Fox Information host Sean Hannity devoted a major quantity of airtime on Wednesday evening to complaining concerning the moderators of the ABC Information presidential debate.
Particularly, he derided David Muir and Linsey Davis for fact-checking a number of lies and exaggerations from Donald Trump, whom Hannity has an in depth relationship with.
“Final evening was little greater than a marketing campaign contribution by ABC-Disney masquerading as a information division, which they don’t seem to be, all whereas supporting the Harris marketing campaign,” he mentioned. “ABC Information is a left-wing, woke, leftist speak community—however they’re not trustworthy.”
In Hannity’s view, ABC Information sinned by calling out Trump for falsely accusing Democrats of supporting the post-birth killing of infants (which is unlawful throughout America), and by telling Trump that Haitian immigrants are usually not consuming pets in Ohio, and for precisely telling Trump that violent crime is down when he mentioned it was up.
In accordance to the media analytics firm Nielsen, the talk drew an estimated 67.1 million viewers throughout 17 networks—almost 16 million extra viewers than watched the June debate between Trump and President Joe Biden.
Hannity’s section was a continuation of conservative assaults on the community that started earlier than the talk had concluded. Figures like Sen. Tom Cotton referred to the occasion as “three-on-one,” as did others. And Trump later echoed that message in a Tuesday morning look on “Fox & Buddies,” the place he additionally argued for ABC’s broadcast license to be pulled for fact-checking him.
“I believe ABC took a giant hit final evening,” Trump mentioned.
Hannity repeatedly talked about Disney, the dad or mum firm of ABC Information, in an obvious reference to the continued marketing campaign by Fox Information and the conservative motion towards the broadly admired firm. Conservatives have complained that Disney is “woke” as a result of the corporate has expressed assist for racial and gender inclusivity.
Attacking Disney was a key factor in Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ makes an attempt to achieve a nationwide profile earlier than his failed presidential marketing campaign.
Hannity’s declare that ABC Information is “masquerading” as a information community stands in marked distinction to Fox Information’ longtime position as a constant advocate for right-wing causes, usually airing racist, false, and misogynistic content material.
Most lately, the community was compelled to pay almost $800 million to settle a lawsuit with Dominion Voting Methods for falsely airing allegations that the 2020 election was stolen from Trump by the Democratic Get together and President Joe Biden.
ABC and most different networks didn’t air these falsehoods and weren’t sued by Dominion.