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Citing no evidence, Hannity estimates that 20,000 attended Fox-promoted GOP health care protest
Citing no evidence, Sean Hannity twice stated that 20,000 people gathered to protest health care reform at a GOP rally on Capitol Hill -- a claim he later walked back drastically -- while MSNBC reported that Capitol police estimated the crowd at only 4,000; prior to the rally, Hannity said ...
Eric Boehlert: The myth of Fox  News' ratings spike
Eric Boehlert: The myth of Fox News' ratings spike
mediamatters.org — Fact: The breathless claim that Fox News' ratings recently spiked thanks to the White House's public critique... is bogus hype -- hype that Fox News and the Beltway press have relentlessly pushed. It's just not true. No matter how many times ... (more) Eric Boehlert: The myth of Fox News' ratings spike
Hannity Admits to Using 'Incorrect Video'
mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com — After being caught by Jon Stewart, Sean Hannity admitted to using scenes from a different rally to... illustrate a report on a health care protest last week. (more) Hannity Admits to Using 'Incorrect Video'
Note the date
washingtonmonthly.com — NOTE THE DATE.... Today, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) hopes to lead a small army of right-wing activists... around Capitol Hill, in the hopes of derailing health care reform. But let's not lose sight of the context here -- Bachmann has... (more) Note the date
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Did Hannity And Bachmann Just Make Up Their Account Of Bachmann’s Health Care Protest?
News Hounds — ... Next, Hannity misrepresented the size of the crowd at the protest. “20 plus thousand people showed up,” he said. Hannity had used that number during his radio show earlier in the day, then drastically dialed it back to “5,000 people plus there.” That lower number is in line with what the Capitol Hill police ...

Mario Ruiz: Michele Bachmann and David Koch: Strange Bedfellows
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... Unseemly or not, Bachmann got what she wanted. She would rightfully assume that the mainstream media would fail to examine her ties to corporate front groups like AFP. And she would have her moment in the sun in front of thousands of admirers (if far short of the 20,000 or so reported by the right-wing media). Bachmann would cap it off with the ...

Sean Hannity Will Respond to Jon Stewart Over 'Doctored' Protest Footage
Politics Daily — Just a day after Daily Show host Jon Stewart accused Sean Hannity of swapping protest footage to make a Nov. 5 anti-health reform rally look larger, Fox News says Hannity will address the matter on his show Wednesday night, the New York Times Media Decoder blog reports. On Tuesday night, Stewart joined a number of media watchdog organizations in claiming that Hannity had dramatically exaggerated the numbers of last week's protest. Stewart said footage shown on Hannity's program while he was interviewing the ...

Sean Hannity: 'Jon Stewart Was Right' About Swapped Demonstration Footage
Politics Daily — ... accused Sean Hannity of swapping protest footage to make a Nov. 5 anti-health reform rally look larger, Hannity conceded that his program used an "incorrect video" during the segment. "It pains me to say it: Jon Stewart was right," Hannity said, according to the New York Times' Media Decoder blog. Hannity called the incident an "inadvertent mistake" and did not explain how it had happened. On Tuesday night, Stewart joined a number of media watchdog organizations in claiming that Hannity had dramatically exaggerated the ...

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mediamatters.org 18 days ago — In recent days, following its pattern of advocacy, Fox News and its personalities' have repeatedly promoted Rep. Michele Bachmann's (R-MN) November 5 anti-health care reform protest, to be held on Capitol Hill and in the halls of Congress. Fox News ...
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In recent days, following its pattern of advocacy, Fox News has repeatedly promoted Rep. Michele Bachmann's (R-MN) upcoming anti-health care reform protest, to be held on Capitol Hill and in the halls of Congress. Fox News has previously promoted numerous other rallies such as the April 15 tea ...