View source for 2005-08-31 Hannity blamed "anti-war left" for protest at soldier's funeral actually organized by anti-gay church

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<let name=data index=Date>2005-08-31</let>
<let name=data index=Source>Media Matters</let>
<let name=data index=Topics>\Sean Hannity\Fox News\anti-gay\war on liberalism\Westboro Baptist Church\neocon reality inversion\right-wing lies</let>
<let name=data index=URL>http://mediamatters.org/items/200508310004</let>
<let name=data index=Title>Hannity blamed "anti-war left" for protest at soldier's funeral actually organized by anti-gay church</let>
<let name=data index=Text>&ldquo;On the August 30 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, [[Fox News]] host [[Sean Hannity]] falsely blamed "the anti-war left" for a protest at the August 28 funeral of Sgt. Jeremy Doyle of Indianapolis, who was killed while serving in Iraq. Hannity read excerpts of an article on the website of Indianapolis TV station WISH describing the protest, adding, "I guess this is just another example of how the anti-war left supports our brave troops." In fact, as The Indianapolis Star reported, the protesters were not anti-war liberals but, rather, members of [[Westboro Baptist Church]] (WBC) in Topeka, Kansas, who claim that the deaths of U.S. soldiers in [[US occupation of Iraq|Iraq]] are inflicted by [[God]] to [[anti-gay|punish]] the [[United States]] for its acceptance of [[homosexuality|gays and lesbians]].&rdquo;</let>
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