How do we deal with Hannity?

[NewEnglandKnowledge]

How are we supposed to deal with this ignorant mouthpiece? 
What do I do about a so-called news outlet that puts someone
to the right of Jerry Falwell on TV up against Larry King, one
of the last great interviews out there?  In the minds of so
many, Hannity is the Fair and Balanced host he claims to be,
and don't tell me only the ignorant wouldn't see the
bias...the ignorant decide elections.  I don't like the
fairness doctrine, but I'm warming to it.  When I hear the
words "socialist regime," and "pork bill,"
I cringe at how many sheep watch at home and nod their heads
saying "damn right."  And worse, I hear college
juniors and seniors in business school who have already drank
the koolaid and echo these cliches about Obama.  The Daily
Show is a satirical version of what I want.  I want a
charismatic Kieth Olberman.  I want someone to say clearly
what Republicans are doing.  That they are very plainly
distorting historical fact, ignoring current reality, and
having a dialogue amongst themselves, in which there is no
counterpoint.  We have allowed the Republican Party to
discredit CNN, The NY Times, The Boston Globe, and the
"mainstream media" as liberal mouthpieces and MSNBC
discredits themselves, and there is no coming back.  We need a
new news outlet that starts with credibility that can emerge
as a place to find unbiased information, almost an extinct
phenomena.  We need a major tycoon like Warren Buffet to
invest in this idea, silently, or we need a YouTube type
broadcast, maybe I'll start reporting online, who knows?  What
I do know, is that forums like this one, while cathartic, are
not the answer.  The answer lies in action, so I am looking
for ideas, volunteers, investors, reporters, writers, or
anyone who wants to restore the unofficial fourth branch of
our democracy, the News.      

[Orrex]

1. I would respectfully dispute the notion that Larry King is a great interviewer

Other than that, welcome to DU!

:hi:

[Canuckistanian]

2. A stake in the ground. Rope. Fire ants. Honey.

I'll leave the rest up to your imagination.

[dysfunctional press]

3. try ignoring him. it works for me.

i've never seen his tv show, nor heard his radio program.

[godai]

5. Exactly...who's Hannity? n/t

[alexandria]

4. Do not listen to him.NT?

[NewEnglandKnowledge]

8. Knowing ones enemies is the key to defeating them

The only was to win a debate is to first acknowledge the other
side.

[BuyingThyme]

6. Welcome to DU, NewEnglandKnowledge!

:hi:

[thunder rising]

7. Turn off the TV and read or blog or something ... they'll get the message

[Mr. Sparkle]

9. I think the best thing to do is go after his advertisers . Daily, we should be bombarding them with

emails, phone calls of how bad this guy is, whom they are supporting. I think a few successful boycotts would have a real big impact on defunding these right wind crazies.

I know its wishful thinking, but that is the best way to go after these blow-holes.

[NewEnglandKnowledge]

10. Nice

That's the stuff I'm looking for Mr. Sparkle, keep it coming

[AlCzervik]

11. Chipper/Shredder, or just marginalize him, that's what i do.

[HillbillyBob]

15. Then again tall oak short rope has its appeal, along with pitchforks, tar, feathers

and torches.
Boycotts can work if you can get enough spoiled citizens to give up their lollipops long enough to do so.

[HillbillyBob]

12. You are preaching to the chior. Some of us have been trying to talk to 'them'

since ronnieraygun. It seems that once the koolaide is imbibed almost no amount of reason will work. I do not know the answer. Warren Buffet and George Soros financing might make a dent.
The first thing is to shut down the corpse (sic) yammer machine. The fascists have been at this a long time, they have had their hands on the throat of the left since 1919 'red scare' they have been anti education, anti social, anti union from the get go. It did not start with the robber barons but that is close. The big money families have bought ownership in the mass media since Hearst was around as publisher of his news papers.

[NewEnglandKnowledge]

13. I have found others like you

Yeah, since posting this I have found many others saying the
same thing and taking action.  One in particular cataloging
the advertisers of him.  I just didn't know where you guys
were hiding, glad to hear so many are working toward
something.  The money they  have is staggering, I just read
that he got a $100 million dollar contract.  They get rewarded
the worse they are, amazing.

[HillbillyBob]

18. Please publish a link for list of advertisers. I will not watch fox and I have other things

going on to deal with. I do write to companies that I learns are shipping jobs overseas or donate to rpigs. Like Levis, Wranglers and now Hersheys chocolate shutting down American factories and shipping those jobs overseas and tell them I will no longer do business with them, I will not shop Walmart but for things i cannot get elsewhere that I need, (as compared to want) I will not shop at home depot, hughes.net(satellite internet) directtv they were affiliated with Rupert Murdoch of fox/news corp. We use Wild Blue and Dish tv, dish I know is democratic and the have FreeSpeechtv and Link, I watch CCTV9 and CCTV5 out of China in English. its sad to see that a Communist country produces more truthful news than any American news source. Free Speech has some good truthful programming I suggest you try to look in on them if you can, they do have on line presence to watch video there. There is more , but I have been awake with a new puppy for 3 days now and I am really getting punchy. She is a bit sick but nothing serious..just colicy as the saying goes.

[UTUSN]

14. Elect him the Pope?! (& therefore irrelevant) n/t

[Clear Blue Sky]

16. Off switch...nt

[billyt5903]

21. Vacationing with Hanni ty 24/7

Had to vacation as a guest of a some friends in their Condo on Grande Cayman for a week watching "What the FOX" 24/7, naturally including the big H.
Unbelievable experience, but now understand where my conservative friends come up with their talking points and misinformation.
Based on my experience, I now see HANITY as the LASTGREATWHITEHOPE to exterminate ALL LIBERALS, SOCIALISTS,COMMUNISTS,PROGRESSIVES,HOMOS,GAYS,LESBIAN,MUSLIMS, & all similar dangerous folk!
By the time he's done WITH THE EXTERMINATION , he, Beck, & Rush w/b the only survivors left on the planet, slowly realizing they were so focused on getting rid of all the "dangerous folk" that they forgot to save a female to pass on their rule to the next and succeeding gernerations...
Ah!

The Planet ends quietly in a "Conservative Whimper"
OOOOOOOHHHHHHhh WHAT THE FOXXXXXXXXXXXXXXxxxxxxs!!!

billyt/

[Clear Blue Sky]

23. Still a few ladies out there for Hannity - Ingram, Coulter, etc

[stillcool]

17. Here's an idea...

turn it off. No one on that channel is relevant, unless of course you make them so.

[Baikonour]

19. Two words: Fairness Doctrine.

Or just ignore the idiot, since we'll never see the Fairness Doctrine again.

[Marr]

20. He doesn't deserve any serious "dealing with". Just laugh at him,

and chuckle at anyone who mentions his name in a serious way. Hannity is a joke.

In the broader sense, big media needs to broken up.

[flvegan]

22. He's an idiot. Ignore him.

[RT Atlanta]

24. send him to Gitmo before its closed

n/t

[TWiley]

25. I find the "finger" always works for me.

also, I use the parental control to lock out all those religious cock suckers and political ones like dobs, and hannity too.

[bridgit]

26. I'm sending Agent Peta with equal doses of Cialas & saltpeter for his water bottle...

Hannity's head is half popped off already...this should do the trick :thumbsup:


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[npincus]

27. horse tranquilizers.

[Maru Kitteh]

28. Do you have paragraph breaks on your word processor?

Damn, damn, DAMN! That $#i^ is HARD TO READ.

The answer to your question: Sean Hannity is marginalizing Sean Hannity far quicker than we ever could. We should allow him to continue.