Sean Hannity: People say, “‘Hannity, you said you’re not a journalist.’ I’m not”

Sean Hannity: People say, “‘Hannity, you said you’re not a journalist.’ I’m not”

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Citation From the January 6, 2022, edition of Premiere Radio Network's The Sean Hannity Show 

SEAN HANNITY (HOST): Talking to people, sources, as I often do as a member of the press, as a talk show host. “Hannity, you say you're not a journalist." You're right, I'm a talk show host. We do straight news. I can produce thousands and thousands of hours on radio and TV. Straight news, no opinion. We do investigative reporting: Obama's radical associations, the Russia-Trump conspiracy hoax, and we were -- we were proven right on every point. We do investigative reporting, we do straight reporting.

We do opinion. I don't hide who I am. I tell you straight up, I'm a conservative, a registered conservative. And I tell you the people that I support and the people that I don't support. Can't be any more honest than that. We also do culture. We do sports. We talk about everything.

In other words, what I do as a member of the press is like the whole -- I'm the whole package. “Hannity, you said you're not a journalist." I'm not. I'm a talk show host. As a member of the press, talk show host. A lot of people don't know what I do for a living, it's pretty funny.