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Is it possible to defend Keith Olbermann and Sean Hannity at the same time?
 
Yes â€" if they agree on a common principle. And in this case, though they both may deny it, they should agree on this principle: Both of them, as openly partisan hosts (Olbermann a liberal Democrat and Hannity a conservative Republican) should have the right to make donations to candidates or causes they believe in.
 
In fact, Fox has no problem with Hannity making political contributions because management makes no pretense that Fox’s evening shows are objective news-reporting programs that should be held to journalistic rules of political neutrality. Fox makes a distinction between its news organization â€" including such widely respected national political reporters as Carl Cameron, Jim Angel and Wendell Golar â€" and its political evening shows.

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