I could understand that approach if it got him anywhere, but I don't think his friendliness to them is in any way reciprocated aside from the a few favorable comparisons with other conservatives like Rush--- never with liberals--- made by the MSM.
I suspect Hannity sees it as part of the old boy network and you never know when you might need them to get you a job.
On other issues though I agree he has been a good voice for Conservatives and the Republican Party even if at time he can be a bit knee jerk and go off at half cock.
"Hannity can be a good, aggressive interviewer when he wants to be, but whenever he interviews tv media bigshots, whether it's Russert or the ABC tv news people (whom he apparently thinks of as his cohorts more than anyone working at Fox News) Hannity goes easy, as if building connections with the MSM is important."
I agree. I have never trusted Hannity because of the way he sucks up to MSM liberals like Russert, Schieffer, Stephi, Sawyer, on and on. He will rail against the MSM but never mentions names. That is why I consider him such a phony. That and his subservient interviews with McCain. His dream is to appear on one of the sunday morning shows like MTP.