Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity co-hosts the Fox News program Hannity & Colmes. Fox bills him as the "program's conservative counterpart to liberal Alan Colmes." He also hosts the radio show The Sean Hannity Show, syndicated by ABC Radio Networks, which has the second-largest talk radio audience in the U.S. behind Rush Limbaugh.[1]
Hannity serves on the Advisory Panel for the African American Republican Leadership Council.
Hannity has been accused of vigorously promoting the Republican agenda and promoting the re-election of George W. Bush.
Hannity is also listed with the Premiere Speakers Bureau as being available for conference programs with an indicative speaking fee of $50,000. [2]
Twisting and Turning With Sean
In late August 2005, Media Matters of America monitored Sean Hannity on Tuesday blaming the "anti-war left" for protesting at the funeral of a soldier killed in Iraq. They reported that the protesters were members of the Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) in Topeka, Kansas, which claims that terrorism and other disasters are divine retribution against America for the "sin" of tolerating homosexuality. Media Matters states that Hannity is mis-reporting the facts, because the group can't be left-wing, and must be right-wing, because the group is anti-gay. WBC members, who held signs saying "God blew up the troops" and "Thank God for dead soldiers," also have a website called GodHatesAmerica.com, where anti-gay rhetoric is expressed: "The American army is a fag army! ... WBC rejoices every time the Lord God in His vengeance kills or maims an American soldier with an Improvised Explosive Device." [3]
External links
- "Hannity blamed "anti-war left" for protest at soldier's funeral actually organized by anti-gay church", Media Matters for America, August 31, 2005.
