Conway could sit next to him and claim that the media was hopelessly biased against Trump without cause because she knew that Hannity wouldn't challenge her, and she knew that the audience would clap. Hannity has worked very hard to reinforce the primacy of Fox News relative to traditional, good-faith outlets because the more he builds an us-vs.-them view of media, the more loyal the "us" is to tuning in to his show.
It's just jarring to see this argument from that host in this moment. Hannity's dishonesty and opportunism has always been clear but rarely so well documented. So he goes on his show and, with the help of a professional Republican spin artist, claims that truth is falsehood and falsehood truth...
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