Hannity has been criticized as being overly favorable to the candidacy of Donald Trump , and granting Trump more airtime than other presidential candidates during the 2016 primaries . Hannity , for instance , let Trump promote the false claim that Rafael Cruz , father of Trump 's rival presidential candidate Ted Cruz , was involved in the John F. Kennedy assassination . He admitted to favouring Republican candidates , though without indicating a preference for Donald Trump over Ted Cruz . According to Dylan Byers of CNN , Hannity during interviews " frequently cites areas where he agrees with Trump , or where he thinks Trump was right about something , then asks him to expand on it " , and " often ignores or defends Trump from criticism . " Tensions between Cruz and Hannity appeared to reach a boiling point during a contentious April 2016 radio interview , during which Cruz implied Hannity was a " hard-core Donald Trump supporter " and Hannity responded by accusing Cruz of " throw ing this in my face " every time he asked a " legitimate question " . Jim Rutenberg commented in August 2016 that Hannity is " not only Mr. Trump 's biggest media booster ; he also veers into the role of adviser , " citing sources who said Hannity spent months offering suggestions to Trump and his campaign on strategy and messaging . Hannity responded to the report by saying , " I 'm not hiding the fact that I want Donald Trump to be the next President of the United States . ... I never claimed to be a journalist . " ( In an article published in December 2017 , Hannity said " I 'm a journalist . But I 'm an advocacy journalist , or an opinion journalist . " ) Hannity has feuded with several conservatives who oppose Trump , including '' National Review '' s Jonah Goldberg , '' Wall Street Journal '' foreign affairs columnist Bret Stephens , and '' National Review '' editor Rich Lowry
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