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Fox News Amazingly Calls Trump Indictment ‘Dangerous New Era’

You are kidding, right?

B Kean
5 min readApr 1, 2023
Photo by Mpumelelo Macu on Unsplash

Sean Hannity spent a good portion of his show yesterday pontificating about the “repulsive political attack by Alvin Braggs” when he indicted Trump on charges not yet seen — on Tuesday when Trump turns himself in, we will learn all of the sordid details.

Let’s begin with the obvious: Sean Hannity talking about a “dangerous new era” is as ridiculous as the excuses Putin gives for invading Ukraine — remember, he tells us that he attacked first because Ukraine had planned to attack Russia (stop laughing, he really says this and many Russian really believe this).

Unfortunately, too few Americans understand the damage that has been done in the English-speaking world by the Murdoch media empire. Murdoch’s machine of lies is known as Fox News in the U.S. and Sky News in England, Australia, and New Zealand.

Speaking last week in Australia, former President Obama summed it up like this:

Mr. Obama said there was “one other factor that’s led to this polarisation”.

“This is global, this is not unique to the United States, and that is the shifts in the media and the story that is told to people. And there’s a guy you may be familiar with, first name Rupert, who was responsible for a lot…

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B Kean
B Kean

Written by B Kean

The past holds the answers to today’s problems. “Be curious, not judgmental,” at least until you have all the facts. Think and stop watching cable news.

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