This was the interview that caused the Hannity Twitter tirade.Media Matters President Angelo Carusone explains why he's leading an advertising boycott against Sean Hannity https://t.co/8UjWsv7Uqx— Reliable Sources (@ReliableSources) November 19, 2017
And this was the result.
RACIST, BIGOT, AND ANTI-SEMITE PRES. OF @MMFA @GOANGELO WHY DO YOU VICTIM SHAME? WHY DON'T YOU SUPPORT WOMEN OF ABUSE? @CNN @BRIANSTELTER WHY DO YOU SUPPORT THIS? https://t.co/zrzTSaLchA pic.twitter.com/eV3Y2OQokg— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) November 19, 2017
RACIST, BIGOT, AND ANTI-SEMITE PRES. OF @MMFA @GOANGELO WHY DO YOU VICTIM SHAME? WHY DON'T YOU SUPPORT WOMEN OF ABUSE? @CNN @BRIANSTELTER WHY DO YOU SUPPORT THIS? https://t.co/qk4I6DGa0r pic.twitter.com/rFiMFqrNvg— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) November 19, 2017
RACIST, BIGOT, AND ANTI-SEMITE PRES. OF @MMFA @GOANGELO WHY DO YOU VICTIM SHAME? WHY DON'T YOU SUPPORT WOMEN OF ABUSE? @CNN @BRIANSTELTER WHY DO YOU SUPPORT THIS? https://t.co/VSevcRZevq pic.twitter.com/vaqZufJ6OO— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) November 19, 2017
RACIST, BIGOT, AND ANTI-SEMITE PRES. OF @MMFA @GOANGELO WHY DO YOU VICTIM SHAME? WHY DON'T YOU SUPPORT WOMEN OF ABUSE? @CNN @BRIANSTELTER WHY DO YOU SUPPORT THIS? https://t.co/gQymETOE5w pic.twitter.com/c7cOynVf5Z— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) November 19, 2017
As Salon points out these claims that Angelo Carusone is racist, bigot, or anti-semite do not seem to have any basis in fact:RACIST, BIGOT, AND ANTI-SEMITE PRES. OF @MMFA @GOANGELO WHY DO YOU VICTIM SHAME? WHY DON'T YOU SUPPORT WOMEN OF ABUSE? @CNN @BRIANSTELTER WHY DO YOU SUPPORT THIS? https://t.co/kjixSTixdh pic.twitter.com/kV9Kwei8f7— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) November 19, 2017
For about a week, Hanntiy has baselessly called Carusone a "racist" and "trans/gay homophobe," even though Carusone himself is gay and the organization he heads, Media Matters, often champions causes of racial minorities.
I will have to assume that Hannity's anger at Media Matters indicates that the campaign to strip him of sponsors is working.
Recently Hannity attempted to get one of the Roy Moore accusers on his show.
Her lawyer's response probably did not do much to help his mood either,
Courtesy of Raw Story:Fox News host @seanhannity tried to book one of Roy Moore's accusers for an on-air interview, and she replies with this EPIC response: pic.twitter.com/Y2MSavM6G2— Ed Krassenstein (@EdKrassen) November 19, 2017
“Mr. Hannity chose to believe and support Roy Moore immediately after learning about the numerous accusations against him describing sexual assault, child molestation and harassment.”
“Mr. Hannity has belittled, defamed and engaged in an on-air intimidation campaign against the victims of Mr. Moore. He is totally uninterested in discovering the truth,” she said.
“It is laughable to assume that Mr. Hannity is capable of conducting a fair and balanced interview. He is not known for journalistic integrity. He is merely seeking an opportunity to publicly attack and further defame Mr. Moore’s victims,” she continued.
“Well, that’s not happening,” she concluded. “Not on my watch.”
Yep, sucks to be Hannity right now.
I really think that Fox is ready to pull his show already, and are just looking for an excuse to do so.
Losing all of his advertisers and supporting a known pedophile seems like more than enough reason.
