Fox News host Sean Hannity declared journalism dead during a Saturday appearance on the network’s weekend show Watters’ World.
Hannity appeared on the show as part of a segment with Watters’ World host Jesse Watters where the two media personalities discussed the Mueller report, the ongoing criticism of Fox News by other media members and the state of the Democratic party.
The interview began with discussion about the Mueller report with Hannity saying that a cast of people assembled at Fox News has “been right for over two years, unpeeling the layer of the onion, breaking stories: FISA abuse, FISA court fraud, rigging an investigation for a favored candidate; we’ve been proven right.”
Hannity added that people had to hate it when he and his “ensemble team” have been right, going on to talk about his hours of “straight-news reporting” after Watters pointed out criticisms that Hannity is an opinion host rather than a journalist.
Hannity added that he is “sad for the country” and doesn’t want what happened with President Donald Trump and the investigation of Special Counsel Robert Mueller to happen again.
“The lesson…