A panel on the Fox News show “Hannity” agreed Tuesday night that Jon Stewart had “blood on his hands” for the alleged gang rape of a college student because the comedian mocked the network’s scolding coverage of spring break.
College students’ annual pilgrimage to Panama City Beach, Fla. has provided fodder for Fox News host Sean Hannity’s program for two years running. Each week-long spring break “investigation” has featured Fox personalities lamenting the state of America’s youth as footage of scantily clad co-eds funneling booze and using illicit drugs rolls in the split-screen.
On Tuesday night, Hannity pointed to the alleged gang rape of a woman on the beach — where authorities say hundreds of spring breakers who witnessed the act did nothing to stop it — as vindication for his exposes.
Bay County, Fla. Sheriff Frank McKeithen said the alleged rape, which was recorded on cellphone video, occurred sometime between March 10 and March 12, according to CBS News. Two students at Troy University in Alabama were arrested Friday in connection with the incident and charged with sexual battery, according to the report.
“Hannity” guest Gavin McInnes, who last month said the liberal “myth” of gender equality made spring break more dangerous for women, pointed the finger of blame at Stewart. In a segment that aired in March 2014, Stewart lampooned “America’s oldest hall monitor” Hannity for his fixation on college students’ antics.
“Jon Stewart and all these other smug liberals that were laughing the whole time are exactly the same as the bystanders that walked by,” McInnes said. “They have the same blood on their hands.”
“You’re right,” Hannity agreed. “They attacked our coverage and I wish we were wrong. I wish it was a joke. This isn’t a joke.”
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