Sean Hannity Promotes Post-Debate Online Poll Results Even Though They Don't Meet FNC Standards
It's fine because he's part of "the network’s lineup of opinion programming."
Back in April, Fox News host Sean Hannity told NYT’s Jim Rutenberg, “I never claimed to be a journalist,” in response to criticism over the newsworthiness of his interviews with Trump.
Hannity was just, as he said in a video, “a talk show host,” a creature altogether different from those in a profession whose job it is to collect facts, determine their accuracy and report the truth.
Perhaps this is why, despite a memo sent Tuesday afternoon by Dana Blanton, Fox News vp of public opinion research, telling producers and politics staff that online opinion polls “do not meet [Fox News’] editorial standards,” Sean Hannity touted just those polls on his show Tuesday night.
“If you listen to the elites and the punditry class that are on television and radio, they almost universally—they think Hillary Clinton won that debate.
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