Sean Hannity Slams NBC for Fake News, by Tweeting REAL News Story from … NBC
Sean Hannity is fighting NBC News with … NBC News.
The host of Fox News’ Hannity show is being mocked on social media after he called on “fake news @CNN and conspiracy tv @NBCNews” to take a lesson from an article published by the very same NBC News.
“Hey fake news @CNN and conspiracy tv @NBCNews read and learn,” Hannity tweeted Thursday, linking to a story from NBC News reporting on the Justice Department’s resurfacing of a now dormant FBI investigation into a controversial uranium deal critics have tied to Bill and Hillary Clinton.
Hey fake news @CNN and conspiracy tv @NBCNews read and learn. https://t.co/LcIp3BieHC
— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) December 21, 2017
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So @seanhannity correct AGAIN and @CNN and @NBCNews wrong again. pic.twitter.com/IZ7UMOr6qk
— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) December 21, 2017
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Hannity, who himself has extensively covered the topic on his show for the last several weeks, according to Mediaite, appeared to be suggesting that the “fake news” media would never cover a story such as this one that is critical of the Clintons.
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But many on Twitter were quick to point out that, Hey, “Sean, NBC broke this story!”
No self-own quite like tweeting an NBC story in a ham-fisted attempt to shame NBC into covering something. https://t.co/YUqJD3z3ii
— Garrett Haake (@GarrettHaake) December 21, 2017
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you are… literally… tweeting an @NBCNews story. https://t.co/ZjzWNqTkA9
— Hallie Jackson (@HallieJackson) December 21, 2017
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Sean — NBC broke this story! https://t.co/F5oFgdyW0W
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) December 21, 2017
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That awkward moment when…
— Ali Vitali (@alivitali) December 21, 2017
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Why is NBC News ignoring this… wait, what? pic.twitter.com/zbyl6reGdr
— Griswold Christmas Vacation (@HashtagGriswold) December 21, 2017
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Sean Hannity calls out NBC News for not covering… an NBC News report. Great. https://t.co/9Dzo7twsHb
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) December 21, 2017
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It wasn’t all criticism, however.
Dear @seanhannity, thank you for promoting an @NBCNews piece. We appreciate your support. If you are looking for some good background on Uranium One, your @FoxNews colleague @ShepNewsTeam did a superb explainer a couple of months ago. https://t.co/bUgLgkmmhW
— Stephanie Ruhle (@SRuhle) December 21, 2017
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MSNBC anchor Stephanie Ruhle tweeted her gratitude to Hannity for “promoting an @NBCNews piece.”
“We appreciate your support,” she added.