John Solomon of The Hill exposed as a right wing troll [View all]

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John Solomon is the journalist who started the now-debunked claim that James Comey's leaked memo contained classified information.
It turns out that Solomon is Sean Hannity's favorite guest, and there is more right-wingnuttery in his background :

"Solomon is one of Sean Hannity’s main sources for pushback against accusations of the Trump campaign’s possible collusion with Russian officials. Solomon has appeared on Sean Hannity’s Fox News television program “four times in June and four in May,” according to Nieman Lab. Hannity frequently cites Solomon’s reports to tamp down accusations of the Trump campaign’s possible collusion with Russia during the 2016 presidential election or the administration’s general improper behavior. On May 9, Hannity boosted one of Solomon’s reports to distract from fired national security adviser Michael Flynn’s contacts with Russian officials and instead hyped Trump’s claims that someone in former President Barack Obama’s administration unlawfully unmasked Flynn. [Nieman Lab, 7/5/17; Media Matters, 5/9/17]

Solomon’s former publication, Circa, is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, which may have made an agreement with the Trump campaign for “straighter coverage.” Politico reported that Sinclair Broadcast Group, which owns the publication for which Solomon formerly reported, “struck a deal” with the Trump campaign in which Sinclair affiliates “would broadcast [Sinclair’s] Trump interviews across the country without commentary” in exchange for more access to then-presidential candidate Trump. [Politico, 12/16/16]"

https://www.mediamatters.org/research/2017/07/10/despite-conservative-media-claims-james-comey-didnt-leak-classified-information-ny-times/217198