Tonight, after a day of multiple major news stories, all of them bad for Donald Trump and the Republicans, Sean Hannity devoted virtually all of his hour-long Fox program to televising a Trump political rally in Louisiana. Hannity had zero coverage of Republican election losses, just released transcripts of impeachment witnesses, the Sondland flip flop, adverse court rulings, Barr's refusal to declare Trump innocent, and the opening statement of the prosecutor in the Roger Stone perjury trial. And that is only a partial list of blockbuster news that Hannity missed or chose to ignore.
This same scenario has been repeated several times in recent weeks; Hannity opting to have his program pre-empted by Trump political rallies featuring long, rambling, profane diatribes by the President, promoting local candidates and highlighting his own worthiness for re-election and by short pitches from the local politicos.
Since this coverage is patently political, not to be confused with time set aside by networks for important pronouncements by presidents on topics of national concern, my question: is this not an in kind contribution by the Fox Network to the Trump campaign; has it been reported as such and is it permissible under FCC regulations and campaign finance laws?
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