Posted on 04/16/2018 12:05:57 PM PDT by GIdget2004
Poor Sheppie and the rest of the media got all excited at the thought that Hannity might have fathered a child with a porn “star”
Of course they do. They have to divulge any involvement in the topic. Please distinguish what is right from what some do. Sean probably honestly thought he was ok. but he clearly isn’t and the more he explained toda,y the more obvious it was.
For a journalist to not disclose that, is unethical.
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I’ve never heard Hannity describe himself as a journalist.
he has an ethical responsibility to disclose he is reporting on a story in which he has relationship to one of the main subjects. Whatever you want to call him. i know he’s not sheryl atkinson. LOL.
same thing for reporter or anyone covering a topic on tv. No matter what we call him or he calls himself.
if a liberal did this there’s be 20 threads pointing fingers. Now about we be honest and admit he made a mistake.
I’m not listening because I’m not in the car yet, but it sounds like he is getting lawyerly advice to stick in the bit about not paying. Plenty of entertainment or powerful people have ways of bartering services. So maybe that is his way out. I don’t know. I’m not a lawyer.
I love Sean but maybe the advice he’s getting is bad. I really do not expect a journalist to be ethical but I do expect it of Sean.
What Hannity said to Cohen and what Cohen said to Hannity may well be privileged. But before that can be established, it must first be proven by the party asserting attorney-client privilege that Cohen was, in fact, Hannity's client. The attorney-client privilege protects privileged communications, but not the fact of the representation or the identity of the client.
If Hannity has that “ethical responsibility,” then all the rest on the other side have the same requirement.
But they never, ever do. We don’t have to fight fair if they don’t.
His tweet
Michael Cohen has never represented me in any matter. I never retained him, received an invoice, or paid legal fees. I have occasionally had brief discussions with him about legal questions about which I wanted his input and perspective.
https://mobile.twitter.com/seanhannity/status/985970632201564161
That is called a consultation. His using him of expertise or consultation does not invalid my point or his responsibility to disclose.
I no longer believe that elections can make the Swamp go away.
you don’t excuse him by pointing out the lack of ethics as others what are we 10 years old here?
This issue is so obvious. It is disappointing to see so many blindly defend this mistake. We have to honestly apply standards no matter who’s behavior we comment on.
I’m tired of this and out!!!
Justice in action... Let’s destroy the country because we don’t like who was elected to make decisions for the next 4 years...Very short sighted indeed. This won’t get Trump but I’m sure crooked lawyers and judges will love all these new precendences
No, I just want to win. I’m sick of our side following the rules set up by the other side, and then losing because they don’t.
One of the greatest examples of this was the Battle of Concord. At the bridge, we stood up in formation and got shot to pieces. But during the Redcoats retreat to Boston, our ancestors hid behind trees and sniped.
We won.
The British complained that we didn’t fight fair. By your logic, we shouldn’t have fought a guerilla action.
I have yet to hear any of the 98 percent of the media disclose the lap dances they routinely performed on Obama.
I think that Muller is trying to go after Hannity. the best way to shut up the opposition is to try and tie Hannity into his investigation. Hannity has been the source of the most accurate information on Muller’s investigation and carries a lot of legitimacy that the other sources for info just do not have.
So much for attorney-client privileged communication - next, your doctor will have to post a list of all his patients - and eventually their diagnoses.....
It is absolutely not appropriate and a gross violation of privilege.
Of course, if the judge was Kimba Wood, getting thecourt order should have been pretty easy.
Attorney-client privilege kicks in when the *client* believes such a relationship exists. No contractual relationship is necessary. If the client reasonably believes he is represented by counsel, the attorney is bound by the privilege
The privilege is sacrosanct, second only to the attorney’s duty of candor to the tribunal (court).
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