NY Times responds to Hannity demand for retraction, apology: 'Our answer is no'

[sabra]

Source: The Hill

The New York Times on Tuesday said it would not retract or apologize for columns critical of Fox News host Sean Hannity's coverage of the coronavirus pandemic after Hannity's attorney threatened legal action against the newspaper.

"The columns are accurate, do not reasonably imply what you and Mr. Hannity allege they do, and constitute protected opinion," wrote Times' legal counsel David E. McCraw to Hannity attorney Charles Harder.

"In response to your request for an apology and retraction, our answer is no," the letter concludes.

The response comes after Harder sent the Times a 12-page letter on Monday calling for a public retraction and apology from the Times over a number of columns. Most at issue is an April 18 piece by Ginia Bellafante that focused on a late Brooklyn bar owner named Joe Joyce, who took a cruise to Spain that began on March 1, and later contracted the coronavirus.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/media/495018-ny-times-responds-to-hannity-demand-for-retraction-apology-our-answer-is-no

[ornotna]

1. Not just no

But, Hell No!

Hannity can go pound sand. He's a capo in the cult and is just as responsible as the leader.

[aquamarina]

2. Fuck Hannity

It's way past time that these dangerous assholes get called out loudly and frequently on their disinformation bullshit. Hannity, along with Rupert Murdoch and his toxic infotainment empire have inflicted more damage on this country in the last 25-30 years than anyone or anything combined.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

12. Hannity can go trump himself, hard, with toys. . . . nt

[JudyM]

3. Bravo. Let this be the start of an onslaught.

[VMA131Marine]

4. The Hannity lawsuit may be more about immunizing Hannity, himself

from lawsuits served on him for his misleading and inaccurate coverage downplaying the severity of the COVID19 pandemic.

[Progressive Jones]

7. Bingo. Hannity's lawyers know it's coming. This is an attempt to head off

suits against Hannity. If he was to win thew suit with NYT, they could take that argument into court when other suits roll in.

Personally, I think it's time to go after the Hannitys and the Limbaughs of the World.
They've been getting away with their bullshit for far too long.

[relayerbob]

11. This sounds about right

He needs to be in Gitmo right next to IQ45

[ScratchCat]

5. Ok, I'm lost

Most at issue is an April 18 piece by Ginia Bellafante that focused on a late Brooklyn bar owner named Joe Joyce, who took a cruise to Spain that began on March 1, and later contracted the coronavirus.

How does Sean Hannity have standing to sue the NYT for an article about a man named Joe Joyce?

[sabra]

6. the next 2 paragraphs...

<snip>

It is not clear that Joyce contracted the coronavirus when he was in Spain, but Joyce's daughter Kirsten Midler told Bellafante that her father watched Fox News and believed the coronavirus was under control.

Bellafante then quoted Hannity, writing that he "went on air proclaiming that he didn’t like the way that the American people were getting scared 'unnecessarily.' He saw it all, he said, 'as like, let’s bludgeon Trump with this new hoax."

[Initech]

8. Of course not. They apologize for nothing.

[Faux pas]

9. Lololol

oh and this is what I have for hannity

[Marcuse]

10. So much for Hannity's timeline. WARNING! The link is to a clip from his radio show.

On February 28, Hannity stated on his radio show that Democrats and the media are “desperate,” claiming that they are “fearmongering” and “if they really cared about our health and our well-being they would work together with the president.”



https://www.mediamatters.org/media/3855486/embed/embed"

[LiberalLovinLug]

13. the NYT should request an apology from Hannity to the American public.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

14. WE, the American people, should DEMAND an apology from Hannity

for ALL of his BS lies. That list would be a lot longer than 12 pages.