Trump cheerleader Sean Hannity was forced to brutally row back on an attempt to discredit the New York Times yesterday.
Reality hit Hannity hard on his Thursday night programme. The news anchor had to backpedal after attempting to trash a New York Times story reporting that President Donald Trump tried to fire special counsel Robert Mueller.
After hammering The Times’s story, and its general reputation, Hannity conceded the story was correct and confirmed its details.
The host swung for the fences in his eponymous show, slandering reports that President Donald Trump had demanded Robert Mueller be fired one month after he was chosen to oversee the Russia investigation.
“At this hour, The New York Times is trying to distract you,” Hannity ranted. “And our sources, and I’ve checked in with many of them, they’re not confirming that tonight.
“And the president’s attorney dismissed the story, and says, ‘Nope, no comment. We’re not going there.’ And how many times has The New York Times and others gotten it wrong.”
Unfortunately it would seem Fox had gotten it wrong in this case, the news host conceded: “All right, so we have sources tonight just confirming … that yeah, maybe Donald Trump wanted to fire the special counsel.”
Hannity then cut to a car chase, deflecting: “we’ll deal with this tomorrow night.”
Who’s distracting who?
Sean Hannity: The New York Times is trying to distract you. They say Trump tried to fire Mueller, but our sources aren’t confirming that!
Sean Hannity, minutes later: Alright, yeah, maybe our sources confirm Trump wanted to fire Mueller. But so what? That’s his right. Anywho… pic.twitter.com/yUIt7Un56d
— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) January 26, 2018
