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Sean Hannity
Sean Patrick Hannity is an American conservative television presenter, political commentator, broadcaster and writer. He hosts The Sean Hannity Show, a nationally syndicated talk radio show, has hosted a self-titled political commentary program on Fox News since 2009, and co-hosted the original Fox News debate show Hannity & Colmes with Alan Colmes from the network's founding in 1996 to 2009.
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Born 30 December 1961 · Q557730
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2026· 11 entries
“s feces, said that homosexuality was a”
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“I did not believe it for one second.”
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“The issue could go away in a minute. Just show the certificate.”
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“might have handed him ten bucks”
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“Based on no actual crimes, she wants a political opponent locked up in prison? That happens in banana republics – beyond despicable behavior.”
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“s citizenship, he repeatedly called on Obama to release his birth certificate. Hannity described the circumstances regarding Obama”
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Public attention spiked: 10,458 Wikipedia readers in one day, 6.8× the usual 1,546, with 0 article edits.
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Public attention spiked: 5,495 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.6× the usual 1,546, with 0 article edits.
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Public attention spiked: 8,645 Wikipedia readers in one day, 5.6× the usual 1,546, with 0 article edits.
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2025· 4 entries
Snopes.com rated the claim “U.S. Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., read aloud a "trust-fund manifesto" for New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani on the Fox News TV show "Hannity."” False.
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Claimed: “There was not “a single, prominent conservative voice in the country that even remotely wanted or hoped or was pushing to get Jimmy Kimmel taken off the air.”” — rated False by PolitiFact.
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The Guardian: Musk and Trump put on lovefest in Sean Hannity interview
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The Guardian: ‘Very minor incidents’: Trump defends January 6 pardons in Hannity interview
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2024· 4 entries
Snopes.com rated the claim “Dana Perino is leaving the Fox News show "The Five" in May 2024, all due to "tensions" with fellow host Sean Hannity.” False.
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The Guardian: ‘I am done’: Fox’s Sean Hannity gives up on New York and moves to Florida
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Hannity announced that he had moved from Long Island, New York to Florida and would be broadcasting The Sean Hannity Show and Hannity from his new home permanently
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In 2024, Hannity announced that he had moved from Long Island, New York to Florida and would be broadcasting The Sean Hannity Show and Hannity from his new home permanently.
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2023· 2 entries
PolitiFact rated the claim “Video shows Fox News host Sean Hannity saying an impostor is pretending to be President Joe Biden.” False.
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Claimed: “Two academic studies found police officers are as or less likely to shoot Black suspects, showing, “There is no systemic racism in policing. It doesn’t exist.”” — rated Distorts the Facts by FactCheck.org.
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2022· 4 entries
Snopes.com rated the claim “Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis defended the FBI's August 2022 raid of Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence in an appearance on the "Hannity" show.” False.
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PolitiFact rated the claim “Video shows Ron DeSantis arguing with Sean Hannity” False.
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Claimed: ““Donald Trump authorized up to 20,000 National Guard troops to protect the Capitol" before Jan. 6, 2021, but was "rejected" by Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer.” — rated False by PolitiFact.
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Claimed: “Conservatives gained Twitter followers after the company announced its deal with Elon Musk because "Twitter lifted a broad anti-conservative, anti-Trump shadow ban.”” — rated False by PolitiFact.
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2021· 1 entry
By Dominion Voting Systems, after Hannity and other network hosts and their guests promoted claims the company's voting machines had been rigged against Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election
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2020· 5 entries
Hannity texted White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, saying, "I do NOT see January 6 happening the way he [Trump] is being told
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Fox News agreed to pay millions of dollars to the Rich family
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Claimed: “The Trump administration has had “zero unfulfilled equipment and supply requests from state governors.”” — rated False by PolitiFact.
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Campaign: 2020 election.
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“many on the left are now all rooting for corona to wreak havoc in the United States. Why? To score cheap, repulsive political points.”
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2019· 2 entries
Citing "too much institutionalized corruption"
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That he and Mueller had been friends for thirty years
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2018· 7 entries
Awarded Time 100 (2018).
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Attributed to Hannity: "Michael Cohen has never represented me in any matter
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In a court hearing, Cohen's lawyers told the judge that Cohen had ten clients in 2017–2018 but did "traditional legal tasks" for only three, including Trump
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PolitiFact rated the claim “Says Sean Hannity said in 2008 that Obama’s willingness to meet with North Korea was "disturbing" while Trump’s "willingness to meet with North Korea is a huge foreign policy win."” Mostly True.
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In 2018, Forbes estimated that Hannity's annual income was $36 million.
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“I think Hillary should be in jail. Lock her up.”
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Forbes estimated that Hannity's annual income was $36 million
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2017· 3 entries
Snopes rated the claim “President Trump violated protocol by not standing or saluting during the playing of "Retreat" during an interview with Sean Hannity.” Mostly False.
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Awarded Radio Hall of Fame (2017).
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Hannity said he regretted the comments and that they were "ignorant and embarrassing"
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2016· 4 entries
Election lost: 2016 election and Seth Rich.
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Hannity vociferously defended Roger Ailes when he was accused by multiple women of sexual harassment
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After WikiLeaks published leaked emails from the Democratic National Committee, Hannity praised Assange for showing "how corrupt, dishonest and phony our government is"
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Campaign: 2016 election and Seth Rich.
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2014· 2 entries
Found that Hannity was a major proponent of alleged scandals involving the Obama administration and then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton related to the 2012 Benghazi attack
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Said he has carried a weapon for "more than half my adult life"
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2013· 1 entry
After re-upping his contract with Fox News, "extending his tenure on the cable network to 20 years
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2012· 1 entry
Said he had evolved on the issue and favored a "pathway to citizenship"
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2010· 3 entries
Conservative blogger Debbie Schlussel wrote that only a small percentage of the money raised by the concerts goes to the target charity, Freedom Alliance
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Hannity falsely stated that so-called "Climategate" – the leaking of e-mails written by climate scientists that, according to climate change deniers, demonstrated scientific misconduct, but which all subsequent inquiries
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Hannity said WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was waging a "war" on the United States, and that WikiLeaks put American lives in "jeopardy" and "danger" around the world
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2009· 3 entries
Hannity took over the time slot with his own new show, Hannity, which has a format similar to Hannity's America
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“we were victorious in spite of the Democrats”
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Hannity said of the Iraq War, "we were victorious in spite of the Democrats' efforts and attempts at preventing victory
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2008· 1 entry
Certified by the state of Hawaii, Hannity kept calling on Obama to release his birth certificate, asking why did he not "just produce it and we move on
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2006· 1 entry
Hannity was critical of Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to U
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2004· 2 entries
Falsely claimed that scientists couldn't agree on whether global warming was "scientific fact or fiction"
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Hannity signed a $25 million five-year contract extension with ABC Radio (now Citadel Media) to continue the show until 2009
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2003· 2 entries
Awarded Marconi Awards (2003).
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And 2007 and was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in November 2017
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2001· 2 entries
On more than five hundred stations nationwide
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Described it as "phony science from the left"
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1998· 1 entry
Hannity has two children from his marriage to Rhodes: a son, Patrick, born in 1998, and daughter, Merri, born in 2001.
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1996· 1 entry
Hannity and Alan Colmes co-hosted Hannity & Colmes on Fox
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1992· 1 entry
Filling the slot vacated by Neal Boortz, who had moved to competing station WSB
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1991· 1 entry
When he worked at WVNN in Huntsville, Alabama and she was a political columnist for the Huntsville Times
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1989· 2 entries
At the volunteer college station at UC Santa Barbara, KCSB-FM, while working as a general contractor
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Hannity made anti-gay comments
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1982· 1 entry
Hannity started a house-painting business and a few years later, worked as a building contractor in Santa Barbara, California
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1961· 1 entry
Born 1961-12-30.
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