Ted Koppel had some harsh words for Fox News host Sean Hannity this morning.

In a CBS 'Sunday Morning' segment, the veteran news journalist said he thinks Hannity, a Fox News commentator, is 'bad for America'.

Hannity said, of the difference between commentary shows such as his own and actual news programs: 'We have to give some credit to the American people that they are somewhat intelligent and that they know the difference between an opinion show and a news show.'

Hannity then called Koppel 'cynical,' which Koppel affirmed.

Hannity asked: 'Do you think we're bad for America? You think I'm bad for America?'

Koppel said 'yes' and that 'in the long haul' such 'influential' talk shows as Hannity's hurt the American people.

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Journalist Ted Koppel, right, interviewed commentator Sean Hannity, left, on 'Sunday Morning' on CBS

Koppel added: 'You have attracted people who are determined that ideology is more important than facts.'

Hannity said that Koppel's rebuke was 'sad.'

On the television program, Hannity also said that 'liberalism has to be defeated' and said that 'angry snowflakes, a 'Democratic establishment' and 'the press in this country' are all obstacles.

Hannity tweeted about the CBS segment later on Sunday, calling it 'fake edited news.' Hannity alleged that examples he gave of 'how liberalism has failed' and how 'journalism is dead' were edited out of the broadcast

Hannity later tweeted about the news segment and referred to it as 'fake edited news.'

He wrote that his 45-minute interview was cut down to two minutes and that and that his examples of 'media bias' and of how 'liberalism has failed' were edited out.

He tweeted at CBS: 'Release the Unedited 45 minute interview so people can see the BS games you play in the edit room. I dare you!'

This is not the first time that Koppel has criticized Fox News for its hosts and reporters.

Koppel, pictured as the host of ABC's 'Nightline' in 1987, has previously criticized Fox News hosts. In March 2016, he denounced Bill O'Reilly for transforming the 'objective and full' media culture into a 'subjective and entertaining' one

In March 2016, he told Bill O'Reilly: 'You have changed the television landscape over the past 20 years. You took it from being objective and full to subjective and entertaining.

'And in this current climate, it doesn't matter what the interviewer asks him.

'Mr Trump is going to say whatever he wants to say, as outrageous as it may be,' the New York Daily News reported.

Hannity supported Trump throughout the primary and election cycles and is highly supportive of his presidential agenda.

His Fox show, 'Hannity,' consistently sees between two and four million viewers.

When Hannity asked Koppel, pictured in July 2016, 'You think I'm bad for America?' Koppel replied 'yes' and said that 'in the long haul' such 'influential' talk shows as Hannity's hurt the American people