(04-20-2018 02:01 PM)Frizzy Owl Wrote:  

(04-20-2018 01:51 PM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  

(04-20-2018 01:44 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  I’ve never been a fan of Hannity. Going back to when he had the show with Colmes, he would let Colmes make some of the nuttiest arguments in the history of the planet , and would do nothing to call him out or respond. I thought he was stupid. Looking back, it may have been part of their shtick. Or maybe he’s really stupid.

Unless you can explain it in terms of some unique provision of journalistic ethics (about which I freely admit I have only passing knowledge), I can postulate any number of situations where an attorney would be obligated to observe ACP, but no relationship would be created that would constitute sufficient nexus to require disclosure by the lay person.

Let's say Hannity had meetings with Cohen on a weekly basis in 2017 to discuss his legal affairs relating to real estate, yet Cohen never billed nor represented Hannity. And during all of these meetings, Hannity requested ACP. In your mind, should Hannity have disclosed the relationship?

Objection, your honor. Asked and answered.

Why are you belaboring this? Are you trying to trick somebody into stating unequivocal support for Hannity? What part of "hack commentator who is no real journalist" hasn't already been made abundantly clear?

I'm belaboring it as much as anyone else is - do you not see the back and forth here?

I responded to Owl#s with a situation that wasn't clear to me if Owl#s would have felt a sufficient relationship was created to require disclosure. I honestly think Owl#s would say, based on what he's written, that it isn't an issue because formal payment or representation did not occur.

And I have no goal of trying to trick anyone to say they support Hannity - as you mentioned plenty of people have said they don't even deem Hannity a journalist. Ironically, that comment has mainly been a response as to why they don't think it's an issue that Hannity did not disclose the issue.

My goal is to try and figure out why, in my mind, it's clear that Hannity was not ethical in this situation, yet others view it as being clear that he was ethical in this situation.