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Ted Koppel had some bad news for Sean Hannity.
The retired Nightline host told Fox News Hannity to his face that he is bad for America in a TV interview that aired Sunday.
Koppel spoke with Hannity in a CBS Sunday Morning segment about political polarization and alternate universes of facts in America.The veteran newsman showed clips of Hannity and Rush Limbaugh as well as left-wing comedians like John Oliver and Stephen Colbert as examples of media figures who are driving the country further and further apart.
But Hannity one of President Trumps biggest boosters at the conservative news network got some harsh truths delivered straight to him by Koppel in an interview.Koppel was unmoved by Hannity's argument that Americans are smart enough to tell the difference between news and opinion shows.
Do you think were bad for America? You think Im bad for America? Hannity asked.Yeah, Koppel calmly told him.
He noted that Hannity is very good at what he does and continued his argument after calling out Hannity for repeatedly interrupting him.
You have attracted people who are determined that ideology is more important than facts," Koppel said.
Hannity lashed out at the segment on Twitter, calling it fake edited news and accusing CBS of cutting down a much longer interview.I did about a 45 minute interview with CBS. They ran less than 2. Why did Ted cut out my many examples of media bias? he wrote.Koppel, who retired in 2005, has been outspoken in his distaste for Fox News before. Speaking to Bill OReilly last March, Koppel told the Fox host he had made reporting on Donald Trumps presidential campaign irrelevant.
You have changed the television landscape over the past 20 years. You took it from being objective and dull to subjective and entertaining. And in this current climate, it doesnt matter what the interviewer asks him Mr. Trump is gonna say whatever he wants to say, as outrageous as it may be, Koppel told OReilly.
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JASON SILVERSTEIN
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See a REAL journalist- Koppel
IdiotsforPalin
(168 posts)He's a freaking disaster..........
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)sharedvalues
(6,916 posts)Different Drummer
(7,532 posts)Permanut
(5,439 posts)Hannity has been at the forefront of the birther movement, claiming President Obama "grew up in Kenya", and "went to a Muslim school". Hannity is also a flag bearer for the climate change deniers. Must be some of Conways "alternative facts".