Fox News personality Sean Hannity has earned a reputation as the captain of the Trump cheerleading squad. He usually defaults to spouting bizarro Clinton-Mueller conspiracy theories, often revolving around her emails and the #DeepState.
Last year, he got into trouble when the parents of a murdered Democratic National Committee made him stop spinning the murder as part of some bigger Clinton plot. Another memorable incident had him suggest the New York Time’s report that Trump tried to fire Mueller was a media ploy right up until Fox News’ own fake news journalists confirmed it, whereupon he did this:
Since the FBI raid on Michael Cohen, who happens to be Trump’s lawyer, Hannity’s response has been identical to the previous times Trump has experienced bad news. Accusing the Mueller investigation of flying off the rails, being Clinton plants, the works. Thing is, he’s been keeping something important from his audience: Michael Cohen had only three clients before the raid. One was Trump, on whose behalf he paid off Stormy Daniels, the second was a Republican National Committee official who knocked up a Playmate and the third, as we learned on Monday, was Sean Hannity.
Exactly what Hannity and Cohen conferred about isn’t exactly clear, and it might be protected by attorney-client privilege anyway. He’s denied it was anything worth disclosing, but given that Hannity is a committed citizen of Trumpworld, I have supreme difficulty believing him. Given the cracked out nature of the Trump era’s news, as well as the past behavior of Fox News’ most influential men, nothing would surprise me. Or it could be a parking ticket.
Either way, the man who slams the mainstream media for bias on the regular should have told his viewers about his own bias, if only to make himself appear holier-than-thou for his audience. As is, it lets his enemies in the late night comedy scene tear into him with gleeful abandon. Hannity has conducted himself as an unofficial press secretary for the Trump administration, and working for Trump requires a certain ignorance of ethical standards. This didn’t shock me, but it did delight me.
Logan Graham is a senior studying media arts with a focus in games and animation at Ohio University. Please note that the views and opinions of the columnists do not reflect those of The Post. What do you think? Let Logan know by emailing him at lg261813@ohio.edu.
