“This scaring the living hell out of people — I see it, again, as like, let’s bludgeon Trump with this new hoax.”
—Sean Hannity, March 9, 2020.
“By the way, this program has always taken the coronavirus seriously. We’ve never called the virus a hoax.”
—Sean Hannity, March 18, 2020.
Louisiana Voice 
Hannity, along with Rush Limbaugh and their lesser analogs are the most dangerous people on the airwaves. I have forced myself to listen to them on occasion and have been thoroughly disgusted. As noted above, and like President Trump, Hannity has no compunction about directly contradicting himself and his devotees apparently love it. He does make a great argument for a return of the Fairness Doctrine.
Mr. Winham, I remember when this propaganda machine first hit the airwaves. A co-worker became obsessed with Limbaugh & Hannity and asked me to listen….I listened for a few days while driving home from work….Then I told her that they were spouting the worst bunch of garbage I had ever heard. I quit listening and she went very quiet. I also have a relative (senior lady) who proudly wears her faded I love Rush t-shirt still. Evidently we need to really study and understand propaganda brainwashing because it is a huge influence over our politics and we have no defense for it, except to keep trying to show what the truth looks like. I was and am uncomfortable by the subtle hate that was always in the messages.
I challenge you, Edith, and you Stephen, to name a person, any person, on any media, who is neutral, objective, and does not editorialize. I like “The Five” when I am able to catch it, Tucker Carlson, and Greg Gutfield programs, all on Fox Network.
I find it interesting that you two have attacked the very highest rated people in their fields – Hannity has largest audience on television and Linbaugh on radio.That of course is a popularity thing, but indicates, or should indicate something with regard to viewer preference..
Why is it “brainwashing and propaganda if it is conservative and “truth” if it is liberal ? Answer? It is not. It is a different viewpoint being expressed that does not agree with yours which means you do not seek truth but support (reassurance) for your philosophy.
I am still anxiously awaiting your defense of Democrat Party “platform” or “policy” because that is obviously your preference.All I see is a redundant spewing of hatred for anything conservative.Please defend open border policy. Please defend paying citizen benefits to illegals. Please defend abortion on demand. Planned Parenthood. Please defend Hillary or Barack. Please defend Palestine militants. Please defend funding lobbyists. Please defend socialized medicine. Please defend socialism. Please defend illegals voting. Please defend no voter picture ID. Please defend tariffs unfair to USA. Please defend Joe Biden and “Me Too” at the same time. Please defend support of a senile corrupt politician as a candidate for a major party.(I define corruption as anyone who becomes wealthy as a politician).
Oh, Stephen, if you do not like people contradicting themselves, I take it that you dislike Obama, Hillary, Pelosi, Schumer, Biden etc.
Limbaugh the drug addict.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rush_Limbaugh#Prescription_drug_addiction
Oxy, hillbilly heroin.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28678649/
Fred. You are absolutely correct. He was indeed addicted. Should have killed him, but it didn’t. Was he fined a lot ? In the medical field, this is more common than you would believe.Is really no safer than Heroin but quality is controlled so it is safer.
Zoe,
Popularity has zero to do with accuracy.
The difference between Conservative media and the main stream media is that one reports actual facts, based on videos, science and interviews with multiple people who were there. The other repeats lies about what Democrats believe again and again and again. The most basic form of brainwashing. And apparently it worked on you because you still expect us to confirm those lies after I told you they were lies.
I afraid I have to change my opinion of you Zoe, there is no hope for you because you can no longer recognize the truth. Even though we smack you in the face with it repeatedly.
The United States would have been far, far better off if our presidential leadership had reacted to the pandemic the way Australia did. But, of course, that didn’t happen.
You can tell it was written by the NYT as everything has a liberal bias. Those were not wildfires….they were set by arsonists. Nothing to do with “global warming/climate change.What does “climate bashing” or “gun control’ have to do with the virus ? Became “inclusive” ? How so. anti-globalism ? What kind of idiot is that author?
The number of deaths directly correlates to population density and age/health factors. Australia is hardly a densely populated nation…in fact, has little more than half of California.
I suppose you want to hang Cuomo for his handling of virus in New York. I am pretty certain he did not realize how the Nursing Homes were unable to segregate patients and really were not set up for this. People died. No one really wanted that.