Posted on 03/17/2017 4:58:19 PM PDT by Kaslin
In the last 36 hours, CNN and the Fox News Channel (FNC) came to blows following a report by CNN media reporter Dylan Byers that FNC host Sean Hannity whipped out a gun and pointed it at Juan Williams following a heated debate last year on the set of his eponymous show.
Since then, both Hannity and Williams vehemently downplayed the story, suggesting no one was harmed. Williams went as far as to slam Byers for making the story “sensationalized – everything was under total control throughout and I never felt like I was put in harm’s way.”
“It was clear that Sean put my safety and security above all else and we continue to be great friends,” Williams added in the second of two tweets.
Here’s what Byers reported in his story (which also delved into how and what Hannity says on Twitter late at night):
Still, Hannity's version of entertainment can go too far. Last year, after ending one of his many spirited on-air arguments with liberal contributor Juan Williams, Hannity pulled out a gun and pointed it directly at Williams, according to three sources with knowledge of the incident. He even turned on the laser sight, causing a red dot to bob around on Williams' body. (Hannity was just showing off, the sources said, but the unforeseen off-camera antic clearly disturbed Williams and others on set.)
For the record: Hannity's colleagues brought the Williams incident to the attention of Fox News executives, though it's not clear whether anything came of it. The sources said it went to Bill Shine, the network's co-president and longtime Fox News executive, who is Hannity's longtime friend and a former producer. A Fox News spokesperson said the incident was referred to the legal and human resources departments.
Byers was also kind enough to include a statement from Hannity giving his side of the story:
While discussing the issue of firearms, I showed my good friend Juan Williams my unloaded firearm in a professional and safe manner for educational purposes only,” Hannity said in a statement. “Every precautionary procedure that I have been trained in since the age of 11 was followed. I’ve had a conceal carry permit in five states for all of my adult life. Any other interpretation of this is outright false reporting.”
Nonetheless, Hannity later ripped into Byers on Twitter and resorting to explicit language to deny the story and then tweeting stories from The American Spectator and World Net Daily about the scuffle:
Needless to say, with Hannity facing off against a liberal media reporter like Byers, this scuffle is unlikely to end anytime soon.
If true, pretty stupid. You don't point a gun at anything you don't intend to kill or destroy.
Ignoring the FACT that Juan said it was a nothingburger and he never feared any harm, whatsoever.
Is Hannity being Alinskyed? He’s been under attack like never before.
“Came to blows”
LOL, the visualization of some of those folks in a fist fight makes me howl...
This should get Hannity more viewers. Who doesn’t want to pull a gun on Juan?
Not true.
“Since then, both Hannity and Williams vehemently downplayed the story, suggesting no one was harmed. Williams went as far as to slam Byers for making the story sensationalized everything was under total control throughout and I never felt like I was put in harms way.
It was clear that Sean put my safety and security above all else and we continue to be great friends, Williams added in the second of two tweets.”
Of course not. And that is why President Trump calls the Clinton News Network “Fake News”
So what’s wrong with John Poderetz? He’s in a twitter feed saying Sean could go to jail. I don’t believe for a second Sean Hannity pulled a gun on Juan Williams. More fake news and now our side (or our former side) is pushing fake news.
So what’s wrong with John Poderetz? He’s in a twitter feed saying Sean could go to jail. I don’t believe for a second Sean Hannity pulled a gun on Juan Williams. More fake news and now our side (or our former side) is pushing fake news.
Sounds like a little joke that only a nut would take seriously.
Some gangsters i knew from the pizzeria pulled up to me at a red light one time, rolled down the window, pulled out a gun and shot a blank.
I wasn’t scared for a second. They weren’t gonna kill someone in broad daylight and i knew it was a joke.
Not the brightest gangsters if they thought it was gonna scare me.
Someone I DONT KNOW, that’s different.
If Juan says he’s cool, and Sean says he’s cool, then what’s the problem?
Oh, I know, fake news for Ad revenue.
5.56mm
I seriously doubt he pointed his gun at him, as in brandishing.
The most fake NEWS of ALL!!!!
I’ve heard him talking lately about how he really likes Twitter because he can take the morons head-on and say what he likes, much more than on the air.
Hannity”s been studying karate for the past few years and seems to think he’s pretty tough now, judging by the way he talks about it on the show.
It would be like shooting a puppy.
It’s possible that he may have pulled back his jacket or something and revealed his personal carry and this somehow over the years has morphed into .... Pulled out his gun and pointed it at Williams.
To be honest I have nothing against Juan Williams. The two I can’t stand and wished Fox News would get rid of are Rivera and Shepard Smith. I always mute my TV when they are on, and don’t look at the TV until they are gone.
“Hannitys been studying karate for the past few years”
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Nope, not karate.
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