| Hannity costs Moore | | Date Created: Oct 14, 2004, 12:46 PM |
 Utah is safely a red state in the presidential race. But that hasn't spared us from excitement. It all started when students at Utah Valley State College decided to invite Michael Moore, director of Fahrenheit 9-11 to campus. Wow, you would have thought from the outrage in the community that they had invited Satan to town. (And this from people who haven't even seen the film!)
Of course, a visit from Michael Moore would upset the, ah, "balance" we have in Utah politics. So, of course the school would need to invite someone from the conservative viewpoint. But, who to invite? Why not Sean Hannity? He's practically a resident of Utah. He's been here to speak at the Freedom Festival, Provo's Fourth of July party, twice in the past two years. No balance problems there.
Hannity told his radio audience what a waste of money it was for UVSC to spend $40,000 on Moore and offered to come himself for free. What a guy! Normally, Hannity charges $100,000 (no wonder he likes Bush's tax breaks!) All the school would have to do would be to pay for his travel.
Well, funny story: Turns out, Hannity is a fussy traveller. Just last week he cancelled a trip to Washington University in St. Louis because he was not being provided with the proper type of private jet. No business class for this cat!
And, when Hannity came to Utah this week to spew his venom, provide balance to the discussion, he ran up a travel tab of nearly $50,000. In fairness, part of that cost was to fly Hannity in a private jet from New York to Salt Lake, from Salt Lake to Phoenix, and from Phoenix back to New York. (One could only assume that Fox News had not budgeted to fly Hannity to and from Phoenix for the presidential debate. Poor Rupert!)
Luckily, there was a wealthy donor willing to pitch in $10,000. The donor's name: John Huntsman, Jr., the republican candidate for governor of Utah.
So, in the end, we can feel good about this: Utah is Fair and Balanced. At least until Michael Moore gets here. |
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