"Journalism is dead."
Hey, was "Hannity's Headline" an exposé on FOX News?
I know, I know; FOX News isn't--you know--news. It's a combination of slogans, insinuations, racism, xenophobia, paranoia, Republican talking points, teabagger promos, horseshit and outright lies.
From Media Matters:
Hannity: "[W]e've had hardworking Americans called Nazis and brownshirts and un-American by Nancy Pelosi." On August 11, as an example of "the host of insults the Democratic leaders have been hurling" at town hall protestors, Hannity stated: "Now, we've had hardworking Americans called Nazis and brownshirts and un-American by Nancy Pelosi." [Fox News' Hannity; 8/11/09]
Hannity: "[I]t's Nancy Pelosi attacking the American people, it's the Democrats comparing them to Nazis -- the Democrats are doing that." Hannity further said on August 11.
Pelosi actually said protesters were "carrying swastikas and symbols like that to a town meeting on health care." Speaking to reporters, Pelosi was asked if she thought there was "legitimate grassroots opposition" at recent town hall events. She responded: "I think they're Astroturf; you be the judge. They're carrying swastikas and symbols like that to a town meeting on health care."
Pelosi was right: Swastikas have appeared at town hall meetings. As Media Matters for America senior fellow Eric Boehlert and Fox News contributor Alan Colmes have noted, multiple protesters at health care reform protests have held signs featuring swastikas.
Media falsely assert Pelosi called or suggested that opponents of health reform are "Nazis." As Media Matters noted, conservative media figures including Joe Scarborough, Gregg Jarrett, Peggy Noonan, James Taranto, and Rush Limbaugh have similarly claimed Pelosi compared protesters to Nazis.
And the hit pieces just keep on comin'!
Additionally, Hannity falsely claimed Pelosi said protesters were "un-American."
No, Sean; The Pelosi/Hoyer op-ed said, "These disruptions are occurring because opponents are afraid not just of differing views -- but of the facts themselves. Drowning out opposing views is simply un-American. Drowning out the facts is how we failed at this task for decades. Health care is complex. It touches every American life. It drives our economy. People must be allowed to learn the facts." [USA Today, 8/10/09]
How the f#ck do you read that teleprompter every night, Sean? You can't even make heads or tails of a newspaper.
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