Sean Hannity angers Fox News management by charging Tea Party demonstrators to attend

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Popular Fox News host Sean Hannity is reportedly in the doghouse with executives at the conservative-leaning cable network for charging attendees to attend a scheduled taping of his show from a Tea Party rally at the University of Cincinnati yesterday. Fox honchos were reportedly so angry over the apparent profiteering that they pulled the plug on the event and ordered Hannity to return to the network's headquarters to tape the show at his studio there. (Nor was that taping without controversy, as one of Hannity's guests, Col. Oliver North, who was convicted on three felony charges for his role in the 1980s Iran-Contra scandal, described President Obama's governing philosophy as "anti-American." )

Promoters of the Cincinnati event had pegged Hannity as its headliner, according to Matea Gold in the Los Angeles Times. The rally also featured other prominent conservatives and was expected to draw up to 13,000 people. Participants were to be charged a minimum of $5, with seats closer to the stage going for $20.

Senior Fox News executives said they were not aware Hannity was being billed as the main attraction of the event or that Tea Party organizers were charging for admission to Hannity's show as part of the rally. They first learned of it Thursday morning from John Finley, Hannity's executive producer, who was in Cincinnati to produce Hannity's show. Bill Shine, Fox News' executive vice president of programming, said that the network "never agreed to allow the Cincinnati Tea Party organizers to use Sean Hannity's television program to profit from broadcasting his show." He added, "When senior executives in New York were made aware of this, we changed our plans for tonight's show." In Gold's account, network executives were "furious" with the right-wing cable talker.

The move by Fox News — which has been roundly criticized for its close alignment with the Tea Party movement — drew praise from some, including Baltimore Sun television columnist David Zurawik, who wrote: "I have no way of knowing what the Fox executives knew and when they knew it, but they deserve praise for pulling the plug on Hannity's Cincinnati broadcast. It shows they take themselves seriously as a news organization and are willing to anger a potentially large part of their audience and a popular host to do the right thing."

— Brett Michael Dykes is a national affairs writer for Yahoo! News.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20100416/ts_ynews/ynews_ts1653_3

 

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The rally also featured other prominent conservatives and was expected to draw up to 13,000 people. Participants were to be charged a minimum of $5, with seats closer to the stage going for $20.

lol as if the selling out wasn't bad enough it how cheaply they goes for. Thats probably what pissed FOX off. They had to be like 'we know you are a little bitchass who will say and do anything for a buck but we don't want the whole world knowing it.' lol. I mean damn and this tea party is suppose to be a movement, please. A rap concert featuring local rappers would probably draw more than 13,000 at $5.00 a head. Now if we could just get them to vote.

 

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There is more egregious scam & deception that the sanctimonious Sean Hannity is perpetrating upon his feeble-minded minions.

Piously wrapping himself in the US flag and professing “super-patriotism” Hannity and his crew including the 1980’s reprobate Oliver North have been running a 501(3)(c) charity scam called ‘FREEDOM ALLIANCE’.

The purported purpose of ‘FREEDOM ALLIANCE’ is to raise & distribute money to pay for the college tuition of the children of soldiers killed in Iraq & Afghanistan and to give cash to severely wounded war vets who have lost limbs, eyes, part of their brains etc.

Hannity’s ‘charity’ was scrutinized by RepubliKlan blogger Debbie Schlussel. She discovered that out of all the millions of dollars Hannity’s ‘FREEDOM ALLIANCE’ charity received, in successive years, less than 20% then 7% then 4% was actually dispersed to dead & wounded soldiers and surviving kin.

Last year Hannity’s charity spent more money on US postage stamps than was given to dead & wounded soldiers and surviving kin. According to publicly available 501(3)(c) tax records, few of the children of fallen soldiers got more than $1,000-$2,000, with apparently none getting more than $6,000. A soldier who lost three limbs got $200.

Where did the millions $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ go??

The millions went to Hannity and crew. They chartered private Gulf Stream 5 jets to fly in. The rented numerous luxury suites in 5 star hotels. They rented stretch limos and fleets of SUV’s. They spent thousands eating & drinking at the best restaurants. Hannity received $200,000 personally per charity concert. It was so out-of-control that Hannity crew member Oliver North had pangs of conscience and told Hannity to stop stealing in such a egregious manner.

Did you see anything on ‘corporate media’ television about Hannity’s charity scam ????

You can read all about it here:
http://www.debbieschlussel.com/6938...ps-kids-of-fallen-troops-g5s-g6s-for-vannity/

http://www.debbieschlussel.com/2004...ce-rating-now-only-2-stars-needs-improvement/

 

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Palin is making money; why can't he do the same? Everyone wants to take advantage of these dumb asses.