Like I said, Hinn isn't my cup of tea, but I do not think TBN thinks he is a phony.
I also think the local paper on which this tread was started would not exactly be thrilled with any form of Christianity.
To start with those in FR are not people that are taken by the press and their pseudo credentials. In all matters when it is reported we hit the pavement and searching out the matter to see if it is so. And at best the report is biased through the liberal lens of the world.
We know that the press is decidedly atheist, decidedly humanist, they are anti God anti bible and anti fundamentalist christian.
Now we all also have some of our own personal biases but in FR thankfully most are willing to see that our biases can also cloud issues.
But not all are so. There are some that if the press (a known corrupt source of not only knowledge but for their tortured explantions to try to screw something to their point of view,) speaks something within their personal bias they immediately cite their words and say look it is true -- and they skip hitting the pavement and searching out the matter.
I will now add a little to the table. In the bible many words are neutral. The word Angel does not exist in the Bible. The word Angel is a made up word in english for the Greek word Angellos. The word Angellos means "messenger" The word messenger is neutral. It could be an messenger of God from Heaven, it could be a messenger of light from the devil, it could be an earthly messenger sent from the Church, and it could be an earthly messenger from the world. When we read the word angel it carries the connotation that the messenger is from heaven and this obscures several passages.
The word works in the New Testament is Ergon and it is rightly translated but the word is neutral in that God sat down after six days of works and rested on the seventh day. So this word works might be the works of God -- think of the word healing as a work of God. But there are othe vesres where ergon is used and it is not the works of God. There are the works of he holy spirit, There are the works of the devil -- the works of the flesh, the works of the world. And in the New Testament we find the apsotles telling us that in their day that believers are working all the above. And likewise what we see as the visible church works all the above in our day. What we see as healers and evangelists work all the above today.
So that one must look closer to see what sort of work is being done.