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Sean Hannity: Media Matters ' 2008 Misinformer of the Year
As Media Matters for America has demonstrated time and again, Fox News' Sean Hannity has been a prolific and influential purveyor of conservative misinformation. But never has he so enthusiastically applied his talents for spreading misinformation as he did to the 2008 presidential race, ...
Sean Hannity: Media Matters ' 2008 Misinformer of the Year
mediamatters.org — repeatedly distorted Michelle Obama's 1985 senior thesis from Princeton University, suggesting that she was asserting her own views when she wrote that "[i]t is possible that Black individuals either chose to or felt pressure to come together with ... (more) Sean Hannity: Media Matters ' 2008 Misinformer of ...
Hannity suggested Time named Obama its Person of the Year because Biden hired Time 's Carney as ...
mediamatters.org — On the December 17 edition of Fox News' Hannity & Colmes , co-host Sean Hannity suggested that President-elect Barack Obama -- the first African-American to be elected president of the United States -- was named Time magazine's Person of the ... (more) Hannity suggested Time named Obama its Person of the ...
Cunningham again smears Obama as a Muslim while feigning 'respect'
crooksandliars.com — Download | Play    Download | Play [h/t to Heather] Sean Hannity tried yesterday to regurgitate Ann Coulter's absurd claim (pulled, as near as we can tell, from her nether regions) that Barack Obama wants to be called by his full name ... (more) Cunningham again smears Obama as a Muslim while feigning ...
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Congratulations…
Shakesville — …to the award-winning Sean Hannity, Mr. Misinformer 2008! The honor couldn't have been bestowed on a more deserving fella. "I'd like to thank Alan Colmes, without whose feeble acquiescence night after night I never could have won this coveted award…"

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Crooks and Liars — ... and executive bonuses.  ANNALS OF JOURNALISM: The year in media errors and corrections...Murdoch's new hire... Inside Iraq...Media Minutes...Crusader for torturers...Dire economy is a media ploy to make Obama look good...Most inane punditry of the 2008 campaign...WaPo crashed-and-burned watch...Chris Matthews for Senate?...Lies Agreed Upon...The demise of newspapers...2008 Misinformer of the Year...More CRA Idiocy...Political reporters without ...

Come on, isn't there plenty of REAL crap to pin on Sean Hannity?
Brilliant at Breakfast — ... , forgetting about how things like roads and bridges and even the wars he so unquestioningly supports are paid for with collective money. This is Media Matters' 2008 Misinformer of the Year. It isn't as if there isn't enough Hannity spew out there to mock mercilessly. ...

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