow through on an offer to be waterboarded for charity, the AP reports. On his show Monday, the MSNBC host again urged his Fox rival to make good on the pledge, though how serious Hannity was isn't clear. Olbermann said yesterday he still hasn’t heard back from Hannity: “I don't think he has the courage to even respond to this—let alone do it.” More»

Says term 'hoax' used to throw off police, station management

(NEWSER) - Erich “Mancow” Muller is outraged by the Gawker report that he faked his own waterboarding, the Chicago Tribune reports. The right-wing shock jock defended himself last night on MSNBC's Countdown: “It’s like saying that Mike Tyson’s daughter didn’t really hang herself,” he said. He theorized that “dark forces” were seeking to discredit his conclusion that waterboarding is torture. More»

(NEWSER) - Erich “Mancow” Muller’s on-air waterboarding was a hoax, an anonymous tipster tells Gawker, forwarding a seemingly damning e-mail exchange between the shock jock’s publicist and a veterans group she was hoping could find a torturer. “It is going to have to look ‘real,’” wrote Jerry Springer alum Linda Shafran, “but of course would be simulated with Mancow acting like he is drowning. It will be a hoax but have to look real.” More»

He'd undergo grueling 'enhanced interrogation' technique for charity

(NEWSER) - Right-wing Fox mouth Sean Hannity said he supports "enhanced interrogation" techniques like waterboarding, and has offered to undergo the grueling procedure for charity. "Are you busy on Sunday?" guest Charles Grodin asked yesterday. Hannity responded: "I'll do it for charity. I'll let you do it. I'll do it for the troops." Huffington Post columnist Jason Linkins called it a "golden moment" in media history. Donations are already being pledged on Daily Kos. More»