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Who is Sean Hannity?
A: Sean Patrick Hannity is an American talk show host and conservative political commentator.

Hannity is the host of what nationally syndicated talk radio show?
A: The Sean Hannity Show.

He also hosts what cable news show?
A: Hannity, on Fox News.

Hannity has received several awards and honors, including an honorary degree from where?
A: Liberty University.

How many best selling books has he written?
A: Three.

Hannity has promoted falsehoods and conspiracy theories, such as what?
A: Casting doubt on Barack Obama's birthplace, promoting conspiracy theories about the murder of Seth Rich, and reporting false stories about Hillary Clinton's health.

He was an early supporter of whom?
A: Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election.

 
Since Trump's election, Hannity has often acted as a what?
A: A conduit for Trump's messaging, criticizing the media and attacking the special counsel inquiry.

When does he speak to the president on the phone?
A: On most weeknights.

He has spoken at the president's lectern during a what?
A: A Trump rally and White House advisors have characterized him as the "shadow" chief-of-staff.

According to Forbes, by 2018 Hannity had become one of the most-watched hosts in what?
A: Cable news and most-listened-to hosts in talk radio due to his close friendship and access to President Donald Trump.

Where was Sean Hannity born?
A: In New York City, New York.

Who are his parents?
A: He is the son of Lillian (Flynn) and Hugh Hannity.

Lillian worked as a what?
A: A stenographer and a corrections officer at a county jail.

 
Hugh was a what?
A: A family-court officer.

He is the youngest of how many siblings?
A: Four.

Hannity has been married to whom since 1993?
A: Jill Rhodes.

They have how many children?
A: Two.

In 2018, Forbes estimated that Hannity's annual income was what?
A: $36 million.

In 2014 he said that he has carried a weapon how long?
A: "More than half my adult life".

All of his grandparents immigrated to the United States from where?
A: Ireland.

 
Where did he grow up?
A: In Franklin Square, New York.

He attended New York University, UC Santa Barbara, and Adelphi University, but did not what?
A: Graduate.

Hannity attended college for two years, dropping out due to what?
A: Financial issues.

In 1982 what did he start?
A: A house-painting business.

A few years later he worked as a what?
A: A building contractor in Santa Barbara, California.

When did he host his first talk radio show?
A: In 1989 at the volunteer college station at UC Santa Barbara, KCSB-FM, while working as a general contractor.

Hannity's weekly show on KCSB was canceled after how long?
A: Less than a year.

 
This was after two shows in which gay and lesbian rights were discussed in what was considered to be what?
A: A contentious manner.

After leaving KCSB, Hannity placed an ad in radio publications, presenting himself as what?
A: "The most talked about college radio host in America."

Radio station WVNN in Athens, Alabama (part of the Huntsville market), then hired him for what?
A: To be the afternoon talk show host.

From Huntsville, he moved to WGST in Atlanta in 1992, filling the slot vacated by whom?
A: Neal Boortz, who had moved to competing station WSB.

In September 1996, Fox News co-founder Roger Ailes hired the then relatively unknown Hannity to host what?
A: A television program under the working title Hannity and LTBD ("liberal to be determined").

Alan Colmes was then hired to co-host and the show debuted as what?
A: Hannity & Colmes.

Later that year, Hannity left WGST for New York, where WABC had him do what?
A: Substitute for their afternoon drive time host during Christmas week.

 
In January 1997, WABC put Hannity on the air full-time, giving him what?
A: The late-night time slot.

Hannity's radio program is a conservative political talk show that features what?
A: Hannity's opinions and ideology related to current issues and politicians.

When did the Sean Hannity Show begin national syndication?
A: On September 10, 2001, on over 500 stations nationwide.

In 2004, Hannity signed a $25-million five-year contract extension with whom?
A: ABC Radio (now Citadel Media) to continue the show until 2009.

In June 2007, ABC Radio was sold to Citadel Communications and in the summer of 2008, Hannity was signed for a what?
A: A $100 million five-year contract.

As of March 2018, the program is heard by how many listeners a week?
A: Over 13.5 million.

When did Hannity sign a long-term contract to remain with Premiere Networks?
A: In September 2013.

 
Hannity was a co-host of Hannity & Colmes, a what?
A: An American political "point-counterpoint"-style television program on the Fox News Channel featuring Hannity and Alan Colmes as co-hosts.

Hannity presented the conservative point of view with Colmes providing what?
A: The liberal viewpoint.

In January 2007, Hannity began a new Sunday night what?
A: Television show on Fox News, Hannity's America.

In November 2008, Colmes announced what?
A: His departure from Hannity & Colmes.

After the show's final broadcast on January 9, 2009, Hannity took over the time slot with what?
A: His own new show, Hannity, which has a format similar to Hannity's America.

Hannity executive produced and appeared in what 2017 film?
A: Let There Be Light, which also stars Kevin Sorbo.

From 2003 until 2010, Hannity hosted country music-themed what?
A: "Freedom Concerts" to raise money for charity.

 
In 2010, conservative blogger Debbie Schlussel wrote that only a small percentage of the money raised by the concerts goes to what?
A: The target charity, Freedom Alliance.

Hannity has been criticized for promoting what?
A: Birtherism, among other conspiracy theories, and has disputed claims regarding voter fraud in the 2016 presidential election.

He has also been criticized for being overly supportive of whom?
A: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.

Hannity has promoted the idea of a "deep state", which he describes as what?
A: A "Shadow Government", a network of government officials that is working to hinder the Trump administration.

According to The Washington Post, Hannity " does what?
A: Repeatedly embraces storylines that prove to be inaccurate" and takes positions that change over time.

Trump went after a federal judge of Mexican descent, and Hannity did what?
A: Backed him.

After the inauguration, the first interview the new president gave to a cable news channel went to whom?
A: Hannity."

 
Hannity also defended the Trump administration's false claim that what?
A: Trump's inauguration crowd was the biggest ever.

During the 2016 presidential election, Hannity periodically promoted conspiracy theories regarding whom?
A: Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party.

Hannity repeatedly claimed that Clinton had what?
A: Very serious medical problems and that the media was covering them up.

He misrepresented what to give the impression that she had secret medical problems?
A: Photos of Clinton.

He shared a photo from the fringe news site Gateway Pundit and falsely claimed that it showed her Secret Service agent holding a diazepam pen intended to treat seizures, when he in fact was holding a what?
A: A small flashlight.

Hannity came under criticism during the 2016 presidential election for false claims about what?
A: Election rigging during interviews.

In 2010, Sean Hannity said what about wikileaks?
A: He stated that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was waging a "war" on the United States, and that Wikileaks put American lives in "jeopardy" and "danger" around the world.

 
He also criticized the Obama administration for what?
A: For failing to apprehend Assange.

In 2016, after Wikileaks published leaked emails from the Democratic National Committee, what did Hannity do?
A: He praised Assange for showing "how corrupt, dishonest and phony our government is".

What did he tell Assange in a September 2016 interview?
A: "I do hope you get free one day. I wish you the best."

In May 2017, Hannity made an offer to Assange to do what?
A: To guest host his Fox News TV show.

 
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