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Fox News host Sean Hannity dedicated a segment of his Thursday show to deliver a message to Pope Leo XIV, suggesting he and others at the Vatican had totally lost sight of the true meaning of the bible and its teachings.

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[–] SailorFuzz@lemmy.world 237 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

Hannity thinks he (and Trump) knows more about how the Bible should be read and interpreted than the Pope?.......

Do these people even hear themselves?

[–] spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 125 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Doesn't matter. Magats hear, believe and obey.

[–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 25 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's not so much MAGATs. How can the news allow people to say stuff like this to the public.

The real issue is our quality expectations to the news distribution

[–] SquareScarletCougar@lemmy.world 49 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Its because its not news. They have the title of news outlet. However they are a conservative commentary channel, and they don't consider facts, neutrality or decour.

Even they have admitted that they are not news: "In 2020, Fox News successfully defended a defamation lawsuit involving Tucker Carlson by arguing that his program was primarily entertainment rather than factual reporting"

https://truthlytics.com/module-9-the-fox-news-defense-and-the-boundaries-between-journalism-and-entertainment/

[–] Enkrod@feddit.org 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

And that no reasonable person would mistake it for actual news.

[–] Zoot@reddthat.com 3 points 3 weeks ago

Which is profoundly stupid, how hard would it have been to get 50 people who all believe fox news is and only is factual news.

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 28 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

This is pretext for their base, to justify the Pope's upcoming assassination by the US government.

[–] clucose@lemmy.ml 30 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Macchi_the_Slime@piefed.blahaj.zone 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That's Vice President J(ust killed )D(a Pope) Vance for ya!

[–] MousePotatoDoesStuff@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Macchi_the_Slime@piefed.blahaj.zone 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Nah I like "Da Pope" better for the D, good effort though.

[–] MousePotatoDoesStuff@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Oooooh. I thought it was "Just killed d a pope". Forgot about "da". Thanks for clarifying!

[–] Macchi_the_Slime@piefed.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh nah it's cool! No worries. Yours is a good enough way to do it. Like I said I just like "Da Pope" better for the D, especially now with Pope Leo being from Chicago.

Thanks! I like yours better now that I understand it, tho.

[–] 20cello@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

That's a case I didn't consider yet

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

The US are going to bomb the Vatican and send in the special forces to abduct the pope. It's what they do.

[–] HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 18 points 3 weeks ago

I mean, this is pretty much a protestant viewpoint so... who cares?

[–] 20cello@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

They only hear the sound of cash flowing in their pockets

[–] Iusedtobeanalien@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Yes they don't care

Religion is a cloak they wear, they don't really believe it

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 3 weeks ago

It's quite interesting how close hannity is to trump, he has seen having golf meetings with him

[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 weeks ago

I mean MAGA is mostly made up of Protestants/Evangelicals. There was kinda a whole thing about thinking the pope was wrong