from ThinkProgress:
Hannity To Glenn Beck: ‘You’re A Perfect Fit’ For Fox News»On Thursday, Fox News announced that CNN’s Glenn Beck would join the network next spring, hosting the 5 p.m. daily news program. Yesterday on his radio program, Beck read a congratulatory e-mail from Fox’s Sean Hannity, welcoming him to “the Fox family”:
Glenn,
Welcome to the Fox family. I can honestly tell you working with Roger
has been one of the BEST things to ever happen to me in my life. You’re a perfect fit, a great addition to family. I look forward to seeing you.
Sean.Listen here:
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/18/hannity-welcomes-beck/ It’s true that Beck will be a “perfect fit” at Fox News — and with Sean Hannity especially. With Beck on the network, Hannity’s radical right-wing views will get a whole extra hour of exposure, as the two share nearly identical perspectives:
ON STARTING WAR WITH IRAN
– BECK: War with Iran is no longer a question of “if.” I believe it’s a question of when. … Now we have no longer any other options but to go into Iran. (10/9/07)
– HANNITY: Mission: Iran Showdown. The objective: destroy and disable Iran’s top nuclear facilities, impact its ability to process and enrich uranium, delay its ability to manufacture and deploy nuclear weapons, all while crippling the ruling regime. (9/25/07)
ON APOLOGIZING FOR TORTURE
– BECK: You need to torture, I mean, within reason. … You do what you have to do to get the information if it’s pressing. (12/21/07)
– HANNITY: If we have enemy combatants and they have information that can save the lives of innocent Americans or troops, I’m not saying — we have to use very tough techniques. … I want to torture them to the limit. (11/10/06)
– BECK: Waterboarding is torture now? You’re dead wrong! (1/15/08)
– HANNITY: KSM spilled the beans as a result of waterboarding gave up not only his role of 9/11 attacks but several ongoing terror plots hence saving lives. … So if that’s the price we pay for our security is it really that bad? (11/11/07)
ON OBAMA
– BECK: With his rock star persona, celebrity fan club, a socialist point of view, Obama feels a lot like he’s running for king over president. … I think this man is actually dangerous. (8/13/08)
– HANNITY: Joe the Plumber actually went out there on “Good Morning America” this morning and he said Obama holds the socialist view. For the next 19 days of this campaign, I think America has got a choice. And that is European socialism. (10/16/08)
ON DISMISSING ABU GHRAIB
– BECK: I was against Abu Ghraib and I said, because it didn’t look like it was done by professionals, what was that, stacking people in a pyramid. (11/1/07)
– HANNITY: There was underwear on the head of one of them. We’re not raping and killing anybody. (6/8/05)
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