Why Sean Hannity Pushed a Fake News Story on the Radio Today
I have your answer in two words: “Gateway Pundit.”
Radio host Sean Hannity on Tuesday embraced a piece of fake news about President Obama deleting endorsements of Hillary Clinton from his Twitter account.
Hannity used the made-up news to claim that President Obama’s legacy might be “jail.”
The deleted-tweets claim could have been disproven by a quick Twitter search.
Later in the day, Hannity tweeted a correction and apologized.
Hannity later explained where the fake news came from. Here is Hannity’s tweeted correction:
Correction. Live on radio I read a gateway pundit report that @MichelleObama had deleted mentions of HRC. And a listener said BHO and…
— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) November 1, 2016
Elizabeth Warren did same. Fact is they didn’t. I humbly apologize. Live radio
— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) November 1, 2016
The key there is the phrase: “Live on radio I read a gateway pundit report” . . .
He went full Gateway Pundit.
Never go full Gateway Pundit.
The post Why Sean Hannity Pushed a Fake News Story on the Radio Today appeared first on RedState.
Source: http://www.redstate.com/patterico/2016/11/01/sean-hannity-pushed-fake-news-story-radio-today/
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