‘Daily Show’: Hannity’s Apocalyptic Apology
Having caught wind that Fox Newser Sean Hannity was going to take a moment on his show to issue an apology to Jon Stewart for using older tea-party rally footage in a recent story, the host of "The Daily Show" was looking forward to hearing an admission of how the Fox folks subscribe to the network's methodology, aka "the subtle altering of reality to sell a preconceived narrative." That didn't quite happen.Having caught wind that Fox Newser Sean Hannity was going to take a moment on his show to issue an apology to Jon Stewart for using older tea-party rally footage in a recent story, the host of “The Daily Show” was looking forward to hearing an admission of how the Fox folks subscribe to the network’s methodology, aka “the subtle altering of reality to sell a preconceived narrative.” That didn’t quite happen. –KA
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