Fox News’ Sean Hannity on Tuesday referred to as MSNBC host Rachel Maddow a “make-believe journalist,” “conspiracy theorist” and a “tinfoil hat”-wearing peddler of lies. (Watch the movies beneath.)
Hannity’s hatchet job on Maddow took up a superb portion of an extended diatribe in opposition to mainstream media ― however his ire was clearly sparked by Maddow’s clarification for MSNBC not airing Donald Trump’s Iowa caucus victory speech reside on Monday.
Maddow advised viewers there was a “cost” to information organizations in offering an “unfiltered” platform for Trump and “knowingly broadcasting untrue things.” She mentioned the community would supply updates if Trump mentioned something substantive.
Hannity performed a snippet of Trump’s feedback.
“As you just heard during his victory speech, Donald Trump struck what was a unifying tone,” the host mentioned. “But apparently, according to part-time make-believe journalist and full-time left-wing, hate-Trump conspiracy theorists like radical Rachel Maddow, Trump’s speech was too dangerous for the fragile ears of NBC’s loyal viewers. They didn’t take any of the speech live. Instead, no, Miss Maddow was lecturing Americans about truth and integrity.”
Hannity continued, “This is a joke, right? Serious question: Does Maddow not have any self-awareness at all? No one in the media mob has peddled more lies, more conspiracy theories than Rachel Maddow. Every night for about five solid years, and it still goes on to this day, Maddow proudly donned that tinfoil hat and spread some of the most insane, craziest conspiracy theories that we’ve ever heard.”
Hannity took difficulty with Maddow’s Russia investigation protection, amongst different issues, accusing her of “pushing insane fake stories.”
Hannity additionally received private with CNN’s Jake Tapper, who talked over Trump’s speech to level out that the previous president and GOP front-runner was “repeating his anti-immigrant rhetoric.”
The rightwing Fox News persona, a staunch Trump ally, mentioned Tapper thought it was “more important to trash Trump’s speech in real-time.”
“Jake Tapper is not a journalist,” Hannity mentioned. “He’s a political hack. He’s a Democratic operative.”
He continued, “He’s living a lie,” including he was fueled by “supreme hatred for all things Donald Trump.”
Hannity’s remarks could come off as wildly hypocritical given Fox News’ promotion of Trump’s lies in regards to the 2020 election. The conservative community paid $787.5 million to settle a lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems after advancing false accusations that the corporate rigged the outcomes.
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HuffPost has reached out to Maddow and Tapper for remark by means of their networks.
