<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[The Dish]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://dish.andrewsullivan.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Andrew Sullivan]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://dish.andrewsullivan.com/author/sullydish/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Fomenting Fear And&nbsp;Loathing]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<em><span style="font-size: 12px;">by Chris Bodenner</span></em> Above is an appalling act of exploitation. Sean Hannity assembles a group of 9/11 victims - understandably roiled by grief and frustration - and frames the segment around the "betrayal" of Obama putting terrorist suspects on trial in New York.&nbsp; The exploitation is not so much of the family members themselves, who would harbor the same feelings and opinions regardless of Hannity's forum. Rather, Hannity is exploiting the empathy that millions of viewers hold for those victims. By stoking their sadness, and providing no counterbalance from grieving victims with <a href="http://www.peacefultomorrows.org/article.php?id=963">alternate views</a>, Hannity creates pure propaganda. And he channels that raw, seething emotion not just toward a particular policy decision, but a personalized individual - Barack Obama - who also happens to be the nation's leader in a time of war.  Here's an <a href="http://www.newshounds.us/2009/12/12/hannitys_studio_audience_wants_obama_charged_with_treason.php">excerpt</a> from the clip if you don't want to watch it all:]]></html></oembed>