During the past ten days Fox News and Sean Hannity's distortive racist fear-mongering concerning the Jeremiah Wright story reached new lows. Even for Fox News and Hannity, the irresponsibility of their partisan and hate-filled "guilt by association" attacks on Barack Obama seemed to be a bridge too far........yes, even for Fox News.
Yet now it seems that the blowback against Fox may have begun. I encourage all readers to do what they can to stop the mainstream media from following Fox's propagandistic lead. As usual it has been filmaker Robert Greenwald's "Brave New Films", with the help of MoveOn.org, who have taken the lead to expose the Fox virus. This short film rips the lid off of the Fox effect on MSM news coverage.
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Finally, it would appear that things are now stabilizing re: the Rev. Wright situation, and it is my sincere hope that the media's critical attention may at last turn to Sean Hannity and Fox News.
Now we are now learning of Sean Hannity's ties to neo-Nazi, Hal Turner, who is such an extreme and radical racist and Anti-Semite that he seems more like an escapee from the Aryan Nation than a local radio show host in New York City, of all places. Yet the irony of the links between Hannity and Turner is precisely the type of slimy tactics that are Sean Hannity's stock and trade, as epitomized by Fox News' 24/7 "Obama = Rev. Wright" propaganda marathon. Yet the fact that people like Bill O'Reilly (who last I heard was considering leading a "lynch mob" against Michelle Obama) and Sean Hannity are popular media personailities underscore the toxic irresponsiblity of Fox News and talk radio.
The Huffington Post recently published a must-read piece by Jason Linkins which is linked below. Linkins chronicles how a guest who was supposed to be a punching bag for Hannity, New Black Panther Party leader Malik Shabazz, cited an article in The Nation by Max Blumenthal linking Hannity and Turner, and turned the tables on America's most racist prime-time cable news TV personality.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...
Turner's own shocking response disputes Hannity's attempts to diavow knowing Turner and gives you the flavor of the unfathomable levels of hatred that is mild compared to the words of Jeremiah Wright:
About Sean Hannity and Me. . . . . Yes, we were friends and yes, Sean agreed with some of my views....On Wednesday, March 19, Malik Zulu Shabazz of the New Black Panther Party appeared as a guest on "Hannity & Colmes" to discuss the Obama / Reverend Wright controversy. During that appearance, Sean Hannity asked Shabazz if Barak Obama shouldn't be judged by his past affiliations with Reverend Wright, to which Shabazz replied by asking Sean Hannity "Should you be judged by your past association with Hal Turner, a neo-Nazi?"
I was quite disappointed when Sean Hannity at first tried to say he didn't know me and then went on to say that I ran some senate campaign in New Jersey. In fact, Sean Hannity does know me and we were quite friendly a number of years ago.When Hannity took over Bob Grant's spot on 77 WABC in New York City, I was a well-known, regular and welcome caller to his show. Through those calls, Sean and I got to know each other a bit and at some point, I can't remember exactly when, Sean gave me the secret "Guest call-in number" at WABC so that my calls could always get on the air.
When I utlized that call-in number, Sean would very often come onto that line during commercial breaks so we could chat before I went on the air. Our off-the-air chats grew to an exchange of other phone numbers, me giving Sean my home and cellular number and Sean giving me his direct dial-in number at Fox News channel....My on-air calls to his show remained regular and welcome.
I can tell you from my firsthand, personal experience that Sean Hannity does, in fact, agree with many of my political and social views.... Suffice it to say that my recollection is that when Sean and I spoke by phone, while no one else was listening, he and I exchanged the kinds of views that most White, Irish-Catholic guys hold, but won't speak in public.
In my opinion, based on my first hand experience, I believe Sean Hannity is, in fact, a Hal Turner sort of guy. It seems to me that a big difference between Sean and me is that I am willing to say publicly what I think about savage Black criminals, diseased, uneducated illegal aliens and the grotesque cultural destruction wrought by satanic jews while Sean and many others keep quiet to protect their paychecks.
Another big difference is that I am perfectly willing to use force and violence against my enemies while Sean Hannity and others are not. Those using me as a prop to attack Sean Hannity would do well to remember this fact. Rest assured I will remember them when the opportunity presents itself; especially as it pertains to that douche bag sodomite Max Blumenthal for the falsehoods and total trash he wrote about me in "The Nation" magazine.
I could not help myself and had to send Sean Hannity the following E-mail, not that he will ever read it but it felt good, as does writing this post which is my very first diary.
To: hannity@foxnews.com
Subject: THANKS SEAN!!!!!
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2008 17:49:33 -0400
Sean,
Thanks for your affiliation with Neo-Nazi Turner. It only proves what we who are not sheep know to be true. It is YOU who are a racist and Nazi sympathizer.
The chickens will now most certainly come home to roost. But not as your paranoid racist fantasies would have it. Obama’s poll numbers are bouncing back and Hillary is the one who is toast. Your attempts to spread hate and fear didn't work this time and will now boomerang on you.
Your attempts to politically assassinate Barack Obama through his former pastor’s outrageous words have failed. I suppose your only hope now is that your sick and disgusting supporters' literal assassination fantasies come true.
Whatever will you do? A black president of the United States! If it is any comfort Sean, he’s only half-black. Now the deluge against Fox News’ racist propaganda will begin in earnest. Cluck-Cluck buddy!