Too good to check: Sean Hannity’s tale of a Trump rescue

[Demonaut]

Source: Washington Post

"It seemed like such a sweet story — Donald Trump sending his personal plane down to Camp Lejeune, N.C., when 200 Marines were stranded after fighting in the 1991 Persian Gulf War. At least that is the story that Sean Hannity of Fox News has touted on his website for several months."

"So some of those extra planes were contracted out to the U.S. military to ferry personnel in the United States during Operations Desert Shield/Storm in 1990-1991. Lt. Gen. Vernon J. Kondra, now retired, was in charge of all military airlift operations. He said that relying on commercial carriers freed up the military cargo aircraft for equipment transport."

"Despite the rumors on base, it’s clear that Trump had nothing to do with the dispatch of the jet to Camp Lejeune. The aircraft that ferried the troops was part of the Trump Shuttle fleet, at a time when Trump barely had control over the airline and was frantically trying to negotiate deals with bankers to prevent the collapse of his business empire."

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/08/11/too-good-to-check-sean-hannitys-tale-of-a-trump-rescue/

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Hannity is a fool

[Chasstev365]

1. I don't hate Sean Hannity just because he's a pathological liar;

I also hate him because he's such a fucking idiot!

[PJMcK]

6. Sean Hannity's hypocrisy is evil

He knows exactly what he's doing. This man is not a buffoon although he sort of acts like one. I think he's probably very smart and savvy and uses his schtick to make money for himself while playing his part in the loosely-connected vast Right-wing conspiracy against Democratic ideals and against American values.

Accordingly, I view Mr. Hannity as a very evil and dangerous man.

However, like Donald Trump, he is an idiot.

[Cosmocat]

16. I would say

he more idiot than not - through as you note, like most of these scumbags he is in it to make a LOT of money fleecing idiots who want to hear the bullshit.

But, he absolutely believes everything he says, very desperately.

[CincyDem]

2. "Hannity is such a fool". Yes. And yet...

...some afternoons, when I have a long drive, I find myself tuning in. It's like listening to a train wreck. I just can't stop. lol

My parents had Jack Benny, George & Gracie or Fibber McGee for humor on radio. We've got Hannity. He's such an asshat but when I listen to him, I know I'm guaranteed of at least one rolling belly laugh every 3-4 minutes.

Such an asshat.

[Cosmocat]

15. I can't do it

I have VERY little tolerance for hate radio, but I have avoided Hannity at ALL costs for well over a decade, he just is a repugnant human being.

[sailfla]

3. You ever notice, he repeats the exact same stuff everyday

I think he could tape the Monday program and take the rest of the week off.
No one would know the difference

[Demonaut]

4. no, I rarely watch his show..don't need the brain damage

[cstanleytech]

10. Well when the majority of your audience thinks Obama is a secret Muslim it

helps to repeat yourself to them kinda like talking to a small child.

[riversedge]

5. @foxnews--> Four Pinocchios Sean Hannity's LIE of a Trump Marine rescue--TWEET

Pass it around.

@foxnews--> Four Pinocchios Sean Hannity's LIE of a Trump Marine rescue http://wpo.st/efUr1 #sheswithus @theDemocrats @HillaryClinton

[Demonaut]

7. and the saddest thing: "The Trump campaign has confirmed to Hannity.com that Mr. Trump did indeed

send his plane to make two trips from North Carolina to Miami, Florida to transport over 200 Gulf War Marines back home. No further details were provided."

http://www.hannity.com/onair/the-sean-hannity-show-55176/200-stranded-marines-needed-a-plane-14727522/

they'll say anything

[Nitram]

8. Hannity better watch it. With the shakeup at Fox, he might just get canned, and phony stories like

this one would provide the perfect excuse.

[cstanleytech]

12. I doubt that they will get rid of Handy anytime soon atleast not while he keeps selling

the snake oil that Fox is selling to enough of the village idiots that makeup the GOP.

[Akicita]

14. Telling phony stories on Fox will likely get him promoted.

[MyOwnPeace]

9. Another unnerving thing.........

have you read any of the "comments" that follow the cited article?
There really ARE idiots out there that swallow all of this and WILL vote for this dangerous pathological liar!

[Cosmocat]

17. The stupid is VERY, VERY

deep in this country.

[OnDoutside]

11. Companies like World Airways had contracts with the Government to provide their planes in

times of war, in other times they would be contracted out to other airlines. One of the popular jobs they had was to bring the Muslim pilgrims to the Haj !

[ffr]

13. Facts getting in the way. 200 Marines stranded. From story.

“The Trump campaign has confirmed to Hannity.com that Mr. Trump did indeed send his plane to make two trips from North Carolina to Miami, Florida to transport over 200 Gulf War Marines back home.” - Sean Hannity


Our reader was suspicious because of the language “recalls being told.” That sounds more like a rumor than any confirmation.

Moreover, take a close look at the photograph. That was not Trump’s private plane at the time. That’s a Boeing 727 jet that was part of a Trump Shuttle fleet — an airline that Trump briefly owned before it was essentially seized by the banks because he failed to make payments on his loans. It had a white fuselage.

Here’s what Trump’s private plane, with a dark fuselage, looked like in 1991:


Trump’s private plane only had 24 seats, according to news reports; Trump Shuttle jets had at least 130 seats.

So not Trump's airplane, which could only transport 24 people at a time. And Trump's shuttle fleet was apparently close to seizure by the banks, and Hannity and the Trump campaign did not respond to requests for comment. Great journalism there Mr. Hannity!

[izzybella]

18. I'm curious

I'm curious what some of the Fox news/ radio show hosts would do if Trump wins. They have built an audience on 8 years of outrage at Obama for breathing. Where will they direct that outrage if there is a Republican in office?

I think they need a Democrat in office to keep their ratings high, and I think they know it.

[Demonaut]

19. be sure that ignorance and hate lacks no targets or has an expiration date

[Skittles]

20. they they made it through with that lying bastard Dubya for eight freaking years

they're propaganda - their job is to pimp for repukes, end of story

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

21. Whoops!!

Another Trump lie. Hey Hannity as Frank Zappa said no one looks good with brown lipstick.

[47of74]

22. So SlantHead lied.

In other words, just another day at the Faux "News" verbal diarrhea farm.