Raw Story, and other libs, are giddy right now over reports that Sean Hannity is taking an “abrupt” vacation in the hopes that like former Fox News Host Bill O’Reilly, the vacation will turn into something permanent:
Sean Hannity takes abrupt vacation as advertisers continue to flee his Fox News show https://t.co/skKLmYgRuK pic.twitter.com/7niOD4BPmZ
— Raw Story (@RawStory) May 25, 2017
Others quickly questioned the timing of Hannity’s downtime:
—@kimguilfoyle said on "The Five" she will fill in for @seanhannity. He's apparently going on vacation for 2 days. Unclear if preplanned.
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) May 25, 2017
Sean Hannity is taking an unplanned 'vacation' as the list of fleeing advertisers grew overnight https://t.co/HBF6ScuZ9a
— Daily Kos (@dailykos) May 25, 2017
And these folks weren’t buying Sean Hannity’s explanation that it’s his “ANNUAL Memorial Day long weekend”:
https://twitter.com/seanhannity/status/867577957124108289
But, sorry guys — here’s proof that there’s nothing abrupt or unplanned about the vacation. From our former colleague Erick Erickson:
Because my radio show starts right after Sean’s show on WSB in Atlanta. On May 18th, my boss asked me to put on schedule for today and tomorrow to start my show at 3pm ET. Why? Because Hannity would be out for Memorial Day vacation with his family and they’d like me on locally instead of his guest hosts due to Atlanta traffic issues. Hannity’s television vacation days are always in conjunction with his radio vacation days.
Fox News issued a statement that Hannity will be back as well:
Fox News statement on Hannity taking vacation as advertisers pull out of his show https://t.co/Y0MPLQ3rBg pic.twitter.com/hsNJ3FvBJa
— Caitlin MacNeal (@caitlinmacneal) May 25, 2017
Narrative busted.
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