More sponsors have pulled out of Laura Ingraham’s Fox News show, The Ingraham Angle, because of how she has treated David Hogg, a survivor of the Parkland school shooting who became a gun control activist.
Yesterday LGBTQ Nation reported that four companies – TripAdvisor, Expedia, Wayfair, and Rachael Ray’s Nutrish – had severed ties with Ingraham’s show.
Now Nestle US and Hulu confirmed on Twitter that they have ended their sponsorships of the show, and NPR reports that Johnson & Johnson has as well.
The attack on her pocketbook caused Ingraham to issue a rare apology to Hogg for a tweet in which she called him whiney.
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Any student should be proud of a 4.2 GPA —incl. @DavidHogg111. On reflection, in the spirit of Holy Week, I apologize for any upset or hurt my tweet caused him or any of the brave victims of Parkland. For the record, I believe my show was the first to feature David…(1/2)
— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) March 29, 2018
… immediately after that horrific shooting and even noted how "poised" he was given the tragedy. As always, he’s welcome to return to the show anytime for a productive discussion. WATCH: https://t.co/5wcd00wWpd (2/2)
— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) March 29, 2018
Fred Guttenberg, another Parkland survivor, tweeted that Ingraham’s apology was “to save [her] advertisers.”
An apology to save your advertisers is not enough. What you did was disgusting. Our message for common sense gun reforms has won, and the those in opposition have gone negative. They need to pay a price for that. These kids have suffered enough.https://t.co/aNixXkErrI
— Fred Guttenberg (@fred_guttenberg) March 29, 2018
Hogg retweeted that message and said that what he really wants is for Ingraham to denounce the way Fox News has treated the Parkland survivors.
I 100% agree an apology in an effort just to save your advertisers is not enough. I will only accept your apology only if you denounce the way your network has treated my friends and I️ in this fight. It’s time to love thy neighbor, not mudsling at children. https://t.co/H0yWs4zMGk
— David Hogg (@davidhogg111) March 29, 2018
Ingraham has not yet responded.
Conservatives, though, are saying that they’re going to boycott the companies that dropped their sponsorships of Ingraham’s show.
I just went ahead found another provider and cancelled your service. Have fun virtue signalling. pic.twitter.com/ZB2P3j5l0G
— Kelly Crawford (@Moodswing916) March 30, 2018
This is not the first time activists have targeted the advertisers of a Fox News show. Last year, Keurig pulled its ads from Sean Hannity’s show after he attacked the women who had accused Roy Moore of sexual harassment and assault.
Conservatives responded by posting videos to social media in which they smashed Keurig coffee machines. Sean Hannity is still on the air.
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