Opinion: Why did Sean Hannity suppress the Trump Tower story?
Fox News host Sean Hannity in Cape Girardeau, Mo., in November 2018. By Erik Wemple Erik Wemple Media critic with a focus on the ups and downs and downs of the cable-news industry. Email Bio Follow Media critic April 22 at 6:19 PM The New York Times published a big scoop on July 8, 2017: “Trump Team Met With Lawyer Linked to Kremlin During Campaign.
The news broke over a weekend. The following Monday night, Fox News host Sean Hannity got busy minimizing it: “The meeting was meaningless, did nothing to produce anything! Where’s the collusion?” asked the host. Of course, this news isn’t shocking. As we’ve noted on many occasions, Hannity did a video promotion for Trump during the presidential election; he flew a vice presidential candidate to meet with candidate Trump; he provided constant advice for the candidate/president; he used the services of Michael Cohen, the president’s former personal lawyer; he took the stage with Trump at a rally; and, most importantly, he covers for the president on each of his Fox News broadcasts.
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