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Now Hannity Wants To Sue CNN For Slander (Over Something Brian Stelter Never Said About Him)

Posted by Ellen -7835.60pc on September 15, 2016 · Flag

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Once again the guy Sean Hannity insists is nothing but a “pipsqueak,” Brian Stelter, has gotten under the Fox host’s very thin skin. After calling for Stelter to be fired from CNN (because Hannity didn’t like what Stelter said about him) Hannity now says he’s “thinking of” suing Stelter’s employer for slander. But Stelter never said what Hannity accused him of saying.

In case you missed it, Stelter has been very critical of Hannity’s punditry of late, especially his “reckless” discussions of Hillary Clinton’s health. In my previous post, I noted Hannity’s “Swift Boating” efforts last night with two discredited, Hillary-hating authors without a single medical credential between them.

On the same night that Hannity was cooking up his latest smears, Stelter blasted him again on Charlie Rose. Acknowledging that there is a “basket” of some legitimate inquiry into Clinton’s health, Stelter said there’s another, “truly deplorable basket” into which Hannity, Alex Jones and others fit: “These are people who bring up rumors and innuendo about Clinton’s health, and have been doing it for years,” Stelter said.

Stelter continued by explaining how Hannity and Limbaugh have helped to mainstream these rumors and innuendo:

STELTER: I’m not saying Hannity or Limbaugh fit into this necessarily, but they – some of these figures want her to be sick. They want her to be dying. They want her to be on her deathbed. It’s wishful thinking. And that’s some of this B.S. that’s on the web, it’s on Facebook. And the problem in media today is this stuff then populates our Facebook feeds and our Twitter feeds and it becomes this innuendo that we don’t just see on the front page of the National Inquirer, which is an offender here, but also then seeps into the public discourse and that’s why I think the Hannitys of the world were irresponsible.

In other words, Stelter was accusing Hannity of irresponsibly promoting baseless conspiracy theories.

But Hannity, instead of defending his work (probably because he can’t), threatened to sue CNN over something Stelter never said. Media Matters caught the threat on Hannity’s radio show today:

HANNITY: How do I get an apology from CNN? Should I—I would love to sue them for slander when they say, “Oh, he wants Hillary on her deathbed and dead,” when I said just the opposite. I mean, I know it’s hard to sue when you’re a public figure pretty much people can call you anything, and I’ve been called pretty much everything. But I’m thinking of suing them. Maybe I’ll get David Boies, my buddy, to do it.

That’ll probably happen right around the time Hannity fulfills his pledge to undergo waterboarding for charity.

Listen to Hannity once again reveal his paper-thin skin below, from the September 15, 2016 The Sean Hannity Show, via Media Matters.

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Bob Roberts commented 2016-09-16 11:42:30 -0400 · Flag
The hell with suing!!!! Cobra Kai Klannity should use his mad karate skills on CNN to shut them up. Suing is for wussies!!!!!
Antoinette commented 2016-09-16 00:22:01 -0400 · Flag
There’s certain people, Joseph that have damaging information about this clown, and would be glad to send it to CNN.
Joseph West commented 2016-09-15 23:49:38 -0400 · Flag
Does Hannutty really want to open up this can of worms? Just imagine all the lawsuits he’s going to be opening himself up for.

I think his “buddy” is going to have to have a VERY long and hard talk with Hannutty about what’s really involved in a slander suit. Because, what’s good for Hannutty is good for the hundreds (at least) who Hannutty’s slandered over the years.
Antoinette commented 2016-09-15 23:17:13 -0400 · Flag
Not a good year for old Grandpa Hannocchio. Most of the conservative media has turned against him, especially the Murdoch-owned, Wall Street Journal. They have turned their backs on him for selling out his conservative principle soul. They now call him a fraud and a joke. Conservatives are finished with this self-serving hack. Funny, this gray hair, old hawk has not threatened to sue WSJ for the nasty things they said about him. Maybe he’s too afraid of Ruthless Rupy firing his old azz.

His future with the foxies is grim. He’s too old to draw a young audience, and the suits want to draw younger demographics to the network. Look at him. He’s almost 60-years-old. He’s close to retirement.

Coming down the pipeline at the Foxies:

1. More chaos erupts at Fox “News” Channel
2. Another Foxie comes clean.
3. Another lawsuit in the works against the Foxies.
4. Ruthless and sons in trouble.
5. A Foxie suffers a serious meltdown.
6. Adultery
7. Sex addict.
8. Porn.
9. Under the table
10. Dirty laundry.
11. More Foxie exits.
12. Splitsville.
13. The secret office.
14. Foxies and the City of New York.
15. Colleges and universities, and nonprofits distance themselves from the Foxies and their mouthpieces.

NOTE TO HANNITY

A boy in a man’s body.








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