(Video) Fox News anchor Sean Hannity reports about alleged ties between safe school czar Kevin Jennings and the North American Man/Boy Love Association (NAMBLA). This 4 minute video segment features an interview with former FBI agent Bob Hamer, who infiltrated NAMBLA for three years. Full Story »
Posted by Kaizar Campwala
Hannity alleges that Jennings supports NAMBLA but barely offers any evidence to support the charge. No context for the quote from Jennings, no explanation of what it means to have "supported Harry Hay." Indefensible.
Biased news report about alleged ties between safe school czar Kevin Jennings and the North American Man/Boy Love Association (NAMBLA). As factual evidence, Hannity only offers a single source with questionable motives. He interviews right-wing activist Bob Hamer, who infiltrated NAMBLA for three years, and who claims that Jennings has had contact with gay rights activist Harry Hay, who helped found NAMBLA. No other evidence or source is provided to support these serious allegations. This strikes me as really bad journalism.
This isn't even remotely journalistic. It is unabashedly a propaganda piece with an objective. Linking a speech that Jennings made in 1997 where he praised Hay for work in 1948, but failing to mention any of that is about creating news - not reporting it. This is a paid hit piece, period ... and Hannity - that's what he does for a living - paid TV hits. Lest, we forget about he shameful FOX-GOP stunt regarding Teri Schiavo and 100's of other vignettes produced via Fox News. I'm all for free speech - but this isn't an individual free speech issue - this is a giant corporation that profits from the least intellectually endowed and convincing them to oppose things that are in their own best interests. There must be a reason ... More »
I can't fault Sean Hannity as an entertainer - he does what he is told to do and earns very serious money doing it. He has done it for years - and irrespective of his lack of credentials, his poor command of the English language and his bravery to pose as a journalist - he is a cash cow for FOX and he attracts a demographic that find his shortcomings ... a draw. This is corporate journalism at its best - doing all the thinking for its viewers and then broadcasting opinion as fact. ... More »
Hannity needs to put Kevin Jennings on the spot, directly. Otherwise, in spite of Harry Hay's odious attitude towards children, this another example of broadbrush journalism.
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