Fox News host (and guy whose bragging about his MMA abilities means he cries if he gets a papercut) Sean Hannity created out of thin air a conspiracy that the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee was going to–gasp!–redesign the American flag that we all pledge allegiance to!
“And according to our sources–get this!–just breaking right now: the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee, they’re actually having been considering [sic] a redesign of the American flag for all of their official documents and promotional materials,” Hannity cried. “If they approve this new design–yeah, that would strip the US flag, or the flag of at least most of the stars and stripes.”
To be clear, no one at the USOPC is talking about changing the US flag. They’re talking about changing their logo to include a stylized version of the US flag.
As you can on the screenshot above, Hannity is upset because the USOPC is talking about using a logo that includes elements of the US flag in homage to the flag but also developing a logo that renders better on smaller computer screens, like phone screens.
The *truly funny* thing is Hannity didn’t do his homework: the USOPC already uses a stylized version of the flag in its logo. Funny how he didn’t mention it.
