Sean Hannity’s Wee-Tang Clan

It would be far too lazy to write off Sean Hannity as an out-of-touch, ratings-hungry bottomfeeder. He does, however, fit the aforementioned description. But it’s Hannity’s ingrained arrogance and his use of patriotism for the purposes of political theatre that continually confounds me.* The “patriots” who religiously call in to his syndicated radio program assume he is their friend, addressing him with the “You’re a great American Sean Hannity” salutation while they can barely get a word in edgewise. Fuck you, listener. Sean Hannity’s not your friend, he just wants your ears.  

However, it’s Hannity’s recent debate over whether Hilary Clinton should receive campaign contributions from Timbaland and RZA (who also prolifically use “the ‘N’ word” in their music as Hannity explains) when she had called for the firing of Don Imus during the “nappy-headed hos” media circus, is just purely entertaining. Honestly though, this is a long clip, and the best part is when Hannity calls the Wu-Tang Clan the “Wee-Tang Clan.” This is the type of factual innacuracy that he would reply to by saying, in a disappointed and holier-than-thou tone, “Do your homework America.”   

*Author’s note: The exception to this example is Hannity’s Freedom Concert series, a charity event with 100% of the proceeds benefitting the children of slain Iraq War veterans. It’s a good cause, no matter how much Hannity skews it to his favor, he deserves credit where credit is due. Sidenote: I only endorse his choice of where the money goes… the artists who perform at these concerts are, rather simply put, tragically awful.