Hannity Slams NYT‘s Bret Stephens for Media Award Criticism: ‘I Do Not Care What You Think’
Surprise, surprise. Sean Hannity is hitting back at New York Times columnist Bret Stephens for saying he doesn’t deserve the William F. Buckley Jr. Award for Media Excellence.
For the first time in my life I partly agree with @BretStephensNYT I do not deserve the WFB award. I also never deserved the 2 Marconis…..
— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) July 7, 2017
Nor do I deserve the Radio Hall of Fame, Free speech awards from Talkers or the R&R tall host of the year awards I have won. Nor do I care
— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) July 7, 2017
To my audience that has given me the honor of 30 years on radio 22 years on Fox, I thank you. You mattter, Faith, family Country matter
— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) July 7, 2017
As long as you honor me with these opportunities I will continue to fight hard for the things I truly believe in. Not what WFB, Media, NYT’s
— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) July 7, 2017
Believes in. I’m not Buckley, Rush, Mark, or anybody else. I’m myself. I will fight for limited Govt, lower taxes, less regulation,
— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) July 7, 2017
Energy independence, school choice, balanced budgets, secure borders, defeating Isis and radical Islam. And will battle a corrupt media.
— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) July 7, 2017
So @BretStephensNYT I’ll say to you and the @nytimes (Fake News) I do not care what u think. God bless America.
— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) July 7, 2017
Can ANYONE think of just ONE memorable thing @BretStephensNYT has written? WFB was on my show numerous times, would WFB trust the @nytimes ? https://t.co/r0NnuDidUZ
— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) July 7, 2017
Agree They are too busy firing everyone as they fall apart. https://t.co/3tKdF5zsmP
— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) July 7, 2017
On Thursday, Stephens released a column where he bemoaned how conservatism became “post-literate” after Buckley, the founder of National Review, died in 2008. Stephens argued that the Media Research Center’s award shows how right-wing politics have become more concerned with news ratings and spreading soundbites, and less interested in substance and analysis.
“And so we reach the Idiot stage of the conservative cycle, in which a Buckley Award for Sean Hannity suggests nothing ironic, much less Orwellian, to those bestowing it, applauding it, or even shrugging it off. The award itself is trivial, but it’s a fresh reminder of who now holds the commanding heights of conservative life, and what it is that they think.”
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