Media Matters - The Sean Hannity Show

Media Matters - The Sean Hannity Show http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/the_sean_hannity_show This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: The Sean Hannity Show en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America Hannity, Limbaugh promote myth of an "Obama recession" http://mediamatters.org/items/200811120011 Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh continue to suggest that President-elect Barack Obama is to blame for the decline in the stock market, referring to the state of the stock market as an "Obama recession." In fact, analysts have refuted the proposition that the market decline has anything to do with anticipation of Obama's presidency. http://mediamatters.org/items/200811120011 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:16:46 EST Radio hosts echo Drudge's distortion of Obama's 2001 WBEZ interview http://mediamatters.org/items/200810280018 Numerous conservative radio hosts, including Chris Baker, Sean Hannity, Mark Levin, Jim Quinn, Michael Savage and Brian Sussman, echoed the false claim, originating on the Drudge Report, that Sen. Barack Obama said in a 2001 interview that he regretted that the Supreme Court has not addressed the redistribution of wealth. In fact, the "traged[y]" Obama identified during the interview was that the civil rights movement "became so court-focused" in trying to bring about political and economic justice. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810280018 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:30:56 EST Hannity cut out gist of Hillary Clinton's comments about VP debate to bolster his claim that Clintons will "vote for John McCain" http://mediamatters.org/items/200810070012 On his radio show, Sean Hannity played a cropped version of recent comments by Sen. Hillary Clinton, which included her praise of Gov. Sarah Palin's debate performance but excluded the portions of her comments praising Sen. Joe Biden's debate performance and asserting that "[t]he Obama-Biden ticket" is "better for America" than the "McCain-Palin ticket." Hannity then stated: "I just had to play that 'cause you just know the Clintons are just -- why do I bet, and this is just a guess on my part, that Hillary and Bill [Clinton] go in there, and they vote for John McCain? I just know it." http://mediamatters.org/items/200810070012 Tue, 7 Oct 2008 14:43:02 EST Hannity did not challenge McCain's false claim that Alaska "provides 20 percent of America's energy requirements" http://mediamatters.org/items/200809180023 On his radio show, Sean Hannity did not challenge Sen. John McCain's false claim during an interview that Alaska "provides 20 percent of America's energy requirements." In fact, according to the most recent figures of the U.S. Energy Information Administration, Alaska is responsible for "just 3.5 percent of the country's domestic energy production," and only 2.4 percent of the energy the U.S. consumes. http://mediamatters.org/items/200809180023 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:27:04 EST Levin: "It's not the National Organization of Liberal Women. It's the National Organization of Ugly Women" http://mediamatters.org/items/200809050025 Calling into Sean Hannity's radio show, Mark Levin said of the National Organization for Women: "It's not the National Organization of Liberal Women. It's the National Organization of Ugly Women." Moments later, after Hannity stated, "[a]pparently [Sen. Barack] Obama took a shot at me again," Levin responded, "Obama's obsessed with you. ... Maybe he's attracted to you." http://mediamatters.org/items/200809050025 Fri, 5 Sep 2008 20:36:11 EST Misrepresenting Obama's audiobook, Hannity claimed Obama said, "White folks' greed runs a world in need" http://mediamatters.org/items/200808210006 On his radio show, Sean Hannity falsely asserted that Sen. Barack Obama had "openly complained about 'white folks' greed.' " Hannity played a clip from the audiobook version of Obama's memoir in which Obama says, "White folks' greed runs a world in need." However, the clip is taken from a passage in which Obama is quoting from a sermon by Rev. Jeremiah Wright. In fact, Hannity himself acknowledged as much on Hannity & Colmes in March, saying, "Even the 'Audacity of Hope' speech or sermon had, you know, 'white greed' in there." http://mediamatters.org/items/200808210006 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:29:07 EST Gingrich in denial that Reagan, too, used "very dangerous" description of himself as a "citizen ... of the world" http://mediamatters.org/items/200808080003 On The Sean Hannity Show, Newt Gingrich said of Sen. Barack Obama's speech in Berlin: "I think saying that you are the -- a citizen of the world, talking to 200,000 Germans is very dangerous because the average American does not want to elect a president of the world." In fact, Obama referred to himself in the Berlin speech as "a citizen -- a proud citizen of the United States, and a fellow citizen of the world." Further, he is not the first U.S. public official to refer to himself as a "citizen of the world"; President Reagan did so in a June 1982 speech to the United Nations. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808080003 Fri, 8 Aug 2008 13:22:00 EST Hannity falsely claimed "Obama can't point to a single instance in which ... Sean Hannity or talk radio" has "made an issue of Obama's race" http://mediamatters.org/items/200808070009 On his radio show, Sean Hannity said that Sen. Barack Obama "can't point to a single instance in which President Bush or McCain or Karl Rove or Sean Hannity or talk radio or any other major Republican has made an issue of Obama's race." In fact, Hannity asserted on the March 2 edition of Hannity's America: "As more is learned about Barack Obama's positions, his past, and his affiliations, it seems that the 'change' candidate has all the same problems with race as those before him," and later added, "It's only fair to ask: Do the Obamas have a race problem of their own?" Media Matters has also documented numerous examples of other radio and TV personalities making "an issue of Obama's race." http://mediamatters.org/items/200808070009 Thu, 7 Aug 2008 17:41:29 EST On three Hannity programs, Corsi offered another falsehood: Obama supports abortion "[a]fter a child's born" http://mediamatters.org/items/200808020004 Jerome Corsi, author of the book, The Obama Nation, falsely claimed on Hannity's America that Sen. Barack Obama said, "Even if a child was born ... the woman still had the right to kill the child in an abortion." Corsi similarly falsely asserted on Hannity & Colmes that "[a]fter a child's born, Obama ... in the [Illinois] state Senate, wanted the child killed if the mother desired an abortion," and on Sean Hannity's radio program, said that "Obama's on record as let's kill the baby if that's what the mother wants." In fact, Obama has never supported giving people the right to kill their children. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808020004 Sat, 2 Aug 2008 16:12:46 EST Hannity repeated false allegation that Obama distributed Western Wall prayer to media http://mediamatters.org/items/200807310012 On his radio program, Sean Hannity repeated the already debunked allegation that Sen. Barack Obama leaked a written prayer he placed in the Western Wall during his visit to Jerusalem. While a spokesman for Ma'ariv reportedly told other Israeli publications that the Obama campaign approved the publication of the prayer and that Obama gave copies of it to the media before he went to the Western Wall, The New Republic's Zvika Krieger wrote in a blog post: "I finally heard back from the Ma'ariv spokesman, who denied that the Obama campaign leaked the memo to them or gave them approval to print it, and who disavowed the alleged spokesman who gave quotes to at least four Israeli publications." http://mediamatters.org/items/200807310012 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:56:35 EST Hannity falsely suggested Obama set out plan for Afghanistan only after his visit -- but he has called for more troops for years http://mediamatters.org/items/200807230005 Sean Hannity falsely suggested on his radio show that Sen. Barack Obama "c[ame] up" with his plan for Afghanistan, including calling for the deployment of more troops there, only after his recent visit to the country. But Obama has been calling for an increase of U.S. troops in Afghanistan since at least 2006 and has specifically proposed the addition of at least two combat brigades since 2007. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807230005 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:09:52 EST Hannity falsely claimed Obama tax plan would raise taxes on "families of four that make $50,000 a year" http://mediamatters.org/items/200807110005 On his radio program, Sean Hannity falsely claimed that Sen. Barack Obama's proposal "for rescinding the Bush tax cuts" would result in "families of four that make $50,000 a year ... paying another $2,000 in taxes a year." In fact, Obama has proposed cutting taxes for middle-class families and rolling back President Bush's tax cuts only on people who are making $250,000 a year or more. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807110005 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:18:44 EST Hannity touted Wash. Examiner blog post based on Wash. Post article baselessly suggesting Obama received preferential treatment on mortgage http://mediamatters.org/items/200807080007 On his radio show, Fox News' Sean Hannity touted a Washington Examiner blog post claiming that Sen. Barack Obama got a "discount" and a "Countrywide-like sweetheart mortgage deal" from Northern Trust for the purchase of his house. But the Examiner's only source for that claim in the blog post was a Washington Post article that did not cite any evidence that the interest rate Obama received was in any way out of the ordinary or in any way the result of preferential treatment. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807080007 Tue, 8 Jul 2008 18:44:54 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 On Hannity's radio program, DeLay falsely claimed Obama supports "a bill to fingerprint every American in this country" http://mediamatters.org/items/200806120007 On The Sean Hannity Show, Tom DeLay falsely claimed that Sen. Barack Obama is "in favor of a bill to fingerprint every American in this country and have a national fingerprint database." In fact, the bill to which DeLay was apparently referring would require employees of banks that apply for "licensing and registration as a State-licensed loan originator," as well as individuals who apply for licenses, to submit fingerprints to "to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and any governmental agency or entity authorized to receive such information for a State and national criminal history background check." http://mediamatters.org/items/200806120007 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:06:15 EST