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  Why don’t these people get jail time for this?
context: This admission is actually a really big deal.  Hannity knew the information he was saying was false and defamatory but said it anyway.  That is textbook malicious libel.  I’d say Dominion’s case just got a lot stronger. >
  
  This is a guy who won a court case about disinformation already though—because no reasonable person would believe he is telling the truth.
  Edit:  wrong liar, my bad. >
  
  That was Tucker Carlson, not Sean Hannity. >
  
  Oh you’re right.  I can’t tell the two apart by delivery tbh. >
  
  I see what you did there. We’ll played. >
  
  Correct headline: Lying, traitorous, Russian asset lies about lying to avoid being blamed for those lies so he can move on to the next set of lies. >
  
  I'm sure the conservative sub Reddit is up in arms about being lied to.
  /s >
  
  Are they even aware? Seems like the type of news they'd be insulated from. >
  
  They'll probably ban anyone who tries to post this. >
  
  They absolutely would ban you for posting it. Try it for yourself >
  
  Already banned for making fun of Ted Cruz that time he ran when Texas got hit with a snowstorm. >
  
  People always talk about that but rarely talk about how Ted Cruz likes to piss his pants on purpose, because he loves that warm feeling running down his leg >
  
  Ive heard that >
  
  I've heard it too, just seems like he really enjoys that southern warmth >
  
  Sorry, I'm late to it. But are you guys talking about how Ted Cruz pisses himself because he likes the feeling of the warmth running down his leg?
  I heard that somewhere too, but I don't remember where. >
  
  I hope Dominion owns Fox News after this, and shuts it down. >
  
  Somebody should! Fox's market capitalization is about $16 billion. It would be much cheaper to buy out than Twitter. >
  
  Don’t give Elongated Muskrat any more bad ideas. >
  
  He doesn't have the cash anymore. >
  
  He made a large fortune from twitter! Of course, he started with a huge fortune, but... >
  
  But this pig lied to his viewers anyway.
  This is going to keep happening until there are consequences and they get legally and financially crushed for doing this shit. I hope Dominion obliterates them. >
  
  Here’s the good news, Dominion has to see this all the way through. Dominion’s reputation was harmed by Fox. There’s no amount of money that makes that go away. The only way to fix this is for Fox to publicly stand up and say, “Yep, the Dominion machines are 100% trustworthy. We were just lying out our ass,” or they get beat in court by Dominion demonstrating that Fox lied. I know which way this is headed. >
  
  Dominion has a damn good case, too. Testimony like Hannity’s admission proves this was all horseshit and the network was pushing this garbage to lock in viewers from drifting to OANN and other sources. >
  
  “I’m evil, not stupid. It’s my viewers who are the dumb ones.” >
  
  And opportunistic. >
  
  I tried to share this story over on r/Conservative.  You can probably imagine what happened. >
  
  They should change their name to  r/republican. Not a single person in there can name even one actual value of conservatism. >
  
  The core value of conservatism is selfishness. It's the common ground bigots and billionaires stand on. >
  
  I know plenty of conservatives and old time conservatives that just talk about economics and financial issues 
  Today there are very few actual old time conservatives ... what we have today are neo-fascists, christian-fascists, theocrats and authoritarian supporters ... they don't argue in facts or reality, they argue based on faith, religious beliefs and racial supremacy ... in many ways they are no different than middle eastern religious extremists who want a religious state with their ancient outdated bible as the basis for modern laws and government, where religious men hold all the power and women and everyone else are either slaves or people to persecute and destroy. >
  
  Conservatives have literally never been on the right side of history. There's not a single positive thing we can point to and say "thanks conservatism."
  Conservatives opposed abolition, women's suffrage, desegregation, civil rights, gay marriage, unions, higher education, abortion rights, etc. Every conservative cause has always been 100% garbage. >
  
  Don’t forget mental health! Thanks Reagan! >
  
  Hannity was a roofer before he got a job as a disk jockey.  Then they started letting him talk.  He knows a lot more about nails then he does about international affairs.  His primary job is to sell commercial air time for Fox by putting on a stage show.  His current act centers around saying provocative things that the audience enjoys and claps for.
  He would say anything for a dollar or a corporate sponsor.
  The amazing thing is that the nitwits who tune into his program believe that he acts gives a shit about them or his message, lol.  Sort of like thinking that your heroin dealer wants the best for you. >
  
  EVERY conservative star is the same.  Limbaugh was a shitbag liar that turned into syndicated gold and Republican dynamite.  Got lots of disaffected people believing his snake oil pitch.  It’s why we have the mess we have today and masses of people vote against their best interests…. >
  
  Did Limbaugh ever get off methadone? >
  
  Almost 2 years ago >
  
  I wonder might there be video of him saying otherwise on air?   LMAO >
  
  Give John Oliver a few more episodes to get it wrapped up and in queue. Then will see a montage of clips of not just him but all involved saying otherwise. >
  
  The thing is Hannity knows this and still will lie to your face.  Kind of like what they say about Russians. >
  
  The people listening to Hannity won’t ever see it anyway. >
  
  Can we buy billboards with this quote on it all along freeways in the bible belt? >
  
  "he just said that to outsmart the deep state witch hunt!" >
  
  Yep.  "It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled."  --- Mark Twain (possibly) >
  
  So he knowingly sowed distrust in democracy then? Sounds like something a fascist would do. >
  
  I hope Dominion crushes Fox with no mercy during this lawsuit. >
  
  Mercy is for the weak. >
  
  And yet he went out there, night after night, and told lie after lie. We need some sort of accountability for these people. >
  
  Queue the argument Fox News is a entertainment broadcast so can't be held liable for anything they say as it is not technically news. >
  
  No reasonable viewer would believe anything they say as fact or something like that >
  
  No reasonable viewer would think Fox wasn't deliberately trying to get people to believe their crap. >
  
  Wait, Fox doesn't have any reasonable viewers. >
  
  Doesn't that make him an active participant in a conspiracy to overthrow the government? >
  
  He’s guilty as a co-conspirator.  He knew and still parroted the taglines of the attempted fascist coup.  Hannity made the evidence in his show from that period.  The DOJ should go through the footage of Hannity’s show at the time of the insurrection.  They were taking messaging directly from Trump.  Hannity needs to be held accountable for his part of the attempted overthrow of the US government! >
  
  It’s kind of fascinating. It was clear in the early 2000’s that the Sean Hannity’s of talk radio were going to lead us to some disturbing type of historical event, due to their inflammatory rhetoric, day in and day out. Rwanda taught us that lesson. Hopefully Jan. 6 was the culmination of it all, and not something worse further down the line… >
  
  So Hannity was a colluder, not a dupe. >
  
  Individual 2 >
  
  And this should end his career. Why hasn’t it? >
  
  It would be lovely if Trump inadvertently drains the swamp by way of convictions of Congressmen and women, the cancellation of the biggest talking heads on Fox and the convictions backend players like Stone, Giuliani and Flynn.  And, of course, the state conviction of Trump... along with the bonus dissolution of his company and its assets... and the ultimate gift of a federal seditious conspiracy charge.  
  dreams on >
  
  It’s really not surprising to anyone that Fox News stars were propagating lies and misinformation, is it?  
  It’s not like they haven’t been doing this from Day One.
  Hannity left the deposition, returned to his secure compound and recorded that evening’s one-hour lie filled episode.  With no soul and a $30 million per year salary you can do anything….. >
  
  So he admits to sedition and there will be zero consequences. >
  
  This should be interesting to the Dominion voting machine attorneys. >
  
  Thank you for incriminating yourself, dip shit. >
  
  I'm guessing he's had too many private conversations admitting it to believe he could get away with lying.  He's throwing Fox under the bus to avoid perjury charges. >
  
  Here come the famous defense "this is not real news, this is entertainment" bullshit >
  
  Yet he propagated the lie, and only a fool would not see the potential danger in that.  People died on Jan 6, so wouldn't that make him and everyone who knowingly lied responsible in some way?  Or, should they at the very minimum show some regret?  And it infuriates me that Fox hides behind their claim that they are not a news but "entertainment" platform.  They know full well that their viewers take their propaganda as gospel.  It all makes me sick inside to see this blatant attack on our democracy. >
  
  Can someone post this on r/conservative? I’m banned for trying to have a rational conversation that slightly questioned the hive mind. >
  
  There’s no point. I’m also proudly banned from that subreddit. Nothing you could say over there will change their minds. They’re not even true conservatives, just Trump/DeSantis worshipping right wingers. 
  Also, that sub supposedly has over a million followers but most posts get less than 100 comments. Clearly that sub is a lost cause. >
  
  
  just Trump/DeSantis worshipping right wingers
  
  Fascists.  They're called fascists. >
  
  Tucker Carlson as well. They all knew. Time to end Fox News. >
  
  Theres got to be a way of making that kind of shit illegal. >
  
  But continued to push the Big Lie for months just to keep Trump zombies enraged.
  Sick and disgusting, not to mention unethical and possibly illegal. >
  
  Is there a video of all the times Hannity said it was rigged on his shows? >
  
  But pushed the big lie anyway. >
  
  If that’s the case he should be indicted with those that pushed this false narrative . >
  
  Remember that Hannity is a paid Trump operative who appeared in Trump election campaign videos during the 2015-16 campaign.
  And then Rupert Fucking  Murdoch put him on the air again like nothing ever happened. >
  
  So him and Tucker Carlson willingly engaged in a criminal conspiracy to overthrow the US government. >
  
  My neighborhood is down to just one single die hard with a trump flag. It’s entirely possible that we are actually getting away from this asshole finally. My guard is still up but I’m feeling better about my country. >
  
  People don’t just turn off a fanatical political figure idolization.    They’re being fed conflicting information right now which has amplified their cognitive dissonance and it’s put them in retreat as they denounce and distance themselves from the previous guy while they await to be told who the next idol is for them to jump back on the crazy train for. 
  I’d wager that a fair sum of these ‘fans’ have done zero self reflection in this down period to realize how easily they were / are being manipulated.     They’ll be back in full force as soon as their told who to blindly throw support behind. >
  
  If only Fox News would put a bar along the bottom of the screen that said: “This is entertainment, not news. Don’t take anything we say seriously. If we are called to testify, we will deny believing anything we are about to say.” >
  
  After Tucker Carlson successfully argued that no intelligent person could be reasonably expected to take the things he said seriously, this should have become a requirement for every FoxNews show. >
  
  I guess the people who write letters to the editor of my local paper and regularly reference Fox News as fact missed that comment from Tucker Carlson. >
  
  They probably don't even know that he got taken to court over it in the first place.  Sadly. >
  
  The “I wasn’t being serious” response is the right wingers favorite answer when they go too far and enough people call them on it, or drag them into Court. >
  
  Right.  It's the sophisticated version of their favorite cliche of 'I was just joking' when someone gets tired of being harassed by them. >
  
  ♪ It was Hannity all along! >
  
  Of course he knew... he's a smart guy and very successful. His job is to brainwash his viewers and increase ratings. Your average conservative will be drooling in front of the TV soaking it up >
  
  And turned Millions of low functioning Maga idiots into Mindless Traitors for Trump. I expect the "No Reasonable Person..." defense to work once again, despite the fact that Hannity viewers by definition are Not Reasonable People. >
  
  Make that money, right? That's how you show you have integrity. >
  
  This scumbag should be in jail right next to the rest of the insurrectionists. Don’t buy any products that are advertised on his shows either >
  
  For reference that would be the following companies. The latest I could find was from April, so some may not support him now. Please, anyone, update if the list has changed:
  My Pillow, Sanofi, Ford Motor Company, Novartis, Stamps.com, Freshpet, Bayer, Tivity Health (Nutrisystem, South Beach), Sandals Resorts, Balance of Nature, ADT, WeatherTech, Epson.
  We know the My Pillow guy supports fascists. Do all these companies? >
  
  Fox Rot Propaganda >
  
  Yep but he did not verbally say it when it was important. >
  
  To be clear, ON RECORD where there a consequences to their speech, every republian who supported the big lie stated unequivocally that they knew Trump lost the election.  The only ones we don't know are the ones who didn't testify.  That's probably the most damming part of the 1/6 report.  
  Everyone around Trump clearly knew he lost, and Trump either did not or did.  In either case, he should never be in a position of power again. >
  
  No one on Fox News believed it. They are all lying propagandists. >
  
  Doesn’t this hurt Fox News in the defamation case? In my understanding, one of the biggest hurdles in this sort of case is proving intent.  Admitting he knew it was bullshit but choosing to spread lies and give nutjobs a platform to do the same seems pretty malicious to me. >
  
  Of course he did. It was obvious when every court in the country threw them out. The Supreme Court wouldn’t even dignify it by taking the case. 
  It should have ended there. But people who knew lied for personal gain at the expense of the country, the world and everyone in it. They lied intentionally and with purpose.
  These people sicken me.
  I have found it hard over the last few years to give enough of a crap to follow my own moral compass and reach for my own personal standards. Because these people really make it feel like those things don’t seem to matter sometimes. >
  
  Money hungry losers! Laughing all the way to the bank.  When are these white collar criminals going to get some justice 🙏🏼 >
  
  So they lied to the American people about the election results and deliberately pushed election lies? How is this not illegal? How are allowed to be called “News” ? >
  
  Can he be sued for lying and spreading misinformation? After all those lies had real world consequences and he knew that the facts that he was spreading were false. >
  
  Fox should be shit down immediately.  Such a shameless propaganda arm for Trump, they played a huge part in stoking the fires of the insurrection. >
  
  So did we all Sean, so did we all... >
  
  Trump knew that he lost the election too. This didn't stop him from attempting to steal it. >
  
  The Truth is now the sworn enemy of the Republican Party. America is infected with falsehoods, conspiracies false propaganda. The very future of the GOP now depends upon these falsehoods, conspiracies false propaganda. FOX NEWS chooses to be their mouthpiece in this endeavor. >
  
  And this vindicates you, how? >
  
  If I was so dumb that I gave that blubbering idiot a minute of my time I'd drown myself in the bathtub.  
  I am so over these stupid ass spray tan morons. >
  
  I went and checked r/conservative. This article is already posted there. >
  
  “What a surprise”. As if normal people had not already know this on November 7, when Biden won. >
  
  Remember Hannity has lied many times on his show and has never been held accountable for it when he is caught. The excuse is always that his show is entertainment not a news program… >
  
  Well of course he said something different under oath than on television. That's when lying has actual consequences. >
  
  There was a time when the people put on TV had to have perceived credibility.
  There was accountability when this was lost, now I don’t expect to see much of a drop in his viewership. >
  
  Of course he knew.  He helped organize the lie.  Is this news? >
  
  I can't wait for the fallout from Trump. >
  
  SackOfShit Hannity liar seditious creep >
  
  And yet, you never told anyone publicly. >
  
  This should be reason enough to remove his media access and privilege. He lost it.