Meet John Solomon, Hannity's favorite journalist

[Ted Frazier]

Articles written by "John Solomon" of The Hill are frequently cited by conservatives in this board. Solomon started the now-debunked claim that James Comey's leaked memo contained classified information.
It turns out that Solomon is Sean Hannity's favorite guest, and there is more right-wingnuttery in his background:

Solomon is one of Sean Hannity’s main sources for pushback against accusations of the Trump campaign’s possible collusion with Russian officials. Solomon has appeared on Sean Hannity’s Fox News television program “four times in June and four in May,” according to Nieman Lab. Hannity frequently cites Solomon’s reports to tamp down accusations of the Trump campaign’s possible collusion with Russia during the 2016 presidential election or the administration’s general improper behavior. On May 9, Hannity boosted one of Solomon’s reports to distract from fired national security adviser Michael Flynn’s contacts with Russian officials and instead hyped Trump’s claims that someone in former President Barack Obama’s administration unlawfully unmasked Flynn. [Nieman Lab, 7/5/17; Media Matters, 5/9/17]

Solomon’s former publication, Circa, is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, which may have made an agreement with the Trump campaign for “straighter coverage.”Politico reported that Sinclair Broadcast Group, which owns the publication for which Solomon formerly reported, “struck a deal” with the Trump campaign in which Sinclair affiliates “would broadcast [Sinclair’s] Trump interviews across the country without commentary” in exchange for more access to then-presidential candidate Trump. [Politico, 12/16/16]

Despite conservative media claims, James Comey didn't leak classified information to NY Times

 

[Eloy]

Articles written by "John Solomon" of The Hill are frequently cited by conservatives in this board. Solomon started the now-debunked claim that James Comey's leaked memo contained classified information.
It turns out that Solomon is Sean Hannity's favorite guest, and there is more right-wingnuttery in his background:

Solomon is one of Sean Hannity’s main sources for pushback against accusations of the Trump campaign’s possible collusion with Russian officials. Solomon has appeared on Sean Hannity’s Fox News television program “four times in June and four in May,” according to Nieman Lab. Hannity frequently cites Solomon’s reports to tamp down accusations of the Trump campaign’s possible collusion with Russia during the 2016 presidential election or the administration’s general improper behavior. On May 9, Hannity boosted one of Solomon’s reports to distract from fired national security adviser Michael Flynn’s contacts with Russian officials and instead hyped Trump’s claims that someone in former President Barack Obama’s administration unlawfully unmasked Flynn. [Nieman Lab, 7/5/17; Media Matters, 5/9/17]

Solomon’s former publication, Circa, is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, which may have made an agreement with the Trump campaign for “straighter coverage.”Politico reported that Sinclair Broadcast Group, which owns the publication for which Solomon formerly reported, “struck a deal” with the Trump campaign in which Sinclair affiliates “would broadcast [Sinclair’s] Trump interviews across the country without commentary” in exchange for more access to then-presidential candidate Trump. [Politico, 12/16/16]

Despite conservative media claims, James Comey didn't leak classified information to NY Times

John Solomon was editor-in-chief of the hard-right Moonie Washington Times. Need we know any more?

 

[tinydancer]

Why is this in Politics and not in Media?

 

[tinydancer]

As to media reports, what I have read across the board is that the prick asshole Comey had memos that contained classified information. Not that the leaked memo contained classified information. BUT if you want to now try to take on Solomon AND Hannity you better be really careful.

 

[blastoff]

Meanwhile, the entire universe of lefty loons has the Created News Network, the NY Times, and WaPo just for starters. Anyone care to add up their combined list of recent retractions or reports that tuned out to be bogus?