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NY Times Responds To Hannity’s Demand For Retraction And Apology: ‘No’

Posted by Ellen -7859.80pc on April 28, 2020 · Flag

Sean Hannity is threatening to sue The New York Times for highlighting how he has downplayed the coronavirus threat. And the Times’ response? Go ahead.

Yes, the guy who has yet to apologize for baselessly smearing murder victim Seth Rich as the leaker of DNC emails to Wikileaks is suddenly very, very concerned about "mischaracterizing" in reporting.

From The Daily Beast:

Hannity retained Charles Harder—a celebrity attorney famous from Hulk Hogan’s lawsuit that destroyed Gawker—to push for an apology and retraction from The New York Times over a series of columns critical of the pro-Trump host.

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In a lengthy and bellicose demand letter sent to the Times’ general counsel and three columnists on Monday evening, Harder demanded that the paper pull down a series of stories for what the lawyer described as “mischaracterizing” Hannity’s coverage of the coronavirus pandemic.

The stories Hannity objects to are this one, by Gina Bellafante, about Fox fan Joe Joyce who took a cruise to Spain on March 1 and subsequently died of COVID-19.

“He watched Fox, and believed it was under control,’’ [daughter] Kristen told me.

Early in March Sean Hannity went on air proclaiming that he didn’t like the way that the American people were getting scared “unnecessarily.’’ He saw it all, he said, “as like, let’s bludgeon Trump with this new hoax.”

As Law & Crime noted, the crux of Hannity’s complaint is that the newspaper botched its timeline because Hannity’s “this new hoax” remark was made after Mr. Joyce left on his cruise.

But it’s not as though that was a one-off. Perhaps the Times would have been better off choosing a Hannity quote from before the cruise, such as this one, from February 26: “Let not your heart be troubled, there are only 60 confirmed cases of corona [sic] in the U.S., zero deaths, most of those infected are Americans who were repatriated after contracting the illness abroad.”

Or this one, from February 27: “And today, thankfully, zero people in the United States of America have died from the coronavirus. Zero. Now, let’s put this in perspective. In 2017, 61,000 people in this country died from influenza, the flu. Common flu. Around 100 people die every single day from car wrecks.”

In fact, a University of Chicago study has found that more Hannity viewers got COVID-19 and died than viewers of Tucker Carlson, who took the pandemic more seriously earlier on.

TheWrap reports Hannity is also ticked off about Ben Smith’s March 22 column, “Rupert Murdoch Put His Son in Charge of Fox. It Was a Dangerous Mistake,” and a March 31 Kara Swisher column for having “falsely stated and falsely implied that Mr. Hannity downplayed the seriousness of the coronavirus pandemic.” A mashup video below shows Hannity doing exactly that.

Now, The New York Times has responded to Harder: “In response to your request for an apology and retraction, our answer is ‘no.’”

New York Times newsroom lawyer David McCraw delivers this response to @seanhannity request for retraction and apology related to @nytimes coverage: "No." Addressed to Hannity lawyer Charles Harder: pic.twitter.com/0v7URfo1kz

— ErikWemple (@ErikWemple) April 28, 2020

You can watch Hannity downplay the coronavirus with your own eyes and ears below, in a video from Media Matters .

(Hannity image via screen grab)

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scooter commented 2020-04-29 12:28:06 -0400 · Flag
Sean Hannity is a liar, a fraud, a coward, and a traitor. Never forget. Never forgive. Ever.

That being said I also hope he pursues his ridiculous lawsuit and I hope the flesh eating attorneys at the NY Times eviscerate him and expose all of the lies and fraud he has committed. I would jump with glee at seeing Sean frogmarched out of the courtroom in handcuffs, blubbering tears and protestations of his innocence and yammering about “deep state”. Bring it on Sean, you have no idea what you’re getting into.
Eyes On Fox commented 2020-04-29 12:26:18 -0400 · Flag
Thanks, Ellen. I’m growing senile in retirement. 😉
Ellen commented 2020-04-29 11:50:34 -0400 · Flag
Eyes, your comment was on this thread.
http://www.newshounds.us/more_hannity_viewers_got_covid_19_and_died_than_tucker_carlson_s_042120

Just about the only comments that get deleted here are ones that suggest physical violence. Maybe an extreme personal attack or extremely hateful.
Eyes On Fox commented 2020-04-29 10:07:13 -0400 · Flag
I’m certain I posted a snarky comment in this thread last night about Sean Hannity dropping to 2nd place behind Tucker Carlson.

I’ll leave out my always witty sarcasm this time and perhaps it’ll stick. 😉
John McKee commented 2020-04-28 21:31:00 -0400 · Flag
Thanks wd. The momentary vision of the toxic dolt Hannity being fed slowly through a shredder gave me a nice warm feeling all over.

Every now and then, it’s good to remember the wise words of Mr John Otto Cleese…

Ode to Sean Hannity
by John Cleese

Aping urbanity
Oozing with vanity
Plump as a manatee
Faking humanity
Journalistic calamity
Intellectual inanity
Fox Noise insanity
You’re a profanity
Hannity
w d commented 2020-04-28 20:27:02 -0400 · Flag
Hannity shredded the late Seth Rich, and now thin-skin Hannity thinks the 1st amendment only protects Sean? I guess Hannity is learning more from tRump than just how to wear gobs of poorly applied face bronzer …
Eyes On Fox commented 2020-04-28 15:37:40 -0400 · Flag
I just finished doing my federal and state taxes, still owe thousands despite already paying many, many thousands in maximum income tax deductions from my fixed retirement income plus thousands in local taxes. So as I figure out how I can donate enough blood to pay for this, I’m in a foul mood and have no tolerance for Sean Hannity crying over news coverage of him after his potentially deadly Trump butt sucking coronavirus happy talk.

I hope he does sue, the NYT reams him during discovery, and he’s thoroughly humiliated during a public civil trial. Further I hope enough evidence spills out to sue corrupt Fox News into oblivion for their irresponsible propaganda.

Now I’m going to drink a Trump bleach cocktail and die. Talk with you later.
John McKee commented 2020-04-28 15:37:09 -0400 · Flag
There can be no rehabilitation from this one. Hannity, Ingraham, Fox and the Murdochs must pay with every last red cent for their involvement in the carnage. As the Nazi war criminals found out, “I was only carrying out orders” holds no water.








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