Fri 9 Feb 2007
It seems that Debbie Schlussel is angry with Sean Hannity over his unattributed use of her original material over Imam Husham Al-Husainy repeatedly over several days on the Hannity & Colmes television show. [H/T: Independent Conservative who asks: Is Sean Hannity Stealing Your Content?]
Al-Husainy, of Dearborn, MI, was recently invited by Democrats to pray at their annual winter meeting. He has been previously identified as leading support for Hezbollah. Hannity, and others, are right to question that choice. Hot Air actually reports that the Imam’s prayer also implored God to “help us to stop the war and violence, and oppression and occupation.” [Any guesses which “occupation” is being referred to?]
Anyway, Debbie Schlussel has done extensive investigation on Al-Husainy, and it seems very puzzling why Hannity would not even acknowledge if this was the source of his material. The staff of H&C are free to book whatever guests they wish to comment on Al-Husainy they wish (even if the guest they choose might not be the most knowledgable source). But it’s unreasonable to use someone else’s work without at least acknowledging the source.
Let’s hope that H&C makes this right!
