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Hamnity Hypocrisy - this isn't political

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nicomp

Sean Hannity stood up the Tea Party rally yesterday in Cincinnati. He'd been plugging it for weeks; he was supposed to do his TV show live from 5/3rd Arena on the UC campus. He came to town yesterday, did appearances on WLW, encouraged everyone to attend, then flew back to New York to do his TV show there.

Today on his radio show he's not given one word of explanation. He owes his audience some closure. They need to hear it from him.

All politics aside, Hannity is flushing whatever credibility he ever had.
 
Hannity is more into himself than YOU the listener. He does have nice hair though! From what I understand, there wasnt even a sattelite link truck there to do a taping or a live show. Smoke and mirrors to get people to fill the seats and pay for the arena/radio advertising. Wonder how much WLW profited off the event? Radio spots for days and all the on-air advertising? Guess the radio listening public was duped again! I think the TEA party needs to re-think their alignment with WLW in the future!

But thats just my take on it!

Fordguy
 
I think that Hannity is nothing more than Rush with hair. He and Mr. Limbaugh are making a substantial fortune by whipping a bunch of people into a frenzy and one has to wonder what they really think. We know that Howard Stern was not the sex crazed juvenile character he portrayed on radio, are Rush and Seany just as disingenuous by just whipping up the troops with an act?

I get entertainment and if you are going to be successful in radio you need the get listeners. But for whatever reason people on the conservative end seem to get ratings and those on the liberal end seem to flounder. But either way if you burn your listeners and they feel that they are getting cheated they will turn on you. I don't expect them to have their fans over for a New Years party but if you promote an event you need to show up. If there were problems with the promoters you go and then sort that out later, you can always sue if need be.

Shame on Sean and shame on Fox News.
 
If the money they were charging were going to Hannity, he would have been there. He, Rush, Beck, and even Ed are all about making a buck themselves. Remember what Bill Cunningham said in his book, its about "Ratings and Revenue".
 
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I was able to get through to the radio show just now, about 5:20. I waited on hold for a few minutes, listening to the tape delay. A female voice came on the line:

"Sean Hannity Show. What do you want to say today?"

My exact words : "I want to know why Sean isn't talking about what happened yesterday in Cincinnati."

She hung up on me.

Maybe I should have said I was a Liberal.
 
Check out Tom Taylors newsletter or Inside Radio.
Fox pulled the plug on Sean's appearance and flew him to NYC.
The claim is that Fox didn't know that the promoters were selling tickets to the taping of Hannity's TV show. Since Fox owns that show and
Hannity's butt, it was their call.
 
nicomp said:
Follow up-

I was able to get through to the radio show just now, about 5:20. I waited on hold for a few minutes, listening to the tape delay. A female voice came on the line:

"Sean Hannity Show. What do you want to say today?"

My exact words : "I want to know why Sean isn't talking about what happened yesterday in Cincinnati."

She hung up on me.

Maybe I should have said I was a Liberal.
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Hannity is so full of BS
LOL
 
Come on! Why do people believe Fox or Hannity? It was done on purpose and for no reason. I read the text of the Tea Party newsletter, and they were even lied too. Saying Sean returned to NYC for an emergency.
 
1250WTAE said:
Come on! Why do people believe Fox or Hannity? It was done on purpose and for no reason. I read the text of the Tea Party newsletter, and they were even lied too. Saying Sean returned to NYC for an emergency.
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I read that also. To be fair, the FOX producers told that lie, not Hannity.
 
If Hannity advertised for a taping of a TV show and didn't follow through with that promise, isn't that just like stealing people's money? That'd be like going to a Reds game and watching batting practice, and then informing everyone that the team has decided to play that day's game in another city. Pathetic...and even more below the belt than usual from that obnoxious snake. :mad:
 
My understanding of the situation is, had the event been free, Fox would've had no problem with it. Since there was money involved, that's what caused tha problem. Still a d**k move by FNC though. And I'm sure Hannity is talking with lawyers before openning his mouth. It is in Fox's interest to have Hannity say something about it though.
 
nicomp said:
All politics aside, Hannity is flushing whatever credibility he ever had.
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Hannity's 'credibility' is the sort that would feel comfortable in a toilet, for sure. :D
 
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Ohio radio man said:
My understanding of the situation is, had the event been free, Fox would've had no problem with it. Since there was money involved, that's what caused tha problem. Still a d**k move by FNC though. And I'm sure Hannity is talking with lawyers before openning his mouth. It is in Fox's interest to have Hannity say something about it though.
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I guess my question is how does money change the rules? From a Fox perspective?
 
I guess my question is how does money change the rules?
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Of course, a naive question.

John Kieswetter, Cincinnati radio columnist, wrote this article about the situation:

http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20100416/NEWS0108/304160048/

Cincinnati.com said:
When Fox executives discovered the local tea party group would keep any profit, it immediately ordered its talk show host back to New York at the last minute, leaving fans in Cincinnati frustrated and confused.

Fox’s reasoning: It hadn’t agreed to allow the Cincinnati Tea Party to “profit from broadcasting (Hannity’s show) from the event,” according to a statement by the executive vice president of programming Bill Shine.
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Fox owns the show and the rights to the show. By allowing the Tea Party to sell tickets and make the money, it can be said that Fox is "in business" with the Tea Party.
 
As a conservative, I have to say Hannity plays to himself. What aggravates me is unless the caller sucks up to him, he refuses to allow a caller to complete a statement. While some of you may not agree with Limbaugh, he does encourage opposing views and does allow the caller to make his point and finish a sentence.I'm actually moving to more of a progressive position lately.. I can stand Hannity for about 10 minutes tops.
 
One thing about Hannity, he is the master of promotion. He'll keep saying that a guest is "coming up" as if it were in the next segment, when in actuality, the guest is usually in the 5 PM hour...
 
Ohio radio man said:
My understanding of the situation is, had the event been free, Fox would've had no problem with it. Since there was money involved, that's what caused tha problem. Still a d**k move by FNC though. And I'm sure Hannity is talking with lawyers before openning his mouth. It is in Fox's interest to have Hannity say something about it though.
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That may well be true and it could have been a misunderstanding. However if you are not a dead Michael Jackson oy the Oscars most events, even outdoors, will cost some amount of money for things like security and porta-potties. Once you get into using some kind of "venue" there will be more costs. So if FOX wasn't in the loop on the finances that could be a reason for concern. However for a news organization not to know the background on something they report on and furthermore promote an event with one of their key personalities to be a part of that event it kind of destroys their credibility as a news source.

if I had been the executive in charge I would have ok'd the broadcast and then sorted out the misunderstanding later going to court if necessary. Still an embarrassment but less likely to piss off your fans and those of Mr. Hannity. A lot of interested people took their time and spent their money, more than just the admission, to be there drawn by the opportunity to see and possibly meet Sean Hannity. Some of those people could be watching CNN today.
 
DToTheJ said:
One thing about Hannity, he is the master of promotion. He'll keep saying that a guest is "coming up" as if it were in the next segment, when in actuality, the guest is usually in the 5 PM hour...
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Just mentioned that to a friend at lunch, yesterday.

In our market we don't get the last hour. The hour he sells throughout the show.
 
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