Posted on 11/06/2018 12:28:37 PM PST by Kaslin
UPDATE: Fox News provided Townhall the following statement:
“FOX News does not condone any talent participating in campaign events. We have an extraordinary team of journalists helming our coverage tonight and we are extremely proud of their work. This was an unfortunate distraction and has been addressed.”
UPDATE: Hannity defends his onstage appearance at the Trump rally.
What I said in my tweet yesterday was 100% truthful. When the POTUS invited me on stage to give a few remarks last night, I was surprised, yet honored by the president’s request. This was NOT planned.— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) November 6, 2018
ORIGINAL POST
Fox News hosts Sean Hannity and Jeanine Pirro were guests at President Trump's rally in Missouri Monday night for Republican Senate candidate Josh Hawley. When Hannity took the stage, he delighted the crowd by calling the reporters in the back of the room "fake news."
It was especially surprising because earlier in the day Hannity said he would not be campaigning with the president, CNN noted.
In spite of reports, I will be doing a live show from Cape Girardeau and interviewing President Trump before the rally. To be clear, I will not be on stage campaigning with the President. I am covering final rally for my show. Something I have done in every election in the past.— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) November 5, 2018
Trump called Pirro to join him onstage too, and she in turn encouraged the room full of Trump supporters to channel their energy into voting.
"If you like the America" that Trump is making, she said, "you’ve got to make sure you get out there tomorrow if you haven’t voted yet."
Their appearances caused CNN to question Fox's credibility.
“They know, vaguely, that they’re not supposed to have one of their hosts endorse a candidate or a party,” CNN anchor Alisyn Camerota said. “But Sean Hannity can't help himself.
"They’re having a schizophrenic moment over there trying to figure out what their role over there is supposed to be with the Trump presidency,” she added.
Camerota went on to pose a hypothetical, suggesting that if her fellow anchor Don Lemon had joined one of the Democrats at a campaign rally, he would not have emerged unscathed.
"Can you imagine Don Lemon campaigning for Stacey Abrams?” Camerota asked. “Don Lemon being able to take the podium?”
“I mean, when people say that there’s no difference and when Fox tries to consider itself a news organization, they have some complications at moments like this.”
Following the campaign event, Hannity said he had "no idea" the president was going to call him onstage.
How about 65 journalists attending dinner with Hillary???
Why is it bad to be openly biased FOR a candidate - but perfectly ok to be openly biased AGAINST a candidate? ??
The same CNN who gave hillary the debate questions in advance? That CNN?
They will never get what journalism is about. I'd love to see a syllabus of a journalism major curriculum.
CNN has less than zero credibility, and no standing to question anybody’s credibility on any topic or for any reason.
CNN Questions Fox News’s Credibility.
That’s a laugh coming from the fake news champs who have zero credibility themselves.
Are we sure the C doesn’t mean clueless?
Wow CNN ratings must really be bad this month.
Not news folks. They are opinion hosts. No less objective than Don Lemon
Wait a minute. Lemon was at a Cankles2016 rally.
Oh, I understand, he was just covering the news when he hugged her.
F’em.
5.56mm
CNN campaigns on air for the godless globalist democrats 24/7.
CNN has impeccable standards.
May I remind the MSM on their own credibility?
REPORTER RSVPs
YES
1. ABC – Cecilia Vega
2. ABC – David Muir
3. ABC – Diane Sawyer
4. ABC – George Stephanoplous [sic]
5. ABC – Jon Karl
6. Bloomberg – John Heillman [sic]
7. Bloomberg – Mark Halperin
8. CBS – Norah O’Donnell
9. CBS – Vicki Gordon
10. CNN – Brianna Keilar
11. CNN – David Chalian
12. CNN – Gloria Borger
13. CNN – Jeff Zeleny
14. CNN – John Berman
15. CNN – Kate Bouldan [sic]
16. CNN – Mark Preston
17. CNN – Sam Feist
18. Daily Beast – Jackie Kucinich
19. GPG – Mike Feldman
20. Huffington Post – Whitney Snyder
21. MORE – Betsy Fisher Martin
22. MSNBC – Alex Wagner
23. MSNBC – Beth Fouhy
24. MSNBC – Phil Griffin
25. MSNBC – Rachel Maddow (TBD)
26. MSNBC – Rachel Racusen
27. NBC – Savannah Gutherie [sic]
28. New Yorker – Ryan Liza [sic]
29. NYT – Amy Chozik [sic]
30. NYT – Gail Collins
31. NYT – Jonathan Martin
32. NYT – Maggie Haberman
33. NYT – Pat Healey [sic]
34. PEOPLE – Sandra Sobieraj Westfall
35. POLITICO – Glenn Thrush
36. POLITICO – Mike Allen
37. VICE – Alyssa Mastramonoco [sic]
38. VOX – Jon Allen
"Donna Brazile is not apologizing for leaking CNN debate questions and topics to the Hillary Clinton campaign during the Democratic primary. Her only regret, it seems, is that she got caught."
Emerson college rated by some to have the best journalism program in the U.S.
https://www.emerson.edu/journalism/courses
Excellent point.
Unforced error. Sean and the Judge should not be on that stage.
Judge Jeanine and Hannity are opinionaters.
That's real chutzpah comming from the Clinton News Network.
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