Roy Moore gave an exclusive interview to Sean Hannity today, and Hannity got a bit of praise from Media Twitter for being tougher than some might have expected.
Yesterday Hannity got flak for comments he made about the bombshell report detailing the allegations against Moore, and was even called out by Jake Tapper for his remarks. Hannity said he misspoke and was taken out of context.
Today Hannity pressed Moore on the specific allegations against him laid out in the Washington Post report, and received some surprise praise as a result (ranging from plaudits to backhanded compliments):
.@seanhannity is conducting a meticulous and tough interview with Roy Moore, who is coming across as unconvincing and dismissive of very serious allegations.
— Steve Krakauer (@SteveKrak) November 10, 2017
Fair is fair: Hannity is not letting Moore off the hook here.
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) November 10, 2017
.@seanhannity is conducting a meticulous and tough interview with Roy Moore, who is coming across as unconvincing and dismissive of very serious allegations.
— Steve Krakauer (@SteveKrak) November 10, 2017
It’s interesting to learn that Hannity can conduct a reasonably tough and newsy interview if he cares to.
— Josh Barro (@jbarro) November 10, 2017
Moore seemed completely unprepared for Hannity to ask him semi-journalistic questions, perhaps having watched Hannity interview Trump.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) November 10, 2017
Hannity’s actually doing a pretty effective job of making Moore address specific allegations in the WaPo piece https://t.co/xPiYfdsyEH
— Rosie Gray (@RosieGray) November 10, 2017
Had doubts, but @seanhannity is not doing a bad job pressing Moore on all the allegations.
— andrew kaczynski? (@KFILE) November 10, 2017
Hannity going tough on Moore suggests the WH is pissed.
— Jay Cost (@JayCostTWS) November 10, 2017
Sean Hannity mixes leading questions with some pretty decent questions…
— Jeremy Barr (@jeremymbarr) November 10, 2017
If I were Moore’s staff, I would not let him stay one for segment after segment with Hannity.
Hannity’s not letting Moore off the hook, and Moore is not performing well.
— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) November 10, 2017
I’m not listening to it (at a place where I can’t), but sounds like Hannity is actually pressing Moore. Sometimes people do surprise you.
— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) November 10, 2017
Media Matters president Angelo Carusone had a very different take:
Seeing some media types saying some variation of, ‘Hannity is doing a pretty good job with Moore interview.’
No. He’s not. Your expectations were just incredibly low and none of these people will talk to real journalists so you forgot what actually good interviews sound like.
— Angelo Carusone (@GoAngelo) November 10, 2017
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