If we may: A proposed script for Hannity to correct Trump's falsehoods

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Recognizing that he has no experience in doing so, i wrote up a little script Sean Hannity can read on-air tonight to correct a bunch of the false claims Trump made on Hannity's show yesterday.

Hope this helps!

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Analysis | If we may: A proposed script for Hannity to correct Trump’s falsehoods
Should Sean Hannity wish to ensure that his viewers aren't misinformed, here's what he could clarify for them.
9:42 AM · Sep 23, 2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/09/23/if-we-may-proposed-script-hannity-correct-trumps-falsehoods/

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Watching the second part of Fox News host Sean Hannity’s conversation with former president Donald Trump on Thursday night, I couldn’t help but notice that Hannity let a lot of false claims from Trump slide. I was not surprised by this, certainly; the reason that Trump grants so many interview to Hannity is that he knows that Hannity’s preferred mode of response to his claims is nodding.

But it did strike me that perhaps one reason that Hannity never endeavors to actually correct the record is that perhaps he doesn’t know how. He’s never really done it before! So, in the interest of both offering my assistance to Hannity and to ensure that his viewers have as accurate an understanding of the discussed subjects as possible, I thought it might be useful to create this draft script that Hannity could read on his program Friday night.

Draft correction script

Good evening and welcome to “Hannity.”

Last night, we showed you the second part of my interview with President Trump. It has come to my attention that some of what the president said was inaccurate or misleading. Given this network’s commitment to journalistic integrity, it seemed incumbent upon me, then, to correct the record where necessary. After all, the last thing we want is for you, the viewer, to be misinformed.
With that in mind, here is some additional information about what Trump said.

* It is not the case, as Trump claimed, that the term “global warming” was abandoned in favor of “climate change” because the former term “wasn’t working too well.” In reality, it was Republican communications expert Frank Luntz who recommended the latter term to defuse concern about the problem.

* It is also not true that “years ago … they thought it was global cooling,” as both Trump and I claimed. In reality, that idea was a fringe claim that has been elevated not because it was the consensus at the time but because it serves as a rejoinder to the consensus now.

* It’s not the case that $85 billion worth of military equipment was “left behind” when the U.S. withdrew from Afghanistan. First of all, the figure that’s been claimed was $83 billion. But second, that figure is vastly overinflated.


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[grumpyduck]

1. My script would be a lot simpler.

"Donny, that's bullshit and you know it."

[underpants]

2. This is a keeper. I'd forgotten that Luntz came up with climate change

Great stuff in there.