Earlier tonight, CNN anchor Jake Tapper took aim at Fox News for mischaracterizing his comments explaining the phrase ‘Allahu Akbar.’

In a now-deleted tweet, Fox News claimed that “@CNN ‘s Jake Tapper Says ‘Allahu Akbar’ Is ‘Beautiful’ Right After NYC Terror Attack.” The headline of the article was also changed to “CNN’s Jake Tapper: ‘Allahu Akbar’ Can Be Said Under ‘Most Beautiful’ of Circumstances.'”

Tapper accused them of “lying” and following the “slime-coated path” of InfoWars and The Daily Caller.

Fox News is lying. I said it can be said at beautiful moments (wedding, birth) and too often at times like this (horrific terrorist attack). https://t.co/rQx3r0za6I — Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) November 1, 2017

“Allahu Akbar” is a prayer; if we don’t understand how radical Islamic terrorists justify their evil using religion, West cannot defeat it — Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) November 1, 2017

.@FoxNews chooses instead to deliberately lie about what I said. Following the slime-coated path of @DailyCaller and @infowars. Disgusting. — Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) November 1, 2017

And yes, I know they do this all the time. Still, literally the day after this horrific attack that they would launch this smear — it’s sick — Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) November 2, 2017

But despite the network’s own backtracking, Sean Hannity reignited the attack and rebuffed Tapper’s criticisms of Fox News.

Hannity accused many in the mainstream media of “having a hard time” of getting into the mindset of terrorists. He then singled out “liberal fake news CNN’s fake Jake Tapper” for saying that the phrase “Allahu Akbar” can be used in “beautiful circumstances.”

“Tapper has since been levying multiple attacks on the Fox News channel report in the comments in context that you just listened to,” Hannity said.

He then responded to Tapper’s tweets.

“Hey Jake, maybe that’s why you have low ratings,” Hannity responded. “Tell your audience the truth.”

Tapper — who has all but unanimous support from those journalists who have weighed in on Twitter — responded to Hannity’s segment with two more Tweets:

Hannity lying now. The @FoxNews tweet I was referring to has been deleted because it was false. https://t.co/WPQtgzNGuU — Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) November 2, 2017

Hannity, of course, smeared the late Seth Rich while his parents were still in mourning, so why wouldn’t he lie about this? — Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) November 2, 2017

Watch the clip above, via Fox News.

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