Yesterday, after Fox News reported on the tragic death of Alan Colmes, Sean Hannity delivered a heartfelt remembrance of his longtime friend and colleague. He said, “He was not only a guy with the greatest sense of humor but a guy that had a human level of decency and love and kindness and humor.”

Many media figures outside of Fox News mourned Colmes’ passing too with many kind things to say about him, but Slate put out a jaw-droppingly nasty obituary about Colmes that called him a “liberal weakling” who played the part of a “patsy” on the network. It read in part, “Colmes was the most absurd, useless, and mocked television personality in America for many years, precisely because he was nice.”

Hannity was appalled by the piece––posted hours after Colmes’ death, with his family still in mourning––and blasted it on Twitter:

Only mean soulless assholes could ever write and print something this viscious, cruel, and heartless. You r so ignorant, wrong, and hateful! https://t.co/u06wk1ytoT — Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) February 24, 2017

And he wasn’t the only one who found the piece disgusting:

Alan Colmes died yesterday. This is how the losers at @Slate respond. Pathetic. RIP, Mr. Colmes https://t.co/4cG9ZOIBet — Chet Cannon (@Chet_Cannon) February 24, 2017

My story on Slate's distgusting obit on Alan Colmes. There's just no dignity is this business anymore. #alancolmes https://t.co/elvr9fF0x2 — Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) February 24, 2017

Remember when @Slate was just #fakenews?Now they are full blown scum bags.Alan was a good, decent man, something they will never understand. https://t.co/FT6aa6XNvK — Mark Young (@MarkYoungTruth) February 24, 2017

Slate published this within 24 hours of Alan Colmes' death pic.twitter.com/7dcBwIP46R — Logan Dobson (@LoganDobson) February 24, 2017

@IChotiner @Slate Try to have some compassion for at least Colmes family who may come across this; how tacky and insensitive. — Denise Marie (@MustardSeedish) February 24, 2017

@IChotiner @Slate Oh, and it's COLMES. I'm not a liberal. I never agreed with Mr Colmes, but I respect his memory & his family. #Despicable — BWSmith (@JagGator1) February 24, 2017

Sick MT: Slate Declares Alan Colmes 'Buffoon,' 'Liberal Weakling' Only Hours After His Death https://t.co/o7WUfoeyBp pic.twitter.com/GMYMHykET2 — Jon Nicosia (@NewsPolitics) February 24, 2017

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