Liberal group targets Sean Hannity advertisers

https://twitter.com/seanhannity/status/867126424691515394

A major liberal group is targeting advertisers for Sean Hannity’s Fox News show as they look to push back against his promotion of a conspiracy theory surrounding a killed Democratic National Committee (DNC) staffer.

Media watchdog group Media Matters For America on Tuesday published a list of Hannity’s advertisers — a long list that includes major companies such as Allstate, Angie’s List, Bayer, Capitol One, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Mercedes-Benz and Publishers Clearing House.

Fox News on Tuesday retracted a story regarding the 2016 killing of Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich after massive outcry over sharing conspiracy theories about the murder.

“On May 16, a story was posted on the Fox News website on the investigation into the 2016 murder of DNC Staffer Seth Rich,” the retraction reads. “The article was not initially subjected to the high degree of editorial scrutiny we require for all our reporting.”

“Upon appropriate review, the article was found not to meet those standards and has since been removed.”

Fox did indicate, however, it will continue investigating the story.

Hannity took to Twitter on Tuesday afternoon to defend his decision to cover the story.

https://twitter.com/seanhannity/status/866857555825504257

The group targeted former Fox host Bill O’Reilly’s advertisers amid sexual harassment allegations, helping lead to his ouster last month after more than 50 companies pulled their ads from his program.

Is Fox New’s Sean Hannity next on the chopping block??? 

https://twitter.com/seanhannity/status/867143093459570688

More to come… Tune in!

 

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