Sean Hannity - Tea Party No-Show

[lame54]

http://crooksandliars.com/john-amato/fox-news-scolds-then-pulls-sean-hannity

Sean Hannity latest teabagging event has come to a violent halt when he pulled out at the last minute. WLWT reported that there were some technical issues and then it would seem that Hannity blamed it on personal reasons.

Fox News commentator Sean Hannity has cancelled his appearance and broadcast at a Tea Party rally at Fifth Third Arena.Hannity planned to tape his television show from the event, which starts at 6 p.m. at the University of Cincinnati.Organizers of the rally said there were technical issues, but that the overriding factor for the cancellation was a personal matter that Hannity needed to attend to in New York. WLWT was the first to report that there were issues when Hannity failed to appear at a book signing at 4:30 p.m. Minutes later, Hannity's bus was seen leaving the campus.Hannity's newscast will broadcast from New York with a guest host.

However that story isn't holding water. The LA Times is reporting that Sean took a scolding from FOX News execs and they are making him do his show tonight from his studio.

Angry Fox News executives ordered host Sean Hannity to abandon plans to broadcast his nightly show as part of a Tea Party rally in Cincinnati on Thursday after top executives learned that he was set to headline the event, proceeds from which would benefit the local Tea Party organization.

Rally organizers had listed Hannity, who is on a book tour, as the headliner of the four-hour Tax Day event at the University of Cincinnati. The rally, expected to draw as many as 13,000 people, was set feature speakers such as “Liberal Facism” author Jonah Goldberg and local Tea Party leaders. Participants were being charged a minimum of $5, with seats near Hannity’s set going for $20, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer, which reported that any profits would go to future Tea Party events. Media Matters for America noted that Hannity’s personal website directed supporters to a link to buy tickets for the Cincinnati rally.

But senior Fox News executives said they were not aware Hannity was being billed as the centerpiece of the event or that Tea Party organizers were charging for admission to Hannity’s show as part of the rally. They first learned of it Thursday morning from John Finley, Hannity's executive producer, who was in Cincinnati to produce Hannity's show.

Furious, top officials recalled Hannity back to New York to do his show in his regular studio. The network plans to do an extensive post-mortem about the incident with Finley and Hannity's staff.

“Fox News never agreed to allow the Cincinnati Tea Party organizers to use Sean Hannity’s television program to profit from broadcasting his show from the event," said Bill Shine, the network’s executive vice president of programming. "When senior executives in New York were made aware of this, we changed our plans for tonight’s show.”

Before the tea party movement got going, FOX News was very excited to use their entire network to promote them because a Democratic politician was elected to the White House. Now, they are trying to make believe that never happened. I wonder if their legal department got involved when money was changing hands with the teabaggers?

UPDATE: More News from FOX 19:

A statement was released by the Vice president of Programming of FOX News, Bill Shine.

"FOX News never agreed to allow the Cincinnati Tea Party Organizers to use Sean Hannity's television program to profit from broadcasting his show from the event. When senior executives in New York were made aware, we changed our plans for tonight's show." FOX News has confirmed that Sean Hannity's broadcast of tonight's show from New York City.

Yep, it's all about the cash. Well they still have Joe the Plumber and Bill Cunningham to entertain them...

[DrDan]

1. "news commentator" - I thought they denied they were news commentators?

[DrDan]

2. greedy bastard - just trying to double dip - collect his FAUX salary and charge for this appearance

[KharmaTrain]

3. Dances With Snakes...

Faux feels it created the teabagging, and it's the one who directly profits from it...no leeches allowed. This "movement" was created by Roger Ailes and Dick Armey along with the usual GOOP suspects...for their benefit first and foremost. It's their party and can see that control slipping away. If they don't profit from it, no one does.

Also, I think this is a backlash to the revelations about Hannity's "charity" work that looks like a nice little slush fund for him and his buddies and has lit a shitstorm in the other side of the sandbox. It gave the network a black eye and sounds like they've put Seanny on a short leash.

I predict the Producer is toast. Times haven't been good to Hannity lately...he's no longer the darling of the faux "universe". My hopes are we're starting to see the long awaited ego-ridden unraveling of the hate radio and faux media machine.

[bullwinkle428]

4. Can you imagine how awesome it would be, to be a fly on the wall

in the office of Dark Lord Murdoch, with his Boy Wonder down on his knees in front of the desk, sputtering, stammering, groveling, and begging for forgiveness? All of those wannabe faux-macho fucktard fans who worship the guy would immediately be disgusted, and his ratings would just drop like a rock!

[Xenotime]

5. Take him off the air!!

[sharesunited]

6. At some point the sideshow is over, and tea bagging hurts rather than helps Republicans.

Scott Brown also missing from tea party tax day?

Seems like the word is getting out. The torches and pitchforks crowd is actually Frankenstein's monster.

[Marr]

7. Something tells me this wouldn't have happened if his "Freedom Concert" scam

hadn't recently grabbed so much attention.

[lame54]

8. scam scam scam till you get caught