Sean Hannity (Credit: Jeff Malet, maletphotos.com)
Fox News host Sean Hannity spent the summer indoctrinating his audience with the message that any negative information about President Donald Trump was the work of a shadowy cabal of Trump foes. According to Hannity, this “Destroy Trump Alliance” — which encompasses the press, the bureaucracy, Democrats, and Republicans who do not submit to Trump — is responsible for the Russia investigation and the president’s legislative failures. Hannity’s framework is setting the stage should Trump decide to take an authoritarian turn.
Hannity’s show has long been built around the propaganda tactic of repetition, with …read more
Source: Salon
