Remember when Rupert Murdoch said that Fox News should NOT support the Tea Party movement?
Well, Rupert ain't playing... They snatched Sean Hannity's ass from headlining a Tea Party event.
Rally organizers had listed Hannity, who is on a book tour, as the headliner of the four-hour Tax Day event at the University of Cincinnati. The rally, expected to draw as many as 13,000 people, was set feature speakers such as “Liberal Facism” author Jonah Goldberg and local Tea Party leaders. Participants were being charged a minimum of $5, with seats near Hannity’s set going for $20, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer, which reported that any profits would go to future Tea Party events. Media Matters for America noted that Hannity’s personal website directed supporters to a link to buy tickets for the Cincinnati rally.
But senior Fox News executives said they were not aware Hannity was being billed as the centerpiece of the event or that Tea Party organizers were charging for admission to Hannity’s show as part of the rally. They first learned of it Thursday morning from John Finley, Hannity's executive producer, who was in Cincinnati to produce Hannity's show.
Furious, top officials recalled Hannity back to New York to do his show in his regular studio. The network plans to do an extensive post-mortem about the incident with Finley and Hannity's staff.
Ha Ha, Busted!
2 comments:
I think it is adorable that, after all these years, Rupert is trying to pretend he has some journalistic ethics. Not buying it, but think it is a nice try.
so it's not the Liberal Media that's standing in the way of free speech? The world is upside down!
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