Hannity Hoax?

[mouse in the house]

So what do you think will happen with the big Sean Hannity Charity Scam? 8)

 

[DToTheJ]

What, his new book - with "all proceeds going to the troops" - that "scam"? ???

 

[stuckinthe50s]

What, his new book - with "all proceeds going to the troops" - that "scam"? ???

That phrase can be nebulous. "All proceeds" can be anything the organization wants it to be; "Gross revenue", "Pre-Tax income", "Net Profits" (assuming it's not a 501c3). The usual suspicious variable is expenses; again, what ever the organization wants it to be.

 

[Dick Skinner]

Snake oil salesman...stealing from my fellow vets...despicable!

 

[ericdxx]

I don't know what you're referring to but throughout his friday show Hannity repeated "they do not have the votes. they do not have the votes". He should start his monday show with "they did have the votes".

 

[DToTheJ]

No, Monday is when he's going to start trumping fellow broadcaster Mark Levin's big "lawsuit"...

 

[InSearchOfGear]

So what do you think will happen with the big Sean Hannity Charity Scam? 8)

You think all those inarticulate and easily flustered Libs calling his show are real? Does the word "setup" come to mind? ;-)

 

[almaniac27]

Since apparently nobody has any idea what the OP is about: http://trueslant.com/rickungar/2010/03/20/sean-hannity-in-serious-military-charity-scandal/

That should clear some things up.

 

[star100]

As it turns out, the original story was a hoax. Which would explain why no one commented in this thread.

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/ken-sh...llegations-investigated-and-found-fundamental

 

[SoulCrusher]

Another blatant example of bias in the mainstream media. And they wonder why their ratings are tanking.

 

[hubcity]

Another blatant example of bias in the mainstream media. And they wonder why their ratings are tanking.

You may want to read the article NewsBusters links through to. It continues:

"There are other questions of course: After all, only a small portion of the money spent on tickets to “Freedom Concerts” is received by the Freedom Alliance. If say a $40 ticket yields a $4 donation to Freedom Alliance, we can’t vouch for what happens to the other $36. Some must pay for rent of the stadium for example. We have only the written record and what we could find by asking questions."

In short, inefficient fundraising operation is inefficient. Not exactly incendiary per se, but there are probably better places to spend your troop-supporting money if you'd actually like to support troops.

(Why is everything black and white with NewsBusters? It's *very* grey here.)

 

[almaniac27]

Another blatant example of bias in the mainstream media. And they wonder why their ratings are tanking.

You obviously didn't see that the story was broke by conservative blogger Debbie Schlussel.

 

[DToTheJ]

The same conservative Debbie Schlussel that was a semi-regular caller/contributor to liberal Howard Stern's radio show in the late '90's?

 

[almaniac27]

The same conservative Debbie Schlussel that was a semi-regular caller/contributor to liberal Howard Stern's radio show in the late '90's?

Howard also has had KKK member Daniel Carver and the Fred Phelps family on his show several times, so I don't think that matters. Plus, I don't consider Howard to be your typical liberal, although he's drifted more to the left over the years.