POSTED NOVEMBER 12, 2009 - 6:20 A.M.
Sean Hannity to Jon Stewart: You're right, we faked footage
• UPDATE: Jon Stewart responds to Sean Hannity's apology
Fox News host Sean Hannity apologized on his show Wednesday night after it was revealed by comedian Jon Stewart that the program had used archived footage of a well-attended rally and passed it off as a recent health care protest in Washington, D.C.
Hannity spent the last 30 seconds of his show addressing the controversy, giving no explanation and calling the use of 2-month-old footage in a current news package "inadvertent."
"He was correct," Hannity said. "We screwed up."
The Fox News program used footage from a much larger Sept. 12 rally during a discussion on a health care rally from last week.
The archived footage was used to portray public outrage to the then-pending health care reform legislation in the House. The bill was passed by the House late Saturday.
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Hannity ended his program Wednesday with a message for Stewart.
"By the way, I want to thank you and all your writers for watching," he said
