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Hannity baselessly claims the Sierra Club criticized Obama's response to the oil spill as “worse than Katrina”

Written by Media Matters Staff

Published 05/04/10 3:03 PM EDT

From the May 3 edition of Fox News' Hannity:

Video file

Previously:

Hannity falsely claims that “for 10 days the government did nothing” about Gulf oil spill

Hannity complains oil spill is being politicized, then politicizes oil spill

Hannity, oil cleanup expert, tells us “there's a lot we could have done to contain this”

Hannity suggests media cut Obama slack on response to oil spill but were too harsh against Bush after 9-11, Katrina

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