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The Spectacle Blog
So now we know.
As has long been the assumption of conservatives about the liberal media, a Washington Post “opinion blogger” — Erick Wemple by name — has now illustrated the perils of writing about television or radio shows one does not watch.
Friday afternoon, in this post — which went up at “03:49 PM ET, 05/18/2012,” meaning Friday afternoon at almost 4pm — Wemple took after Sean Hannity for complaining that the media had not vetted President Obama and his relationship with Jeremiah Wright. While the link above sends you to the Wemple’s WaPo blog, in the way of current events the post about Hannity will surely scroll off the screen at some point. So we are re-publishing the text of Wemple’s post below, along with a link to the video of Hannity he included as presented by Mediaite.
Wemple’s demand? That Hannity and Fox investigate the Obama-Wright connection instead of complaining that it wasn’t being investigated by other media.
Uh-huh.
The problem?
By the time Wemple had posted his Hannity complaint, Fox had already been advertising Hannity’s Friday night hour-long special that did just that. Not to mention that Hannity himself had discussed this upcoming TV special repeatedly on his radio show.
As a matter of fact, along with a good-sized group of my conservative commentating colleagues, I participated in the show in question, links to segments found here and here.
And since Wemple seems to have missed the last four years, he is apparently completely unaware that it was Hannity who first interviewed Jeremiah Wright back in 2007 after learning about Wright from journalist Erik Rush. Mr. Rush was on the panel the other night, and is seen here discussing the very first investigative column he wrote about Reverend Wright in February — of 2007.
To help Mr. Wemple along in his understanding, here’s a link to Hannity’s book Conservative Victory published 2010 — that would be two years ago — in which Hannity details in print what he had already looked into on television. Which is to say the links between Obama and Jeremiah Wright. That would be, Erik, pages 17-33.
So what to learn from Mr. Wemple?
Apparently Erik Wemple doesn’t watch or listen to Hannity — he gets his Hannity info in clips from other media, Mediate in this case. Then, blissfully unaware of what’s really going on in the world of Fox News or Hannity’s TV show or radio show, Wemple blogs a laughably wrong post based on bad information — and looks like a dope. Except, of course, in the world of liberal journalists who do exactly the same thing he looks like a wizard of smart.
Right.
So the apology from Wemple to Sean Hannity and Fox News will appear when?
Right.
Here’s the text of Wemple’s Friday post below — again, a post that appeared well after Fox was advertising Hannity’s upcoming special and almost 24 hours after the show was taped. An easy enough thing to ascertain by doing something admittedly drastic — actually contacting Sean Hannity and asking the man himself.
You can’t make it up.
Posted at 03:49 PM ET, 05/18/2012
Hannity crusades for Wright stuffBy Erik Wemple
Sean Hannity is disappointed with Mitt Romney’s repudiation of attacks on the Rev. Jeremiah Wright and his history with Barack Obama. Focus on the economy, Romney said following a New York Times story on a potential $10 million campaign against Wright funded by Romney supporters. No — focus on the economy and Wright, Hannity suggested on his show last night:
Now, Governor Romney, I have to respectfully disagree with you. Now, I do believe the economy, jobs, national security are by far the most pressing issue facing the country today. I also feel that every candidate, though, needs to be fully vetted. Now, that’s something the mainstream media failed to do back in 2008 with Barack Obama. And I believe that the President’s relationship with the Reverend Jeremiah Wright, a man that influenced him for over 20 years, inspired him is a very important campaign issue. [Bold text added.]
A nod to Hannity here. Completely fair game and important stuff. If Romney’s actvities in high school are a worthy path of inquiry, then surely the Obama-Wright history is as well.
What confuses me is why Hannity cares what Romney condones or condemns. Or why Hannity would even bother critiquing other media outlets on this front. That confusion stems from a widely reported number: Fox News is expected to rake in $1 billion in profits this year.
With that kind of cash, Fox News should be barred by some overreaching governmental entity from complaining about the shortcomings of its competition in the national media. If it wants something investigated, it can fund the investigation.
I hereby assign the Jeremiah Wright file to Fox News and Sean Hannity. Deadline for blockbuster three-part series is July 15. Get cracking!
Bob S| 5.21.12 @ 11:50AM
Just when you think the media couldn't sink any lower, there they go and surprise you.
EqualTime| 5.21.12 @ 1:56PM
So Obama/Wright has now been vetted by Sean Hannity. I watched the news this morning. Didn't see any eruptions or reference to this story. Perhaps there's no there there. Can we move on? I'd like to see Hannity do an investigation into how many jobs the TOP Congress has created in the last two years, and critical focus on the projected effect of their cut and deregulate the way to prosperity in light of the European meltdowns.
DCA| 5.21.12 @ 2:14PM
Hilarious...as if the EUrocrat meltdowns have been caused by "deregulation." Nothing in Europe has been anything other than re-regulated and over-regulated for generations. No sphere of economic activity is beyond the reach of Brussels, and the pace has been accelerating. Starting a business in Greece is akin to trying to start a business in sub-Saharan Africa, meaning, doing it legally is basically impossible unless you're bribing or humping the right gubmint bureaucrat.
This is, of course, the vision the self-anointed elite like EqualTime would love to impose upon America.
And, Hannity would be the first to tell you, nobody in Congress "creates" jobs unless they are expanding federal payrolls, which is the exact opposite of what the GOP House, with all of its faults, has been attempting to do since 2010. The best that the House can do is pass laws to reverse the grotesque, job-killing growth of the federal Leviathan, and rhetorically beat the Senate (controlled by Demons, as everyone but ET knows) to follow its lead. With eco-fascist assmonkeys like Reid, Durbin and Schumer in charge, though, there's no chance of anything sane being vomited up out of Congress until the Demons lose the Senate and the Half-White House. Only then will there be any "hope" or "change."
Ed| 5.21.12 @ 1:59PM
What is this obsession with obtaining "apologies" from the lamestream media or other despicable leftists. You know any apology would be insincere and certainly Mr. Wemple wouldn't admit to his own stupidity. He should be mocked mercilessly-forget the "I'm sorry you took it the wrong way" apology.
SWOhio| 5.21.12 @ 3:38PM
I was going to say that being a liberal means never having to say you're sorry -
but I like your comment a whole lot better. Any apology would be insincere, along the lines of 'I apologize to anyone who is stupid enough to be offended'
He should be mocked - libs don't have a sense of humor, and are completely unable to laugh at themselves. Let the mocking begin!
spike59| 5.22.12 @ 7:05AM
being a liberal means never understanding how wrong you truly are
Ed| 5.21.12 @ 2:02PM
I mean, look at the stupidity of EqualTime. He/she is so dumb that he/she believes the R's control both branches of Congress and probably doesn't ever realize that Odumbo had Dems in charge of both and did nothing. He/she is so dumb he/she doesn't realize that the Dems haven't offered a budget in three years. Would you expect an apology from such a dumb commenter?
Fedor8| 5.21.12 @ 4:10PM
He should be mocked - libs don't have a sense of humor, and are completely unable to laugh at themselves.
spike59| 5.22.12 @ 7:02AM
no worries; we laugh FOR them, and AT them
Bob K.| 5.22.12 @ 3:07AM
I stopped watching Hannity and O'Reilly and The Five and Fox news quite a while ago when it seemed to me that the only thing of interest that came out of them were the credits at the end of the show and who did their wardrobes.
Classic empty suits!
spike59| 5.22.12 @ 7:01AM
" That confusion stems from a widely reported number: Fox News is expected to rake in $1 billion in profits this year."
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meanwhile, WaPo is gushing red ink like an uncapped oil well; which seems to indicate that Wemple's point is: failure is a virtue in the marketplace of ideas?
Brian72| 5.22.12 @ 1:24PM
"A nod to Hannity here. Completely fair game and important stuff. If Romney's actvities in high school are a worthy path of inquiry, then surely the Obama-Wright history is as well."
If this is completely fair game and important stuff, why doesn't the Washington Post itself, supposedly a leading news organization filled with doggedly objective professional journalists, do some real investigative reporting themselves?
This is the blinding question this guy is missing.
How many people, how much man hours and other resources did the WaPo devote to the The Great Alaskan Media Invasion of 2008, what I now call Operation Ladygarden in honor of Andrew Sullivan? Why was there never to this day a corresponding Chicago Media Airborne Assault? These questions will never be answered (by these guys).
It just isn't news, I guess. He is only the most powerful human being on the face of the Earth.
No big deal.
Occam's Tool| 5.29.12 @ 1:44PM
Liberals and morons. But I repeat myself.