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

Written by Media Matters Staff

Published 04/30/10 9:50 PM EDT

From the April 30 edition of Fox News' Hannity:

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Previously:

“Drill, baby, drill”: Fox News' environmental catastrophe

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

Hannity falsely claims Obama administration “sat back for 9 days and they did absolutely nothing” about oil spill

Media absurdly claim that oil spill is “Obama's Katrina”

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