USean Hannity kwiseti yeHannity kwisiXeko saseNew York.UPaul Zimmerman / Getty Izithombe Kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo, ndiye ndathetha ngombandela ophazamisayo kaSean Hannity, inkwenkwezi yeFox News, kunye nezibophelelo zakhe ezifihlakeleyo kulawulo lukaTrump. Ngokutyhilwa ukuba uHannity wabelana negqwetha kunye nomongameli-ekuthiwa uhlazekile uMichael Cohen, ngoku ongumdlali ophambili kuphando lweSebe lezoBulungisa kwi-White House kunye nemfihlo ye-Kremlin link-lixesha elifanelekileyo lokuba ubuze ukuba loluphi uhlobo lobuntatheli uHannity uyatyhala kwiFox News.
Ngapha koko, xa idityaniswa nefayile yam izityhilelo zangaphambili Ingxelo kaHannity yokuchazwa okungafunekiyo okubhalwe yingqondi yaseRussia njengeendaba, kunye nobudlelwane bakhe obufihlakeleyo neWikiLeaks-yatsho ngumongameli we-CIA kaMongameli uDonald Trump ukuba abeyikremlin ngaphambili- I-Fox News izenza umdlali hayi nje kulawulo lukaTrump, kodwa Ujoliso lwalo naluphi na uphando olunobulungisa nolulinganisiweyo. Njengoko benditshilo:
Ngokutyhilwa ukuba uCohen ligqwetha likaHannity, ngandlela thile akukho namnye kubo owayenqwenela ukuveza, kubaluleke nangakumbi ukuba iFox News ichaze ukuba kutheni igcina umntu osasaza iindaba zaseKremlin ngaphandle kwendlela yokuziphatha esemgangathweni. Ukuba bayasilela ukwenza njalo, inethiwekhi iyazibhengeza nakukuphononongwa kobukrelekrele ngokunjalo.
Ukumangaliswa komntu oye waqaphela ukuba inethiwekhi isebenza, iFox News yakhawuleza yagqiba ekubeni iindlela zikaHannity zokuziphatha kakubi malunga neCohen kwakungekho nto enkulu. Nganye ingxelo yayo Kwityala: Siwujongisisile lo mbandela kwaye sathetha noSean kwaye uyaqhubeka nokufumana inkxaso epheleleyo. Nangona kunjalo, umhlalutyi wenethiwekhi yakhe ucacisile ukuba uHannity wayecacile ukuba uphosakele, ethetha ngokuziphatha, ngokugqabaza amaxesha amaninzi emoyeni malunga noCohen, ngokungathandekiyo, ngaphandle kokuveza ubudlelwane bakhe naye.
Ezinye iingxelo azithandeki kwaphela kwinethiwekhi nakwimigangatho yayo yokuziphatha, endaweni yokunqongophala kwayo. into evanithi ngokuthambile kule veki kucatshulwe Abasebenzi abangaziwayo kwinethiwekhi malunga nento eyayibiza ngokuba yingxaki ebangelwa yiHannity: Le yeyona nto ihlazo endakha ndayibona, yatsho enye. Omnye wongezwa, Oku kubi. Iphula umthetho wonke wobuntatheli.
Oko kwathethi, akukho nzima ukuthandazela ukuba kutheni iHannity ihlala isemoyeni. Uyintloko eyintloko, isithethi esibalaseleyo senethiwekhi kunye nokuzoba ebusuku kubabukeli bayo be-pro-Trump. Ngapha koko, ubudlelwane obusondeleyo ngokumangalisayo kunye nale Ndlu yeWhite, kujongwa ngokungathandekiyo njengesixhobo sokufikelela kubuntatheli ngabantu bangaphandle, kubonakala ngathi kuqinisa isikhundla sakhe kwiFox News. Njengoko IWashington Post ixelwe Kule veki, uHannity uthetha rhoqo noTrump, esebenza njengomcebisi omkhulu kwiOval Office kwaye edlala indima ebalulekileyo kwimfazwe yemithombo yeendaba nxamnye neentshaba zikaTrump-ngaphezulu kwako konke uMcebisi oKhethekileyo uRobert Mueller kunye nophando lobudlelwane bomongameli baseKremlin. Inkwenkwezi yeFox News ngokusisiseko inedesika kwiNdlu yeWhite House, ucacisa omnye umcebisi kamongameli Thumela .
Ubuntatheli obuqhelekileyo, oku akunjalo. Kuba ndibalahlile amajelo osasazo ngenxa yokuthanda kwabo uMongameli uBarack Obama, evumela abasebenzi bakhe ukuba babadlale njengesixhobo, ngakumbi ngokubhekisele kumgaqo-nkqubo wezangaphandle, mandongeze ukuba ityala laseHannity lidlula kwawona manqaku asezantsi ngokwentembeko yobuntatheli. Ngokucacileyo iFox News iyonwabile ngokuvumela ubuntu bayo obukhokelayo basebenze njenge-propagandist yeTrump. Lixesha eliphezulu lokuba inethiwekhi isuse iindaba kwisihloko sayo ukuba iHannity ngumbono wayo wobuntatheli.
Okubi nangakumbi, iFox News ibonakala ingenakuphikiswa yinto yokuba uHannity akayena nje uTrump superfan-cum-consigliere; unonxibelelwano oluphazamisayo kwiKremlin kunye neearhente zayo. Ukusukela ukutyhala kukaHannity i-Russian-scripted disinformation kumaMelika kubikwa phantse unyaka, inethiwekhi ayinakuthi ayazi. I-Fox News ke ngoko yenza ukungazinzisi-kungasathethwa ke ukuba kuyingozi kwezopolitiko-ukukhetha ukuba kusetyenziswe i-witting cut-cut for the Kremlin's lie machine.
Mhlawumbi akukho zimanga apha kwaphela, nangona kunjalo. Kule veki, usasazo lwaseLatvia luchaze ibali elothusayo Malunga neFox News isebenza njani elizweni labo. Njengoko kuchaziwe kuphando lwasekhaya, iinguqulelo zolwimi lwesiRashiya zenkqubo yenethiwekhi ezisasazwa eLatvia aziguqulelwanga nje; zilungiselelwe umxholo kwicala le-pro-Kremlin. Ngokwengxelo, ecacisa imigaqo yangaphakathi yeFox News:
Abaguquleli kufuneka balandele izikhokelo zemibhalo engezantsi zerashiya ezifuna ukutyibilika okanye 'ukuthambisa umxholo' ngokubhekisele kwiingozi, ubudlelwane bobufanasini, 'ipropaganda echasene neRashiya,' iziyobisi, imisebenzi eyingozi kunye nokuzibulala. Umzekelo, abaguquleli bayalelwa ukuba 'bathambise' lonke ulwimi olubi malunga nenkqubo yomkhosi wase-Russia kunye nenkqubo yasemajukujukwini, imigaqo-nkqubo kamongameli wase-Russia kunye noorhulumente, ngelixa izicatshulwa ezilungileyo malunga nobudlelwane besini esifanayo kufuneka zenziwe zenziwe ngokubanzi ukuze babenokuthi ubudlelwane balo naluphi na uhlobo.
Masicace gca apha: Iindaba zeFox News zifuna ukuba umxholo wayo usasazwe kwilizwe elilungu le-NATO kunye ne-European Union ukuba ihlelwe ukuze ikholise ngakumbi kulawulo lukaVladimir Putin. Lo ayisiyonto incinci eLatvia, ilizwe elinabantu abazizigidi ezibini kuphela, ngaphezulu kwekota enye kubo bengabantu baseRussia. Olo bambalwa luqhele ukuxhaphazwa yiMoscow kwi-propaganda yayo ejolise kumda osempuma we-NATO. Iminyaka, i-Kremlin ibambe i Ingcwangu, ulwazi olugcweleyo ngemfazwe ngokuchasene neLatvia, izama ukubangela iyantlukwano kwelo lizwe ngokwenza ukuba iRussia encinci incinci izive ikhetheke kwaye inyaniseke ngakumbi eMoscow kuneRiga. Kwi-extremis, abantu abaninzi baseLatvia banexhala, eli phulo linobungozi be-disinformation linokuba sisandulela Uhlaselo lwenene lwaseRussia -Siganeko esenzeke amatyeli aliqela kwimbali yelizwe elincinci.
Iindaba zeFox News ngokungathandabuzekiyo kwicala leKremlin kolu lwazi lomlo nxamnye neLatvia encinci-kunye nehlabathi liphela laseNtshona. Ayisiyiyo nje le nto iFox News ikhazimla kumazwe aseBaltic afanelwe kukujongwa. Iingxelo zenethiwekhi eLatvia kubaphulaphuli baseNtshona-umzekelo kwinyanga ephelileyo yanyanzela ubuxoki baseRussia obucacileyo yaze yacaphula iZiko loPhando kuHlabathi, i-Kremlin engaziwayo ngaphambili —Ngokufanayo kufanele ukuba kwenziwe uphando.
Ngaphezulu kwako konke, amaMelika kufuneka abuze ukuba loluphi ulwalamano lweFox News 'nolawulo lukaPutin. Yenye into ukuvumela kwaziwe abachazi NjengoSean Hannity ukutyhala ubuxoki obenziwe ngamaRussia emoyeni; kubi ngakumbi ukunika iMoscow ulawulo lokuhlelwa kwengxelo yayo. Ukuba iindaba zeFox News zithambekisa iindaba kwicala le-pro-Kremlin kwimpembelelo yezopolitiko kuluntu olukhululekileyo kunye nentando yesininzi njengeLatvia, banokuyenza naphina.
UJohn Schindler yingcali yezokhuseleko kunye nomhlalutyi wangaphambili weSebe lezoKhuseleko kuZwelonke.
