When conservatives rail about “FAKE NEWS,” this is what we’re talking about: a single source is accusing Fox News’ Sean Hannity of spending $42,000 on a dinner at a Trump hotel which included flying in a 70-year-old lobster from Maine:
uhhhh GQ reports Hannity spent 42K at Trump hotel https://t.co/nLwpXDNCCf pic.twitter.com/2OdAskNLyF
— Hadas Gold (@Hadas_Gold) July 27, 2017
What happened to standards?
remember when a reporter needed verification from multiple sources before a fact could be included in a story?
— Brian Steinberg (@bristei) July 27, 2017
The waiter is unnamed. The network's denial is on the record. You really want to have multiple sources in this sort of situation.
— Brian Steinberg (@bristei) July 27, 2017
Exactly, especially as this story just sounds untrue, even to critics:
Hmmm, I would be surprised if this was true. @seanhannity is known to be a very, very generous tipper…but this seems high even for him. https://t.co/O0CUNY7CkA
— Yashar Ali ? (@yashar) July 27, 2017
Don't like defending Hannity, but this strikes me as extremely unlikely https://t.co/PWmI2gqvnt
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) July 27, 2017
Sean Hannity later tweeted that story was “FAKE NEWS” and “NEVER HAPPENED”:
https://twitter.com/seanhannity/status/890649346898771968
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