 The problem for Fox News Shaer wrote is that while Hannity has risen to become the top ratings earner of the nightly lineup he is also a figure prone to barreling headfirst into the murky territory between opinion and out and out conspiracy theorism After highlighting a Vox com study that found Hannity to be the media s top conspiracy theorist and quoting Hannity rejecting that finding Shaer appeared to agree with the host 