Seth Rich's brother pleads with Hannity to stop spreading conspiracy theory

[Anonymous]

http://money.cnn.com/2017/05/23/media/seth-rich-family-letter-hannity-fox-news/index.html

The brother of slain Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich wrote a letter on Tuesday to the executive producer of Sean Hannity's Fox News show pleading with him to find "decency and kindness" in his heart and stop spreading an unproven conspiracy theory about the unsolved murder.

"Think about how you would feel losing a son or brother. And while dealing with this, you had baseless accusations of your lost family member being part of a vast conspiracy," Aaron Rich wrote in the letter to "Hannity" executive producer Porter Berry, a copy of which was provided to CNN.

"As the family, we would hope to be the first people to learn about any such evidence and reasons for Seth's death," he added. "It is a travesty that you would prompt false conspiracy theories and other people's agendas rather than work with the family to learn the truth."

Rich was shot to death last July in the streets of Washington, DC. The Metropolitan Police Department continues to investigate the murder and police say there is evidence to suggest Rich was the victim of a botched robbery.

Hannity/Fox news needs to stop this conspiracy theory spreading. This is beyond disgusting. How do these people sleep at night?

[Anonymous]

I thought the more important part of that article was how journalists at Fox wanted Hannity to drop it, because it is making them look bad. Fox has an opportunity to turn a corner, to become more serious, and this is not helping that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:http://money.cnn.com/2017/05/23/media/seth-rich-family-letter-hannity-fox-news/index.html

The brother of slain Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich wrote a letter on Tuesday to the executive producer of Sean Hannity's Fox News show pleading with him to find "decency and kindness" in his heart and stop spreading an unproven conspiracy theory about the unsolved murder.

"Think about how you would feel losing a son or brother. And while dealing with this, you had baseless accusations of your lost family member being part of a vast conspiracy," Aaron Rich wrote in the letter to "Hannity" executive producer Porter Berry, a copy of which was provided to CNN.

"As the family, we would hope to be the first people to learn about any such evidence and reasons for Seth's death," he added. "It is a travesty that you would prompt false conspiracy theories and other people's agendas rather than work with the family to learn the truth."

Rich was shot to death last July in the streets of Washington, DC. The Metropolitan Police Department continues to investigate the murder and police say there is evidence to suggest Rich was the victim of a botched robbery.

Hannity/Fox news needs to stop this conspiracy theory spreading. This is beyond disgusting. How do these people sleep at night?

Are there grounds for legal retaliation if Hannity and Fox do not stop?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:http://money.cnn.com/2017/05/23/media/seth-rich-family-letter-hannity-fox-news/index.html

The brother of slain Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich wrote a letter on Tuesday to the executive producer of Sean Hannity's Fox News show pleading with him to find "decency and kindness" in his heart and stop spreading an unproven conspiracy theory about the unsolved murder.

"Think about how you would feel losing a son or brother. And while dealing with this, you had baseless accusations of your lost family member being part of a vast conspiracy," Aaron Rich wrote in the letter to "Hannity" executive producer Porter Berry, a copy of which was provided to CNN.

"As the family, we would hope to be the first people to learn about any such evidence and reasons for Seth's death," he added. "It is a travesty that you would prompt false conspiracy theories and other people's agendas rather than work with the family to learn the truth."

Rich was shot to death last July in the streets of Washington, DC. The Metropolitan Police Department continues to investigate the murder and police say there is evidence to suggest Rich was the victim of a botched robbery.

Hannity/Fox news needs to stop this conspiracy theory spreading. This is beyond disgusting. How do these people sleep at night?

Are there grounds for legal retaliation if Hannity and Fox do not stop?

Libel is tricky. The Rich family could end up on the hook for Fox's legal fees.

[Anonymous]

Time for someone to ask Hannity those famous words:
"At long last, have you left no sense of decency? Have you no sense of decency?"

[jsteele]

Fox News has withdrawn its story on Seth Rich:

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/05/23/statement-on-coverage-seth-rich-murder-investigation.html

"Upon appropriate review, the article was found not to meet those standards and has since been removed."

The ball is in Hannity's court I suppose.

Also, not surprisingly, Kim Dotcom's megascoop turned out to be a nothingburger.

[Anonymous]

I'll check Reddit. Last night it was hot.

[Anonymous]

What's to hide?

[Anonymous]

Ugh, Fox News + Hannity

[Anonymous]

But who's going to tell the Joe the Plumber demographic what to think?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:http://money.cnn.com/2017/05/23/media/seth-rich-family-letter-hannity-fox-news/index.html

The brother of slain Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich wrote a letter on Tuesday to the executive producer of Sean Hannity's Fox News show pleading with him to find "decency and kindness" in his heart and stop spreading an unproven conspiracy theory about the unsolved murder.

"Think about how you would feel losing a son or brother. And while dealing with this, you had baseless accusations of your lost family member being part of a vast conspiracy," Aaron Rich wrote in the letter to "Hannity" executive producer Porter Berry, a copy of which was provided to CNN.

"As the family, we would hope to be the first people to learn about any such evidence and reasons for Seth's death," he added. "It is a travesty that you would prompt false conspiracy theories and other people's agendas rather than work with the family to learn the truth."

Rich was shot to death last July in the streets of Washington, DC. The Metropolitan Police Department continues to investigate the murder and police say there is evidence to suggest Rich was the victim of a botched robbery.

Hannity/Fox news needs to stop this conspiracy theory spreading. This is beyond disgusting. How do these people sleep at night?

Are there grounds for legal retaliation if Hannity and Fox do not stop?

As a point of law it's impossible to defame the dead. The family would have to show damage to a living person due to deliberate falsehoods.

[Anonymous]

Hannity said he retracts nothing!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hannity said he retracts nothing!

Yeah, he's not a journalist, so he has nothing to retract.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hannity said he retracts nothing!

What's there to retract? Questions?

[Anonymous]

If there's nothing to retract, why did FNC retract?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2017/05/23/fox-news-retracts-controversial-story-on-seth-richs-death-and-alleged-wikileaks-contact/?tid=sm_tw&utm_term=.05422c2744cb