Sean Hannity

Sean Patrick Hannity (born December 30, 1961) is an American talk show host, author, far-right political commentator, and conspiracy theorist. Hannity is the host of The Sean Hannity Show, a nationally syndicated talk radio show. He also hosts a cable news show, Hannity, on Fox News Channel.Hannity was born and grew up in New York. He worked as a general contractor, and volunteer talk show host at UC Santa Barbara in 1989. After graduation, he joined WVNN in Athens, Alabama, and shortly afterward,WGST in Atlanta In 1996, he was hired by Fox and was accompanied by Alan Colmes when he received his show Hannity & Colmes. Leaving WGST, he worked at WABC in New York until 2013, where he was on air full-time. Since 2014, he has worked at WOR. After Colmes announced his departure in January 2008, he merged his Hannity & Colmes show into Hannity.Throughout his career, he has been involved with several controversies. He was criticized for promoting birtherism, false claims regarding voter fraud in the 2016 presidential election, and other conspiracy theories. Conservatives and pundits also criticized him for being overly supportive of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. Hannity has promoted the idea of a deep state, which he describes as a Shadow Government – a network of government officials that is working to hinder the Trump administration.Hannity has received several awards and honors, including a Marconi Award in 2003 and 2007. He received an honorary degree from Jerry Falwell, the chancellor of Liberty University in 2005, and a Freedom of Speech Award by Talkers Magazine in 2003. Hannity has written three books. His Let Freedom Ring: Winning the War of Liberty over Liberalism, Deliver Us from Evil: Defeating Terrorism, Despotism, and Liberalism, and Conservative Victory: Defeating Obamas Radical Agenda have all been New York Times Bestsellers.

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