Fox News host Sean Hannity takes abrupt vacation after losing more advertisers

[RKP5637]

Would be nice if it were permanent!

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/Sean-Hannity-Fox-News-Seth-Rich-advertiser-boycott-vacation.html

Sean Hannity is taking a couple days off amid a growing advertiser boycott after pushing a conspiracy theory involving a slain Democratic National Committee staffer.

So far, seven advertisers have pulled out of Hannity’s show after he continued to promote a baseless story that claimed the staffer, Seth Rich, was murdered possibly for releasing DNC emails to Wikileaks. Fox News retracted its story six days after first posting it, saying in a statement it "was not initially subjected to the high degree of editorial scrutiny we require for all our reporting."

Despite the retraction and pleas from Rich's parents to stop peddling a conspiracy theory about their son that had been discredited by Snopes, Factcheck.org, Poynter and numerous news agencies Hannity defiantly pushed the theory on his radio show before agreeing to drop it "for now" on his Fox News program.

Cars.com was the first advertiser to announce it was pulling ads, telling Buzzfeed News on Wednesday afternoon that “we’ve been watching closely and have recently made the decision to pull our advertising from Hannity.”

[BumRushDaShow]

1. Oh good.

They are going kamikaze and the only thing that moves these suckers is hitting them in the pocketbook!

[RKP5637]

8. So pathetic that hatred and lies are big money makers! n/t

[BumRushDaShow]

16. He apparently wanted to make Alex Jones CT bullshit "mainstream"

[RKP5637]

24. WTF is rense radio networK? I was spinning the dial on the internet radio last night and came up

with someone going on about how the Manchester event was a false flag. It was incredible, a total WTF.

[BumRushDaShow]

27. False flag?

WTF? By who, May? That would go against their own RW narrative given May is RW.

Just looked that up and the creator is on the RW crazy list by ADL and SPLC.

[RKP5637]

32. I was half asleep. They could have been talking about someone else raising it as a false flag.

... but it was on their station.

[BumRushDaShow]

35. I saw something on the internet while searching about it

though and apparently someone was on CNN suggesting it (and of course that took off across RW media and it now has a snopes entry at least for for a different CT).

[RKP5637]

39. That's what it was! And they were apparently talking about it. Thanks!!! n/t

[mopinko]

37. rense.com used to be banned here.

full on crazy. chemtrails, weather control, the whole 9 yards.

[RKP5637]

41. Yep, mind pollution! n/t

[Tarc]

68. Ugh, I don't even want to look to be sure, but, rense?

rense.com was one of the Ugliest and nastiest conspiracy sites 10-15 years ago, a lot of racist junk mingled in with the UFOs and Bigfoot news/ Had a coworker who would swear by it and read off its most sensational bits.

I can't believe those slimeballs have survived and evolved into a radio network

[RKP5637]

69. It's really gross! Don't even look! n/t

[Virtual Burlesque]

96. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center:

Jeff Rense is a "used canard salesman."

[Tommy_Carcetti]

2. Is he going to Fox News Misbehavior Island?

Same place that Bill O'Reilly and Jesse Waters went?

[RKP5637]

5. Probably, as his reward ... for bringing in the $$$$'s when he did. A calculated risk. n/t

[Scarsdale]

26. Poor constipated Sean.

Will he have to sell his private plane and oversized mansion? He will NEVER be able to find a job as lucrative as the Faux one.

[onit2day]

72. He's a multimillionaire from lying. Dorian Gray wants his painting back

[kentuck]

3. If Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh leave the scene...

the world will be a better place.

[Wawannabe]

10. +1

Million!!!

[RKP5637]

11. Definitely the stench in the air would clear some! n/t

[panader0]

23. They were taken off the air here in my little town,

and the collective IQ went up about ten points. My GF works at the radio
station, and when the decision was made to replace RWtalk with Classic Country,
people called with threats. Been almost a year now.

[SCantiGOP]

58. Link to boycott info??

Someone usually posts a list of advertisers and info on how to push for them to drop a show when something like this happens.
Anybody have that?

[Demit]

61. Funnily enough, that information is in the body of the story!

[SCantiGOP]

63. Thanks, I missed it earlier

[John1956PA]

4. O'Reilly also took a vacation from Faux when the heat got turned up. He was fired in absentia.

I am hopeful for a repetition of that scenario.

[TheBlackAdder]

36. I bet that Hannity will have to check his handgun at the front counter from now on :-D

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[Wawannabe]

6. Down with Hannity!

Vacation my ass!
Ha!
Smells a lot like the O'Reilly episode where he took vacation and never returned.
Will Sean go see the Pope, too???

[underpants]

7. He's going to find the killer

[Bucky]

15. !!

but only after he breaks his pal out

[babylonsister]

9. Hmmm. That's how o'reilly started his exit. We can hope. nt

[RKP5637]

13. It would definitely be great to have some of these hate jocks clear the air/cable-waves!

[Bucky]

12. The real question is, can Tucker handle a two-hour block of "news"

and what new bullshit can they come up with now that the old bullshit is failing.

[RKP5637]

17. Must be a lot of bullshit think tanks going on at fox. n/t

[underpants]

19. Tucker can't handle one

[Scarsdale]

28. Fu - er - Tucker

has one of those punchable faces. Lucky he was born into money, otherwise he would have a difficult time job hunting. Maybe his mommy can find him something less stressful to do?

[Phoenix61]

14. May it be a nice long vacation

Give him a chance to think about why being a hate filled ass is not such a good plan.

[Achilleaze]

18. republican chickenhawk liars dodging responsiblity

as usual.

deplorable.

[Botany]

20. abrupt vacation ..... kind of like "the farm in the country" where I take woodchucks to.

abrupt vacation

Sean Hannity in 2008 ran a phony story that Ohio's then Sec. of State, Jennifer Brunner was working with ACORN
to rig the vote. Brunner got death threats as a result of Hannity’s lies. Fuck him w/a fire hose.

[Scarsdale]

29. Sean's good friend

$arah PayMe will come out screaming like a banshee over this news.

[Botany]

51. Sadly to many of Sean's followers they will see this as proof that ...

..... liberals were out to get him because he spoke the truth.

Sean has made big bank and even if and or when Fox he will get a nice
payout and then he can go give talks to the mouth breathers for lots of
money.

This last conspiracy theory that Sean was pushing was just a cover
story in order to take the heat off Trump and company with their
Russia helping to rig the elections problems.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

60. These Fox "vacations" are like Russian leaders' "colds" in the 1980s

[Bengus81]

21. Spend more time with the family putting up blinds in the house??

That fat ass hat might be next on the FIRING hit list.

[marylandblue]

22. Seems without Ailes to protect them, they are.being treated as thry deserve nt

[world wide wally]

25. I think he joined the "Bundy Militia" like a true patriot

[Turbineguy]

30. Woah Dude!

"was not initially subjected to the high degree of editorial scrutiny we require for all our reporting."

I mean, how low can you get?

[RKP5637]

46. I must admit it! It was me! I mentioned his name!

[spanone]

31. he's an evil piece of shit to push this conspiracy theory...a man is dead and a family is grieving.

and the story is fantasy.....fuck sean hannity

[progressoid]

33. It's an evil liberal conspiracy!

They're all out to get him.

[RKP5637]

34. I bet Obama's behind it!

[bucolic_frolic]

38. Send in the Shrinks

paranoia and rigid thinking can be treated

[flibbitygiblets]

40. Money talks at FOX

That's why it's important for us to keep up the pressure on their advertisers to do the right thing.

[RKP5637]

42. Yep!!! K&R!!! +++ 1,000,000,000 n/t

[mountain grammy]

43. After twenty years of the bullshit mountain of lies

finally, some accountability!

[RKP5637]

48. Damn, it would sure be nice if they totally dumped him! He's such as POS! n/t

[mountain grammy]

53. Agree, and I think they just might..

maybe they'll waterboard him like he promised so many years ago.

[George II]

44. That's the Fox "MO", send them on vacation and fire them while they're away.

[RKP5637]

49. Sure looks that way. I've got my hopes up. The time for his garbage is hopefully passing. n/t

[Mr. Ected]

45. WTF took them so long?

Sorry, but he's been foisting right wing bullshit on the masses for decades.

I'm relieved these advertisers are finally pulling the plug on him, but let's not let them off the hook so easily.

They supported this shit for way too long. Maybe we all need to start voting with our dollars. It seems to wake up the sleeping giants.

[RKP5637]

50. Money seems to be the only thing that counts with these guys anymore. n/t

[lunasun]

47. Permanent vacation if no advertisers. Make those calls and write those emails people

[Paladin]

52. HAHAHAHAHAHA

Here's hoping the obnoxious prick's "vacation" is a permanent one.

[RKP5637]

54. K&R !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t

[JohnnyRingo]

55. I'll bet it's disciplinary

Give him a couple days to think about whether he's a team player or if he want to go rogue in "Hannity's America".

In the absence of Ailles I see more influence by Murdoch's kids. They don't want to surrender the aging base, but they have an eye to a new generation of conservatives.

[workinclasszero]

56. FO Hannity!!!

Get this lyin conspiracy chem trails black helicopters POS off the air!!

Make his sponsors know and understand the hateful garbage this cockroach spews daily and they will flee!!

[SunSeeker]

57. Good. nt

[ffr]

59. Disingenuous on behalf of Fox Entertainment to sound like this is a "news" decision

Hannity isn't news, as that organization has often repeated publically. Hannity is entertainment.

So this is more about the lengths to which Fox Entertainment is will to go repeating immoral propaganda in the pursuit of ratings than about news that wasn't properly scrutinized. They went too far and got bit.

[RKP5637]

66. Well said!!! n/t

[rurallib]

62. Hannity still owes America a demonstration on how he can handle water boarding.

been waiting for that from this tough guy for what seems like 15 years

[RKP5637]

67. Seems like it should be getting about time for that stunt by Hannity! n/t

[keithbvadu2]

95. Hannity seems to have the spare time to do it now.

[sdfernando]

64. Really??

"was not initially subjected to the high degree of editorial scrutiny we require for all our reporting."

Give me a f$ing break. Faux News and editorial scrutiny are about as far apart as Earth and the Dominion!

[Initech]

65. Pretty soon the only advertisers left on Fox will be...

Cash 4 Gold (how is this still a thing?), pay day loan vendors, and Sal's Discount Auto Insurance.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

70. Note that Fox print news is very different from their tv broadcast.

I think because they can put up a disclaimer that viewers seldom see. But print is permanent.

[RKP5637]

73. Excellent observation!!! n/t

[niyad]

71. buhbye insanity, you will not be missed.

[RKP5637]

74. Damn, I would love to see him gone. I know he can't help his looks, but to me he's ugly all the

way around. Some R's worship him, like he's some kind of soothsayer. I've always thought of him as a super asshole. My hunch is he's not gone for good, but the momentum sure seems to be building. It's all in the $$$$$'s. Lose some more ad revenue and he'll be history IMO.

[niyad]

76. I am hoping for a replay of o'lielly's sudden "vacation"

[RKP5637]

77. Yep! Same here!!! n/t

[Leghorn21]

82. Yep!!

[ailsagirl]

75. A permanent one, I hope

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[RKP5637]

83. Would that be wonderful to see one less hater spewing crap! n/t

[ailsagirl]

87. Sure would

[MFM008]

78. Ruh roh

The vacation to another station....

[beachbum bob]

79. Its a time out, no more than that

he will be back

[Lil Missy]

80. Time to "spend more time with family" *wink* *wink*

[lpbk2713]

92. The standard big time loser response.

...

[William769]

81. kick & recommended.

[TNLib]

84. Kind of Like O'Lielly before he got the boot

nt

[RKP5637]

85. A few more advertisers leave he'll be history IMO. n/t

[certainot]

86. americans need to boycott all advertisers for his radio stations

and protest the universities that broadcast sports on them

[cstanleytech]

88. I suspect Fox will either look for someone like Hannity though but cheaper to replace him

if they decide to do away with him or use this to renegotiate his contract so they dont have to pay as much but in the end it will be the same ole same ole from Fox.

[RKP5637]

89. Yep! n/t

[Honeycombe8]

90. Wow. Abrupt vacation? That's never good. Bwahahahaha. nt

[Alice11111]

91. Pattern here:Send on vacation & fire.They are hiring Chaffetz

Out w the old and in w the new evil.

[mdbl]

93. It amazes me that anyone would watch that quack much less get advertisers.

[adigal]

94. Hahahaha!!! Remember what happened when O'Reilly went on vacation???

Bye Bye!!!!

[Still In Wisconsin]

97. Of all the RW radio and cable gasbags (Limbaugh, O'Reilly, Beck, Savage, Hannity et al.)

I hate Hannity the most. I really don't know why, but I do. I hope he goes down hard.

[Puzzler]

98. I think he deserves a really long vacation...

... such a hard-workin' guy

-Puzzler

[Warren DeMontague]

99. While you're out

Get a real haircut.