1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:02,440 Speaker 1: A lot of you want to hear from me about 2 00:00:02,480 --> 00:00:04,960 Speaker 1: what has been going on at the Fox News Channel. 3 00:00:05,840 --> 00:00:11,720 Speaker 1: And I really, honestly and truly don't have any insight 4 00:00:12,360 --> 00:00:15,480 Speaker 1: that I can offer you above and beyond that which 5 00:00:15,560 --> 00:00:19,240 Speaker 1: is being reported. And you say, well, Hannity, how's that possible. 6 00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:21,079 Speaker 1: You work there, You've been working there twenty one and 7 00:00:21,079 --> 00:00:24,439 Speaker 1: a half years. You know, the answer is, I don't 8 00:00:24,520 --> 00:00:27,600 Speaker 1: know the nature of the allegations. I'm not aware of 9 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:32,000 Speaker 1: whether they're true or not as it relates to Bill O'Reilly. Um. 10 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:35,199 Speaker 1: And here's something that probably will surprise a lot of you. 11 00:00:35,479 --> 00:00:38,559 Speaker 1: I do most of my work every day across the 12 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:40,720 Speaker 1: street from the Fox News Channel. I I don't pay 13 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:43,880 Speaker 1: a lot of attention to other people's hours because I'd 14 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:45,839 Speaker 1: like to get my hour the way I want to 15 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:47,879 Speaker 1: get it every night, and that is to put the 16 00:00:47,880 --> 00:00:53,240 Speaker 1: best news and information programming in the most entertaining way 17 00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:56,960 Speaker 1: on the air for all of you. UM. So, if 18 00:00:57,000 --> 00:01:00,360 Speaker 1: you're asking, you know, do I have any particular insight 19 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:05,000 Speaker 1: is to what it happened. No, I don't know. Um, 20 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:07,240 Speaker 1: I don't know the nature of all of this. I 21 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:10,039 Speaker 1: don't know the accuracy of the accusations. I don't know 22 00:01:10,680 --> 00:01:14,040 Speaker 1: what was discovered in the investigation. Nobody ever talked to me. 23 00:01:15,319 --> 00:01:19,760 Speaker 1: I maybe see Bill O'Reilly once a year, and we 24 00:01:19,760 --> 00:01:22,280 Speaker 1: weren't particularly close in the time that we've been there. 25 00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:25,200 Speaker 1: Our hours have always been very different, and we just, 26 00:01:26,040 --> 00:01:28,680 Speaker 1: you know, I just don't see the guy. And maybe 27 00:01:28,680 --> 00:01:31,520 Speaker 1: that surprises a lot of you. Two. Um, he would 28 00:01:31,560 --> 00:01:34,240 Speaker 1: take a show earlier in the day, and and for 29 00:01:34,440 --> 00:01:36,360 Speaker 1: most of the years I've been a Fox I do 30 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:39,160 Speaker 1: a live program. So what does it mean for the 31 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:42,759 Speaker 1: Fox News Channel? I I don't know. I know that 32 00:01:43,080 --> 00:01:46,920 Speaker 1: my show is not going to change. I know that 33 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:49,200 Speaker 1: I've read a lot online and even a New York 34 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:53,520 Speaker 1: Times reporter suggesting, Wow, this could be it for Hannity. Now, 35 00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:57,360 Speaker 1: there is a an environment that I think we do 36 00:01:57,560 --> 00:02:02,160 Speaker 1: need to discuss, and that is the ironman of it's worth. 37 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:08,360 Speaker 1: Like in politics, I've I've often argued we're criminalizing political differences. 38 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:11,920 Speaker 1: There is an environment and I've told you about this 39 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:15,480 Speaker 1: for years that all of us in radio and television 40 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:19,400 Speaker 1: work in now and there's a reason all these years 41 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:24,160 Speaker 1: I've never supported Boycott's and I've been asked by many 42 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:26,680 Speaker 1: fellow conservatives over the years, and we want you to 43 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:29,760 Speaker 1: support our boycott, and my answer is always the same, 44 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:33,560 Speaker 1: it's no. And the answer is because boycotts, more often 45 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:36,959 Speaker 1: than not, are gonna be used against conservatives, and it's 46 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:39,600 Speaker 1: a weapon that's used that if they can attack people's 47 00:02:39,639 --> 00:02:44,560 Speaker 1: advertisers and financially a show takes a hit and it's 48 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:49,320 Speaker 1: not as financially viable, then there is a a greater 49 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:53,120 Speaker 1: likelihood that that voice of that individual can be silenced. 50 00:02:53,639 --> 00:02:58,120 Speaker 1: Now they're legitimate boycott's. I guess there are. Um, I 51 00:02:58,160 --> 00:03:00,840 Speaker 1: don't participate in them because I believe at the end 52 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:03,520 Speaker 1: of the day, conservatives will be victimized by the use 53 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:07,040 Speaker 1: of the more often than liberals. So, but the environment 54 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:10,240 Speaker 1: is this, And just so you know and are keenly aware, 55 00:03:10,280 --> 00:03:12,520 Speaker 1: I guess somebody wrote me the Glenn Beck said today, well, 56 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:17,800 Speaker 1: Hannity's next. Well, I mean, if it's true, Um whatever, 57 00:03:17,919 --> 00:03:21,919 Speaker 1: I don't it's news to me. I don't know where 58 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:24,639 Speaker 1: that's coming from, or where the New York Times guy 59 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:27,679 Speaker 1: is coming from, but I do know politically, there are 60 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:30,080 Speaker 1: lots of people on the left that would love to 61 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:34,280 Speaker 1: see me gone and love to have my voice silenced. 62 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:38,400 Speaker 1: And I have known this my entire career. And I 63 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:43,680 Speaker 1: have conducted myself accordingly with that full knowledge and understanding. 64 00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:46,760 Speaker 1: I have known for years and years on this program 65 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:50,680 Speaker 1: that there are people that are paid, literally paid to 66 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:54,680 Speaker 1: monitor every word I say three hours a day every 67 00:03:54,760 --> 00:03:58,240 Speaker 1: day on radio, and monitor every word I say on 68 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:02,440 Speaker 1: the Fox News Channel, and monitor every comment I make 69 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:05,240 Speaker 1: on any other show that I might happen to appear on. 70 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:07,600 Speaker 1: And I know what their hope is. Their hope in 71 00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:10,560 Speaker 1: their prayer is that that I might say one word, 72 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:15,240 Speaker 1: one phrase, one sentence, make one sentiment that is deemed 73 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:18,640 Speaker 1: politically incorrect by them, and then they could use that 74 00:04:18,760 --> 00:04:22,880 Speaker 1: as an ability to either a attack my advertisers or 75 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:26,080 Speaker 1: to be just get me outright fired. And so that 76 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:30,160 Speaker 1: is you know, does it stifle my freedom of speech? No, 77 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:32,960 Speaker 1: it really doesn't. There's nothing that I think that I 78 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:36,640 Speaker 1: want to say that I don't convey to you. You know, 79 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:41,760 Speaker 1: sometimes am I careful in choosing the right words to 80 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:45,960 Speaker 1: say and convey exactly what I want to say and 81 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:48,840 Speaker 1: convey to you? Yeah? I understand the nature of the 82 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:51,839 Speaker 1: environment that we're living in, But this it's kind of chilling. 83 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:53,760 Speaker 1: You know, how many years have I said on this 84 00:04:53,880 --> 00:04:57,200 Speaker 1: program that for as much as I despise Bill Maher. 85 00:04:58,120 --> 00:05:01,280 Speaker 1: Bill Maher in many ways is good for America. And 86 00:05:01,279 --> 00:05:03,160 Speaker 1: you say, Hannity, how could you say that? I hate 87 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:05,640 Speaker 1: that guy because he kind of says anything he wants 88 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:09,039 Speaker 1: and he gets away with it, and sometimes it shocks 89 00:05:09,080 --> 00:05:12,400 Speaker 1: people and sometimes it annoys people. But if he can 90 00:05:12,440 --> 00:05:14,440 Speaker 1: get away with saying anything he wants, that, I think 91 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:17,800 Speaker 1: conservatives Cannon should be allowed to say the things that 92 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:21,599 Speaker 1: they want. I'm just telling you all of this because A. 93 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:25,839 Speaker 1: I don't have any more details to share. I don't know. 94 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:30,320 Speaker 1: I've not talked to Bill O'Reilly. I don't know him 95 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:32,960 Speaker 1: that well. I haven't seen him very often in the 96 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:39,000 Speaker 1: last twenty one years. It's we would never really particularly close. UM. 97 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:41,360 Speaker 1: Without giving a lot of details away. I mean, there's 98 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:44,039 Speaker 1: there's nothing here. Just I do my show, He does 99 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:46,719 Speaker 1: his show. That's basically what it came down to. And 100 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:51,239 Speaker 1: I had no feelings whatsoever any way for him. UM. 101 00:05:51,279 --> 00:05:55,119 Speaker 1: I think it's hard for anybody to go out like this. UM. 102 00:05:55,160 --> 00:05:57,800 Speaker 1: Does he deserve And Willie at some point be given 103 00:05:57,839 --> 00:05:59,960 Speaker 1: a platform to maybe give his side of the store. 104 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:02,279 Speaker 1: I guess he will be, and I think that's fair. 105 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:05,239 Speaker 1: And will he show up at another network at some point. 106 00:06:05,279 --> 00:06:07,800 Speaker 1: I don't know. I actually probably tend to doubt it, 107 00:06:07,960 --> 00:06:11,120 Speaker 1: But from my standpoint, I'm just I think it's important 108 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:14,080 Speaker 1: we all understand what's going on here too. There is 109 00:06:14,440 --> 00:06:18,839 Speaker 1: a battle, a conflict, and those of us that give 110 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:23,040 Speaker 1: news and information, and we're so separated from the left wing, 111 00:06:23,120 --> 00:06:27,599 Speaker 1: all left propaganda, destroy Trump media. There's nothing more than 112 00:06:27,760 --> 00:06:31,440 Speaker 1: leftists would want to do than to silence every single, 113 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:35,960 Speaker 1: at least effective conservative voice that they can. And I 114 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:38,960 Speaker 1: do believe you need to understand the environment that we 115 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:41,320 Speaker 1: work in every day. And that would be me. That 116 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:44,360 Speaker 1: would be anybody on the Fox News Channel. Frankly, that 117 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:47,480 Speaker 1: would be Mark Levin, thank me, I'll say it. Nobody 118 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:51,000 Speaker 1: else will say it. That would be Rush Limbaugh. That 119 00:06:51,040 --> 00:06:54,599 Speaker 1: would be Glenn Beck, that would be Laura Ingram, that 120 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:58,279 Speaker 1: would be any of us that do this for a living.