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Sean Hannity stories: 31 news summaries

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Bachmann Urges Uprising Against Health Reform

She calls for Americans 'by the carload' to descend on DC

Oct 31, 09 3:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michele Bachmann wants Americans "by the carload" to come to Washington next week so she can lead them through the halls of Congress to oppose health care reform. "This is our liberty and tyranny moment," she told Sean Hannity on Fox yesterday. "This is about patriotism... More »

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Congress • Sean Hannity • health care reform • Michele Bachmann • women's issues • teabaggers

Clarence Page

Actually, Fox Is
a Legit News Operation

Obama must start following through on campaign promises

Oct 25, 09 2:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Risking his wife's wrath, Clarence Page has to admit he agrees with Sean Hannity. The Fox News host has correctly called President Obama on the disconnect between campaign rhetoric and the attempted boycott of Hannity's employer. "It is disingenuous for right-wing pundits to accuse Obama of dividing the country,... More »

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television • media • cable TV • White House • journalism • Fox News • Glenn Beck • Sean Hannity • Obama administration • President Obama

OPINION

 Fox Ain't News, It's 
 'the Opposition Party' 

Other media outlets need to highlight 'propaganda:' Boehlert

Oct 13, 09 1:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - “Fox News has exited the journalism community this year,” Eric Boehlert writes. “It's a purely political player,” which would be all well and good if other media outlets would just report that. As it stands, Fox goes happily about its “propaganda” while hiding behind... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • propaganda • journalism • Fox News • Glenn Beck • Sean Hannity • health care reform • town hall meeting • right wingers • Obama administration • birther • teabaggers • opposition party

Moore, Hannity Spar Over Capitalism

Filmmaker catches Hannity in fib about church attendance

Oct 7, 09 7:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Moore and Sean Hannity didn't exactly take off the gloves, but they did mix it up in a spirited exchange about the roots of the financial crisis on Hannity's Fox News show last night. Moore, appearing to promote his latest, Capitalism: A Love Story, scored his best punch... More »

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Fox News • Michael Moore • Sean Hannity • Capitalism: A Love Story

ANALYSIS

Right's New Quarry: Gay
Ed. Appointee

Fox et al. say Kevin Jennings didn't act on 1980s statutory rape

Oct 2, 09 9:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - One of President Obama’s appointees to the Department of Education has become the latest target for conservatives emboldened by the departures of green-jobs adviser Van Jones and others. Assistant deputy secretary Kevin Jennings is accused of neglecting to report a statutory rape case when he was a teacher in... More »

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Department of Education • Fox News • Michelle Malkin • Sean Hannity • right wingers • political appointee • liberal media • Van Jones • Kevin Jennings • left wing

(Newser) - Once again the right-wing radio guys have managed to convince everyone that they are a great and powerful force to be reckoned with. David Brooks revisits the 2007 Republican primaries, when Rush, Hannity, Beck and company were all weak-kneed over Fred Thompson and Mitt Romney, but bashed “unreliable deviationists”... More »

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talk radio • Rush Limbaugh • Republican Party • Glenn Beck • Sean Hannity • pundits • right-wing media • David Brooks • conservative media

 Hannity Guest: 
 I'm No Nazi—Obama Is 

Gov't practicing Nazism 'almost line for line'

Aug 25, 09 8:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - After a congressman compared health care protesters to “brown shirts,” a disabled Marine vet appeared on Sean Hannity’s show to refute the claim, saying the “Nazi” label was better placed on the Democrats, Gawker reports. “I don’t think it’s acceptable language that he’... More »

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Fox News • Sean Hannity • health care reform • Marine • Nazis • Obama administration

 Beck Wins It All 
 in Stewart's 
 Jackass Derby 



Beck crowned king in new segment

Jul 30, 09 9:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - “Apparently, any jackass in a suit willing to go on television and criticize the president can make a pretty hefty living,” Jon Stewart said last night on The Daily Show. To crown the biggest jackass of all, Stewart trotted out a new segment: "So You Think... More »

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entertainment • comedy • celebrity • Fox News • CNN • Jon Stewart • The Daily Show • Glenn Beck • Sean Hannity • Lou Dobbs • Fox network • birther

OPINION

Hannity's Grade on Reading Declaration, Constitution: F

Host forgets that founding fathers saw government as essential to liberty

Jul 3, 09 4:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - In honor of July 4th, Sean Hannity has been encouraging his audience to buy pocket copies of the Declaration of Independence and Constitution. But he might want to read them a little more closely himself, notes Henry Claw for the New Majority. “We do believe that all men are... More »

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Constitution • Sean Hannity • Declaration of Independence • conservatives • small government

(Newser) - More evidence of Fox News' growing domination of cable TV: The network now has the top 10 programs in terms of total viewers, reports Mediabistro's TVNewser blog. Bill O'Reilly still leads the way, followed by Sean Hannity. Glenn Beck is in third, but his viewership of about 2 million is... More »

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television • cable TV • Bill O'Reilly • Fox News • Glenn Beck • Sean Hannity • TV ratings • cable news

 Sen. Boxer: 
 Don't Call 
 Me 'Ma'am' 

McCain spoofs scolding

Jun 19, 09 10:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sen. Barbara Boxer wagged a finger at a military officer yesterday for calling her “ma’am,” the Christian Science Monitor reports. As the general discussed New Orleans, Boxer interrupted, saying “You know, do me a favor. Could you say ’senator’ instead of ‘ma’am?’ It’... More »

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John McCain • Sean Hannity • Barbara Boxer • senator • title

 Scribe Blames 
 Obama for 
 Dave's 
 Palin 
 Jokes 

Letterman 'dirty talking' on Obama's behalf: Cupp

Jun 12, 09 6:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - A conservative columnist yesterday blamed Barack Obama for David Letterman's cracks about Sarah Palin's "slutty" look and her daughter, reports the Huffington Post. "This is the enduring legacy of the Obama campaign," SE Cupp, who writes for the Washington Post and Politico, told Sean Hannity. "I... More »

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feud • David Letterman • Sean Hannity • Sarah Palin • Bristol Palin • SE Cupp • slut

Disgusted Mancow: Hannity Still Says It's Not Torture

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

May 27, 09 5:10 AM CDT
(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... More »

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torture • charity • Keith Olbermann • Sean Hannity • waterboarding • Erich "Mancow" Muller

 Palin Ignores 
 McCain on Twitter 

She uses feed to clear up 'misquoting'

Apr 30, 09 12:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin is following some fellow Republicans on Twitter, but she's not showing any love for former running mate John McCain.The Alaska governor is keeping tabs on Sean Hannity and Bill O'Reilly of Fox, David Gregory of NBC, George Stephanopoulos of ABC, and CNN, but not nemesis Katie Couric—... More »

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John McCain • social networking • NBC • Katie Couric • CBS • Bill O'Reilly • ABC • Fox News • Republican Party • CNN • Sean Hannity • George Stephanopoulos • Sarah Palin • Twitter • David Gregory • politicians

 From TV News to R&B Hit  

YouTube mashup shows the musical side of Couric, Hannity

Apr 30, 09 11:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - If you've ever thought the TV news needed a little something extra, meet Michael Gregory. The 24-year-old Brooklyn musician has taken YouTube by storm by mashing up the news into a faux-R&B track with the use of Auto-Tune, Time reports. The software designed to correct pitch—which can also... More »

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YouTube • Katie Couric • Cher • Sean Hannity • pundits • cable news • Michael Gregory • Auto-Tune

Olbermann Dogs Hannity Over Waterboarding

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

Apr 29, 09 7:29 AM CDT
(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.... More »

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torture • MSNBC • charity • Fox News • Keith Olbermann • Sean Hannity • waterboarding

A Grand for Every Second He's Tortured

Olbermann ready to shell out to see Hannity waterboarded

Apr 24, 09 9:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - It may have been an attention-seeking stunt when Sean Hannity volunteered to be waterboarded. If so, it worked, at least to get the attention of Keith Olbermann, who kept the long-running MSNBC/Fox pundit-smackdown going last night by putting money on the table. Olbermann offered to give $1,000 to military... More »

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torture • Keith Olbermann • Sean Hannity • waterboarding

 Hannity: Waterboard Me! Lefties: Sure! 

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

Apr 23, 09 6:16 AM CDT
(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... More »

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torture • politics • interrogation • Fox • Sean Hannity • waterboarding • Charles Grodin

(Newser) - In a much-touted recent Rasmussen poll, only 53% of Americans said they preferred capitalism to socialism. Among those under 30, that figure fell to 37%. “If you comb the annals of Americans’ ideological preferences, you won’t find figures like these,” writes Harold Meyerson of the Washington ... More »

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Rush Limbaugh • Soviet Union • socialism • poll • capitalism • Sean Hannity • Rasmussen Reports • President Obama • Eugene Debs

Hannity Replaces Colmes With Rotating Roster

Sharpton sits in for premiere of new show

Jan 9, 09 11:21 AM CST
(Newser) - Sean Hannity’s coming back, and just because Alan Colmes isn’t around anymore doesn’t mean he can’t find a token liberal. In his new format, Hannity will have a panel of rotating members, reports Broadcasting & Cable. On Monday, Rep. Michele Bachmann will sit on the right,... More »

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Al Sharpton • Fox News • Sean Hannity • Alan Colmes • Hannity and Colmes • Michele Bachmann • Meat Loaf

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