Jon Stewart Catches Sean Hannity Falsifying Footage To Make GOP Protest Appear Bigger

Daily Show by Jon Stewart | Nov. 11, 2009 (Comedy News)

(Video) Sean Hannity and his team did more than cover the event. They not only inflated the number in attendance with their words, but actually used footage from a heavily-attended protest this summer to make this health care rally appear more popular. Hannity even pointed out that this was a huge crowd for a Thursday, when the protest footage they used was from a Saturday. Full Story »

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Subjects: U.S., Politics, Media
Topics: U.S. Congress, Media and Politics, Ethics in Journalism, Fake News, Media Ownership
Member Tags: Corruption in Journalism, Propaganda in Journalism, False News, Fox News, Hanity
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Posted by: Posted by Guest Reviewer - Nov 11, 2009 - 9:44 AM PST
Reviewed by: Dwight Rousu (review), Barry Grossheim (review), Kaizar Campwala (review), Glenn LaBauve (review), Joel Kulenkamp (review)
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Edited by: Glenn LaBauve - Nov 12, 2009 - 7:27 AM PST

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Glenn LaBauve
4.3
 by Glenn LaBauve - Nov. 12, 2009

Stewart once again scoops the MSM which shows the sorry state of infotainment that proports to be news.

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Dwight Rousu
4.3
 by Dwight Rousu - Nov. 12, 2009

The Daily Show catches Hannity cooking up false news footage to promote a political agenda. Fact checking so good it is funny.

Faux Nuisance is a BS propaganda function.

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Kaizar Campwala
3.8
 by Kaizar Campwala - Nov. 12, 2009
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Barry Grossheim
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 by Barry Grossheim - Nov. 11, 2009

It's great to see Fox propaganda exposed for what it is. Shameless!

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Joel Kulenkamp
4.4
 by Joel Kulenkamp - Nov. 13, 2009

Is Sean Hannity so busted or what?

In the words of the noted philosopher, Tom Brokaw, Sean Hannity has an omelet on his face!

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