Sean Hannity

The New Washington

The New York Times

News, Politics

4.5 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2017

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Mr. Hannity, the Fox News host and political commentator, is one of the most dominant voices in conservative news media, reaching millions each day. But much of his influence comes from a powerful audience of one. Mr. Hannity spoke with Matthew Shaer, a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine, about the roots of his opinionated style, whether he considers himself a journalist and what it’s like to know the president is listening.

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0:00.0	From the New York Times, this is the new Washington.
0:03.5	I'm Michael Barbarrow.
0:05.0	Today, Sean Hinnen.
0:07.5	If influencing elections are so bad, then why did Obama try to influence the Israeli election and defeat Prime Minister Netanyahu?
0:15.2	The unsolved murder, a former DNC staffer Seth Rich, continues to get a huge amount of attention.
0:20.4	Is there any evidence that he might have been disgruntled that the treatment of Bernie Sanders?
0:25.6	I lived in Alabama. When everything comes out, they will make the best decision for their state.
0:30.8	I am not going to stop trying to find the truth. That's what we do here
0:36.1	every single day. I humbly appreciate your support, but I'm asking you to not smash your
0:42.3	curate.
0:46.0	Welcome to Hannity tonight.
0:47.5	We are following four major breaking news stories.
0:50.4	But first, things are starting to move at an accelerated rate. We are now
0:55.6	closer to getting to the truth about what is the biggest national security breach
1:01.0	and Russia's scandal in American history.
1:04.0	Hillary Clinton's campaign, the DNC, they paid for the research that became the fake news,
1:11.0	anti-Trump d'assie. They've been lying to you for a year.
1:14.4	Plus never Trump or senators.
1:16.0	Bob Corker, Jeff Flake, John McCain.
1:18.2	There is nobody with a bigger reach on television among cable commentators than Sean Hannity.
1:24.8	Matt Sheer recently spent time with Fox News host Sean Hannity.
1:31.8	A report on that.
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