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More and more, top talk radio show hosts are getting their material from us bloggers. In my opinion, this is a very good thing. Because we are on the forefront of the fight against the encroaching Islamification of Western Civilization.
However, it is painful to watch your hard work be outright stolen and not credited.
I, personally, made a decision on 9/11 that it did not matter to me that I be credited for my work. All that matters is that I get the word out. Sometimes, I still find myself angry. I am, for instance, angry that no one is acknowledging the fact that I brought the Polonium/Litvinenko story to light. Even my best friends in the blogosphere are ignoring me, and even being snarky with me over the story, but I understand, and keep reminding myself that the important thing is the big picture; getting the word out.
Anyway, here is an article from Debbie Schlussel, about how Sean Hannity has been taking her exclusive scoops and structuring his radio and TV shows around them without giving her any credit at all. I feel for her. Schlussel has to make her living from her writing (I make my living by other means). When she is not given credit, it makes it harder for her to earn her daily bread.
Check this out:
Two of the classiest people I know in commentary-dom and on the blogosphere, La Shawn Barber--blogger & speaker extraordinaire--and Robert Spencer--New York Times best-selling author, Islam expert, and Jihad Watch director and blogger, Robert Spencer, have given credit where credit is due regarding my original work ( here and here)--repeatedly ripped off by Sean Hannity --on the Dems' fave Imam, Husham Al-Husainy.
La Shawn--whose blog, La Shawn Barber's Corner is among the most prominent conservative sites in the blogosphere--agrees with me that Sean Hannity clearly plagiarized my work. An excerpt:
For the past couple of days, Sean Hannity has been talking about this issue [Imam Al-Husainy] on "Hannity & Colmes." Debbie has accused Hannity of citing her work without giving her credit. Since some of her information is exclusive, it's obvious where he's getting his information. . . .
If he's "reporting" on al-Husainy and lifting material from Debbie's exclusives without citing her work, it's plagiarism. . . .
I can't imagine how frustrating it must be to do all the leg work for a story, only to have someone, especially a fellow conservative, steal from you. . . .
Shame on you, Sean. But it's not too late to make amends.
Read the whole thing. (I read La Shawn frequently. You should, too.)
Robert Spencer--all of whose books on Islam I always highly recommend--hosts today's Hot Air/Jihad Watch video (which he hosts once a week). I also recommend Jihad Watch, which I read regularly. Robert's expertise and mastery of Islam is so good that many CAIR officials are afraid to debate him.
In today's video, Robert has a lot of very good points about Imam Al-Husainy, and you will learn something new from him. I certainly did and always do. Robert also cites my work on Imam Al-Husainy, and that is very much appreciated. I only expected a link from Robert, but he prominently cited me and showed a cut of my site in the video, which is very well done.
Watch the whole video. It's only a few minutes and well worth it.
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Regarding the Hannity rip-off, I'm getting tons of mail on this, and the mail (with the exception of one letter) has been 100% anti-Hannity. And these are Sean's listeners and viewers. Big mistake and no legitimate reason to rip me off, Sean.
A sample is Reader Chris, who writes:
Deb,
I live up in Saratoga Springs, and I listen to talk radio often. I've listened to Sean Hannity's show many times, and I've heard him discuss the topics that he clipped from your work. It is a low point in radio commentary when the host has to take refuge in denying stealing someone else's work so that they can appear to be significant in public.
Moreover, it appears that Sean Hannity's corner he has sacrificed personal integrity for ratings. Self-importance has certainly trumped integrity, and vanity is more important than the bibliography.
Mirror-mirror-on-the-wall, Sean's the smallest of them all.
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Sean Hannity Plagiarizes Debbie Schlussel
More and more, top talk radio show hosts are getting their material from us bloggers. In my opinion, this is a very good thing. Because we are on the forefront of the fight against the encroaching Islamification of Western Civilization.
However, it is painful to watch your hard work be outright stolen and not credited.
I, personally, made a decision on 9/11 that it did not matter to me that I be credited for my work. All that matters is that I get the word out. Sometimes, I still find myself angry. I am, for instance, angry that no one is acknowledging the fact that I brought the Polonium/Litvinenko story to light. Even my best friends in the blogosphere are ignoring me, and even being snarky with me over the story, but I understand, and keep reminding myself that the important thing is the big picture; getting the word out.
Anyway, here is an article from Debbie Schlussel, about how Sean Hannity has been taking her exclusive scoops and structuring his radio and TV shows around them without giving her any credit at all. I feel for her. Schlussel has to make her living from her writing (I make my living by other means). When she is not given credit, it makes it harder for her to earn her daily bread.
Check this out:
Two of the classiest people I know in commentary-dom and on the blogosphere, La Shawn Barber--blogger & speaker extraordinaire--and Robert Spencer--New York Times best-selling author, Islam expert, and Jihad Watch director and blogger, Robert Spencer, have given credit where credit is due regarding my original work ( here and here)--repeatedly ripped off by Sean Hannity --on the Dems' fave Imam, Husham Al-Husainy.
La Shawn--whose blog, La Shawn Barber's Corner is among the most prominent conservative sites in the blogosphere--agrees with me that Sean Hannity clearly plagiarized my work. An excerpt:
For the past couple of days, Sean Hannity has been talking about this issue [Imam Al-Husainy] on "Hannity & Colmes." Debbie has accused Hannity of citing her work without giving her credit. Since some of her information is exclusive, it's obvious where he's getting his information. . . .
If he's "reporting" on al-Husainy and lifting material from Debbie's exclusives without citing her work, it's plagiarism. . . .
I can't imagine how frustrating it must be to do all the leg work for a story, only to have someone, especially a fellow conservative, steal from you. . . .
Shame on you, Sean. But it's not too late to make amends.
Read the whole thing. (I read La Shawn frequently. You should, too.)
Robert Spencer--all of whose books on Islam I always highly recommend--hosts today's Hot Air/Jihad Watch video (which he hosts once a week). I also recommend Jihad Watch, which I read regularly. Robert's expertise and mastery of Islam is so good that many CAIR officials are afraid to debate him.
In today's video, Robert has a lot of very good points about Imam Al-Husainy, and you will learn something new from him. I certainly did and always do. Robert also cites my work on Imam Al-Husainy, and that is very much appreciated. I only expected a link from Robert, but he prominently cited me and showed a cut of my site in the video, which is very well done.
Watch the whole video. It's only a few minutes and well worth it.
***
Regarding the Hannity rip-off, I'm getting tons of mail on this, and the mail (with the exception of one letter) has been 100% anti-Hannity. And these are Sean's listeners and viewers. Big mistake and no legitimate reason to rip me off, Sean.
A sample is Reader Chris, who writes:
Deb,
I live up in Saratoga Springs, and I listen to talk radio often. I've listened to Sean Hannity's show many times, and I've heard him discuss the topics that he clipped from your work. It is a low point in radio commentary when the host has to take refuge in denying stealing someone else's work so that they can appear to be significant in public.
Moreover, it appears that Sean Hannity's corner he has sacrificed personal integrity for ratings. Self-importance has certainly trumped integrity, and vanity is more important than the bibliography.
Mirror-mirror-on-the-wall, Sean's the smallest of them all.
- The Imam Vs. Robert Spencer
On the June 2, 2015 edition of Hannity, the imam from the Islamic House of Wisdom in Dearborn Heights, Michigan, had a fit and refused to answer either Robert Spencer's or Sean Hannity's questions. Quite a display, I tell you. The entire segment...
- Stunning! Pamela Geller On Isis Threat: We Reached Out To Fbi But No One Has Contacted Me
Pamela Geller: They (FBI) have not contacted me but, of course, we have increased my team. I have a team now, private security, and NYPD has been in touch with me. Sean Hannity: Did you reach out to the FBI? Pamela Geller: I did. Sean Hannity: And Homeland...
- "is Hamas A Terrorist Organization?"
HANNITY: Here to debate this, from the American Islamic Forum for Democracy -- Dr. Zuhdi Jasser is with us. And also joining us, the executive director of the Jerusalem Fund and Palestinian Center in Washington, Yousef, well, Munayyer is with us. Welcome...
-
Benghazi Drone Operator Asks Sean Hannity: “Why Hasn’t Congress Contacted Me?” From Gateway Pundit:A drone operator called into Sean Hannity‘s radio show on Monday… This is a MUST LISTEN… He was reportedly one of the men who flew drones...
- West And Wilders
Diana West had the honor of interviewing Geert Wilders about his new book called Marked for Death: Islam's War on the West and Me, and not only that, Sean Hannity did a good deed by hosting him on his FOX program: For the heartburn alone that Wilders'...