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In light of the recent news regarding Sean Hannity, does anyone think that he might lose his radio show?
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I agree. They already weathered the storm with Rush Limbaugh, so they know what to do. No panic.
Well of course it was manufactured. He manufactured it. I believe he feels isolated at Fox, unsupported, and is looking for an out.
USAA just reversed their decision, and will again buy ads on Hannity's program.
He is winning this.
He is winning this.
USAA is a very different kind of advertiser.
Now a conservative-leaning media watchdog group is organizing advertiser boycotts
of more liberal hosts.
http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/2017/05/31/
And the tit-for-that arms race has begun.
Gotta say, I'm not a fan.
of more liberal hosts.
http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/2017/05/31/
And the tit-for-that arms race has begun.
Gotta say, I'm not a fan.
To the best of my knowledge, none of the other "liberal" media outlets have yet been accused with a climate of blatant workplace sexual harassment and alleged racist employment climate as FOX cable News has.
Really, any boycott call is merely an attempt to deflect from any news surrounding the class action lawsuits around the recent FOX internal downfall. As someone else mentioned, Sean Hannity is trying to isolate himself from the TV turmoil, by standing out as a personality.
http://fortune.com/2017/05/31/sean-hannity-campaign-target-rachel-maddow/
Sean Hannity is calling on his supporters to boycott his competition Rachel Maddow via advertising pressure in this allegation.
Sean Hannity is calling on his supporters to boycott his competition Rachel Maddow via advertising pressure in this allegation.
Typical diversionary tactic. Rather than deal with the fact that he promoted fake news, that his own company discredits, he attacks someone else. Madow has nothing to do with Media Matters, and she didn't have anything to do with his loss of advertising.
This is what caused radio advertisers to leave all talk radio several years ago. They're not going to play favorites, or get drawn into some kind of political battle. They simply withdraw advertising from everyone. How is that a good thing?
This is what caused radio advertisers to leave all talk radio several years ago. They're not going to play favorites, or get drawn into some kind of political battle. They simply withdraw advertising from everyone. How is that a good thing?
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Fortune: "Hannity brought the co-founders of Media Equality Project, the group now targeting Maddow, onto his show to discuss their new campaign — which comes one day after the liberal organization Media Matters shared a list of Hannity's advertisers and their contact information, leading some to drop support for his show, according to the Washington Post."
While I cannot debunk BigA's thought of diversion, I do see this as fighting fire with fire or an eye for any eye. These various "networks" are all at each other's throats and all have no room to criticize each other or say there is fake news only on one channel. It is a power play for money and superiority and for the first time in many years, FOX is seriously wounded and faltering.
Maddow and CNN can stir the pot with the best of them, I don't believe for minute that they are not working this from all sides, BigA. If we were in that competitive situation, which of us would turn the other cheek and take the high road?
The Washington Post is certainly right in the thick of much of this disaster in the making. Let's hope it actually reels all of these companies in and they become legit journalists looking for the bigger issues out there than what Sean Hannity said. FWIW, I would have never known what he said if it had not been for so much media hype. Hmmm/
While I cannot debunk BigA's thought of diversion, I do see this as fighting fire with fire or an eye for any eye. These various "networks" are all at each other's throats and all have no room to criticize each other or say there is fake news only on one channel. It is a power play for money and superiority and for the first time in many years, FOX is seriously wounded and faltering.
Maddow and CNN can stir the pot with the best of them, I don't believe for minute that they are not working this from all sides, BigA. If we were in that competitive situation, which of us would turn the other cheek and take the high road?
The Washington Post is certainly right in the thick of much of this disaster in the making. Let's hope it actually reels all of these companies in and they become legit journalists looking for the bigger issues out there than what Sean Hannity said. FWIW, I would have never known what he said if it had not been for so much media hype. Hmmm/
Hannity did this interview on his radio show, not his TV show. That tells me that Fox News isn't supporting this. If they were, you'd have a point.
This is Hannity being a baby, and not accepting the fact that he's wrong about something. No one ever targeted him for anything else he did. He's kept his personal life clean. They even let him point a gun at Juan Williams. No problem. But promoting a conspiracy theory that has been debunked by everyone, including the family of the victim, is going off the reservation.
Madow hasn't attacked him, or taken the side of Media Matters. He's picking her just because she airs at the same time. She hasn't supported a conspiracy theory, or even said anything mean about anyone. It's not her style. She would be justified in filing a lawsuit against him for character assassination.
Fighting fire with fire is targeting Kathy Griffin. That's why CNN fired her. She went off the reservation and got fired.
Long term, playing the advertiser card is bad for TV. We saw how it hurt talk radio. Advertisers have lots of places to put their money, and they're not looking for bad publicity. Even now, years later, major advertisers have "do not air" clauses against ANY "controversial programming." This is bad for everyone, saying if I can't have the ball, then no one can have the ball.
Correction: While the initial interview was on Hannity's radio show, on Thursday night, he invited the leaders of the boycott (along with Brent Bozelle) to his TV show. They announced they're not targeting any one liberal host, but anyone who attacks a conservative host. However, at no time did they mention the specific incident from Hannity, nor did they mention that the topic had been restricted by Fox News. Bozelle said he had every right to say "it." But never mentioned what "it" was.
To answer the original question Hannity is the second most listened to Conservative Talk show host on Radio. He's going nowhere. There are three radio shows (two news magazines and Dave Ramsey financial) that are ahead of him but barely. Of course El Rushbo is Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay ahead of everyone nearly double the audience of any of the top four.
I think we all agree on that, and he seems to have carte blanche to talk about anything on the radio show. Not the case it seems with TV. And since Rush has weathered the advertiser storm on radio, there's no question that Sean will do the same.
http://www.tvnewscheck.com/mobile/index/article/id/106224
Update Sean Hannity is the target of a boycott according to this article.
Update Sean Hannity is the target of a boycott according to this article.
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