About this episode

The episode critiques Fox News' inconsistent messaging regarding Trump's war with Iran and the promotion of sending weapons to Iranians.

Fox News continues to stumble and bluff its way through an incoherent sales pitch for Trump’s poorly planned war with Iran. Sean Hannity along with some of the last remaining neocons also promoted the worst idea in the world - sending weapons to the Iranian people. It was 1979 again in the absolute worst way possible. Normally the network forms a united front about any given topic, narrows in on its target and repeatedly pummels it. Fox News hosts will often use the exact same phrasing, slogans, catch phrases, and battle cries across multiple programs. Since the war started Fox has been a disorganized mess. At the start of the week Project Freedom, Trump’s plan to open the Strait of Hormuz, was sold as a brilliant strategic move that would bring a quick end to the war. When it collapsed almost immediately after it was implemented the folks on Fox splintered. Hosts on Fox & Friends shared their doubts about the war, Jesse Watters made excuses for the president, Sean Hannity sold it as a checkmate move and the folks on The Five stopped talking about the war entirely. Fox News knows how to whip its audience into a frenzy about urban crime, dangerous migrants, woke blue-haired…

People in this episode

Host: Sean Hannity

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Fox News, Project Freedom, The Five, Trump

Places: Iran, Strait of Hormuz

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