Whatever your politics, Sean Hannity’s bullying of Palestinian-American political analyst Yousef Munayyer on The Sean Hannity Show on Thursday night was simply outrageous. Hannity’s behavior towards a guest he invited onto his show—which included finger-jabbing, shouting, and interrupting Munayyer to such an extent that Munayyer couldn’t utter a single complete sentence—was unconscionable and rude.

But to the relief of polite people the world over, Hannity’s despicable behavior caught the attention of a crusading celebrity. Intellectual bad-boy Russell Brand jumped into the fray yesterday to call out the Fox anchor’s treatment of his guest, posting a point-by-point video response to the segment on YouTube. It’s sort of like a director’s cut, with clips of Brand commentary spliced into the original footage of Hannity’s “interview.”

At one point, Hannity asks Munayyer over and over if he thinks Hamas is a terrorist organization. When Munayyer attempts to answer, Hannity cuts him off: “Is Hamas—what part of this can’t you get through your thick head?” Cut to Brand laughing. “That’s really rude!” He says, cracking up. Back to Hannity: “Is Hamas a terrorist organization? Yes or no?” Munayyer, for his part, stays remarkably calm.

“Sean’s not a solution-based guy,” Brand says, heaving a deep sigh. Rather than looking for insightful commentary and ways to arrive at peace, “Sean’s thinking, ‘We want conflict. What things can I say to exacerbate conflict?'” And, later: “Not that it’s not bad that Israel has to deal with terrorist attacks. Of course it is. But what are we looking for? A solution? Or just a verdict on who’s bad? Because that’s not going to get us anywhere.”

Testify, Brother Brand. And keep up the media manners watchdog. I’m a big fan.

Image: YouTube

Related: Joan Rivers: Nose Jobs Are the Key to Peace in the Middle East

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Did somebody congratulate Elie Wiesel on being a “Holocaust Winner”?

Last week, Fox & Friends had on Elie Wiesel to talk about human rights injustices. However, eagle-eyed viewer Young Manhattanite was rewatching the clip online and noticed that they accidentally combined “Holocaust Survivor” and “Nobel Prize Winner” in the chyron so as to identify Weisel as a “Holocaust Winner.” (Via Mediaite)

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Jewish Funds For Justice released a video that scarily shows Beck and Fox for who they really are. More specifically, it shows how Beck’s descriptions of George Soros mirror language from the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, and his images of Soros as “Puppet Master” seem drawn from images on White Supremacist websites.

Jewish Funds For Justice also launched two petitions: one thanking Abe Foxman (for his strong comments) and the other calling on Murdoch to fire Beck.

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Will conservatives, liberals, moderates and everybody else finally wake up and agree that Glenn Beck is a dangerous idiot who really needs to just go away after his attacks on billionaire George Soros?  The Fox News commentators 2 night sludge slinging should have been titled “Rupert Murdoch Presents: The 2010 Edition of The Protocols of The Elders of Zion” for the “puppet master” accusations leveled against Soros, and in my opinion, Beck should be run out of town for his repulsive suggestion that as a child, Soros sent fellow Jews to the death camps.

But don’t just take my word for it.  Here’s a handy little roundup:

• Abe Foxman FINALLY takes Beck to task.

• At The Daily Beast, Michelle Goldberg’s take on the matter is a critical read.

• At Tablet, Marc Tracy surveys the situation, and the comments that follow him are worth reading.

• Steve Clemons at The Faster Times: “I learned a long time ago that when someone is so compulsively committed to tearing someone down, to bullying them, to spending every moment obsessed with them that it often exposes one’s own views of himself.”

• From The Jewish Week: “Fox news commentator Glenn Beck may have thought he had an easy target in the controversial financier George Soros – but he didn’t reckon with Jews who care about Holocaust remembrance and don’t take kindly to reckless charges being thrown into the political maelstrom.”

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