So says Media Matters for America (MMFA). I'm sure that Rush Limbaugh was a close second.
I really admire MMFA for pointing out the vast number and depth of misinformation put out by the right-wing goons. It must be a discouraging, daunting task. Wading through such a cesspool must be horribly corrosive to your soul, and I appreciate their efforts tremendously so that I don't have to torture myself by watching them.
I do wish, however, that they - MMFA - would, if they could - if they had the resources - also occasionally, at least, point out when the "media" actually gets it right, when they are truly (and I mean TRULY) fair and balanced. It is discouraging to see example after example of deception, hate, ignorance and mean-spiritedness, when there really is no balancing all that negativity with honest, thoughtful, or positive pieces. Surely the media gets it right SOME of the time, don't they?
Sean Hannity: Media Matters' 2008 Misinformer of the Year
As Media Matters for America has demonstrated time and again, Fox News' Sean Hannity has been a prolific and influential purveyor of conservative misinformation. But never has he so enthusiastically applied his talents for spreading misinformation as he did to the 2008 presidential race, focusing his energies primarily on President-elect Barack Obama. Day after day, Hannity devoted his two Fox News shows and his three-hour ABC Radio Networks program to "demonizing" the Democratic presidential candidates, starkly explaining in August: "That's my job. ... I led the 'Stop Hillary Express.' By the way, now it's the 'Stop Obama Express.' " Hannity's "Stop Obama Express" promoted and embellished a vast array of misleading attacks and false claims about Obama. Along the way, he uncritically adopted and promoted countless Republican talking points and played host to numerous credibility-challenged smear artists who painted Obama as a dangerous radical. When he was not going after Obama, Hannity attacked members of Obama's family, as well as Sen. Hillary Clinton and other progressives, and denied all the while that he had unfairly attacked anyone.
MMFA goes on to document a sadly long list of bullshit put out by Hannity here. Tip of the hat to MMFA, and a cold shoulder to Hannity.
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