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Posted by BradBlog in Latest Breaking News
Wed Nov 11th 2009, 11:27 PM
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Hannity 'Apologizes' for Falsifying Footage of Tea Bagger Rally

After The Daily Show busted the Fox 'News' anchor attempting to inflate the apparent attendance for a recent D.C. Tea Bagger rally by using old footage from two months ago, Sean Hannity offered an "apology" of sorts on tonight's show.

Having no choice but to cop to it, Hannity admitted getting busted, though claims it was "an inadvertent mistake". How one can inadvertently go fetch footage from two months ago, and "inadvertently" edit it into a report on an event that took place earlier on the same day is not entirely clear.

He also failed to explain to his viewers the context in which the "incorrect video" actually was shown. Neither did he run Stewart's report from last night explaining clearly how Hannity had attempted to fool them. So, as usual, Hannity's viewers remain largely both in the dark and misinformed.

Here's the transcript and the video of Hannity's statement, which came at the very end of his show tonight, about an hour ago...

STEWART VIDEO, HANNITY 'APOLOGY' VIDEO, TRANSCRIPT:
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=7516

Read more: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=7516
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