{"id":30698,"date":"2017-04-24T15:09:33","date_gmt":"2017-04-24T19:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=30698"},"modified":"2017-04-24T15:14:37","modified_gmt":"2017-04-24T19:14:37","slug":"using-false-accusations-to-silence-opposing-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=30698","title":{"rendered":"Using False Accusations To Silence Opposing Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bill O’Reilly<\/a> has departed from Fox News<\/a> amid charges of sexual harassment and payoffs for past charges of sexual harassment. The departure of Bill O’Reilly was the result of an orchestrated attack to convince advertisers to withdraw their advertising from the show. It had much more to do with politics than it did with sexual harassment (story here<\/a>). Now that Bill O’Reilly is gone, the attack has moved to Sean Hannity<\/a>, another very popular host on Fox News.<\/p>\n

Yesterday The Blaze<\/a> reported the latest events.<\/p>\n

The article reports on the accuser:<\/p>\n

The radio segment started with Campbell (Pat Campbell, an Oklahoma<\/a> radio talk show host<\/a>) asking Schlussel (attorney\/blogger Debbie Schlussel<\/a>) if she experienced or witnessed any inappropriate behavior during her time at Fox News. \u201cOnly by Sean Hannity, not by Bill O\u2019Reilly,\u201d Schlussel replied.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Campbell jumped on that statement and asked Schlussel to explain. The lawyer proceeded to launch into a rambling, nearly eight-minute monologue with a laundry list of charges against Hannity, Fox News executive Bill Shine<\/a>, Hannity\u2019s replacement hosts and several women working at Fox News who Schlussel called \u201cfixers for Roger Ailes<\/a>.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

At the core of Schlussel\u2019s charges is her claim \u00a0that Hannity attempted to get her to come to his hotel room before and after his appearance in Detroit. Schlussel alleges her refusal to accept Hannity\u2019s invitation doomed her from future appearances on the popular program.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sean Hannity was very clear in his response to those accusations:<\/p>\n

\u201cLET ME BE CLEAR \u2013 THE COMMENTS ABOUT ME ON A RADIO SHOW THIS WEEK by this individual are 100% false and a complete fabrication.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This individual is a serial harasser who has been lying about me for well over a decade. The individual has a history of making provably false statements against me in an effort to slander, smear and besmirch my reputation.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The individual has not just slandered me over the years but many people who this individual disagrees with.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This individual desperately seeks attention by any means necessary, including making unfounded personal attacks and using indefensible and outrageous political rhetoric.<\/strong><\/p>\n

My patience with this individual is over. I have retained a team of some of the finest and toughest lawyers in the country who are now in the process of laying out the legal course of action we will be taking against this individual.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In this fiercely divided & vindictive political climate, I will no longer allow slander and lies about me to go unchallenged, as I see a coordinated effort afoot to now silence those with conservative views. I will fight every single lie about me by all legal means available to me as an American.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article at The Blaze also notes that this woman had previously made false accusations against Hannity for his activities with the Freedom Alliance<\/a>.<\/p>\n

There is an attempt by the political left<\/a> to shut down any conservative media that is having an impact. In this world of political correctness and lawfare, it is relatively easy to make accusations that will tie a person up for years with legal actions that will be very expensive. The best way to handle this behavior is to expose it whenever it appears. Hopefully the lawyers that Sean Hannity has hired will be able to teach an object lesson about false accusations and using lawsuits to stop opposing speech.<\/p>\n

UPDATE (from Western Journalism<\/a>):<\/p>\n

Schlussel clarified her accusation in a Monday interview with LawNewz<\/a>. She now insists that Hannity\u2019s actions did not constitute \u201csexual harassment,\u201d but they were still \u201ccreepy\u201d nonetheless.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI would never accuse him of that. Sexual harassment has a special meaning under the law, and I would never accuse him of that,\u201d Schlussel said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI never thought I was sexually harassed by\u00a0Sean Hannity, I thought he was weird and creepy not someone I liked,\u201d\u00a0she added.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Simply amazing. A good lawyer is worth his weight in gold!<\/p>\n

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