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[[Fox News]], Ingraham's media organization, responded to the boycott stating, "We cannot and will not allow voices to be censored by agenda-driven intimidation efforts".<ref name=Battaglio>{{cite web | url=http://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-fox-ingraham-boycott-20180402-story.html | title=Fox News states support for Laura Ingraham despite advertiser fallout | work=[[Los Angeles Times]] | date=April 2, 2018 | accessdate=April 5, 2018 | last=Battaglio | first=Stephen}}</ref>
[[Fox News]], Ingraham's media organization, responded to the boycott stating, "We cannot and will not allow voices to be censored by agenda-driven intimidation efforts".<ref name=Battaglio>{{cite web | url=http://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-fox-ingraham-boycott-20180402-story.html | title=Fox News states support for Laura Ingraham despite advertiser fallout | work=[[Los Angeles Times]] | date=April 2, 2018 | accessdate=April 5, 2018 | last=Battaglio | first=Stephen}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/4118762/fox-news-laura-ingraham-advertiser-boycott-parkland-controversy/|title=Fox News president backs Laura Ingraham despite advertiser boycott over Parkland controversy|work=Global News|access-date=2018-04-05|language=en}}</ref>


Following the loss of some of her show's advertisers, Ingraham announced she was taking a week-long absence from the show for Easter.<ref name=easter>{{cite web|url=https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/03/laura-ingraham-takes-easter-break-as-advertisers-keep-fleeing-her-show.html|title=Laura Ingraham Takes “Easter Break” as Advertisers Keep Fleeing Her Show|author=Daniel Politi|date=March 31, 2018|publisher=Slate|accessdate=2018-04-05}}</ref>
Following the loss of some of her show's advertisers, Ingraham announced she was taking a week-long absence from the show for Easter.<ref name=easter>{{cite web|url=https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/03/laura-ingraham-takes-easter-break-as-advertisers-keep-fleeing-her-show.html|title=Laura Ingraham Takes “Easter Break” as Advertisers Keep Fleeing Her Show|author=Daniel Politi|date=March 31, 2018|publisher=Slate|accessdate=2018-04-05}}</ref>

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School shooting survivor David Hogg initiated a boycott of companies that purchase advertising during the The Ingraham Angle, in March 2018.[1] Hogg called for the boycott after Fox News television host Laura Ingraham stated on Twitter that he was whin[ing] about his rejected college applications.[1] Hogg accused her of cyberbullying and suggested to his followers that they contact companies who advertise on the show.[1] In response, several advertisers left the show after which Ingraham apologized.[1][2] Hogg dismissed the apology as insincere, and he and his supporters continued the pressure campaign on her show's advertisers.[3]

Background

On February 14, 2018, Hogg, age 17, survived the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in which a mass shooter killed 17 people and wounded 17 more. By 17 February he and other shooting survivors founded Never Again MSD, a student group advocating for safety in school. On 24 March Never Again MSD was a lead organizer of March for Our Lives, a global student-led demonstration with some demands to change gun law in the United States.

On March 28, The Daily Wire wrote an article listing the colleges which were and were not offering admission to Hogg.[4] Later that day Fox News personality Laura Ingraham ridiculed Hogg, tweeting: "David Hogg Rejected By Four Colleges To Which He Applied and whines about it. (Dinged by UCLA with a 4.1 GPA...totally predictable given acceptance rates.)"[5][6][7] Hogg responded with a tweet that listed her advertisers and suggested those advertised be boycotted.[8][9] Within two days, fifteen companies had ceased advertising on Ingraham's show.[10] She apologized for her remark,[11][12] but he rejected it, saying she had only apologized because firms had been leaving her show, and that he would accept an apology in the future if she denounced the way her network treated him and his friends.[13] Republican strategist Steve Schmidt speculated why Ingraham's advertisers pulled their support: "...this kid’s not scared. He’s not scared of the NRA. He’s not intimidated and scared by Laura Ingraham."[14]

Reactions

Fox News, Ingraham's media organization, responded to the boycott stating, "We cannot and will not allow voices to be censored by agenda-driven intimidation efforts".[15][16]

Following the loss of some of her show's advertisers, Ingraham announced she was taking a week-long absence from the show for Easter.[17]

List of advertisers in boycott

Original list
  1. Sleep Number
  2. AT&T Corporation
  3. Nutrish[18]
  4. Allstate & Esurance
  5. Bayer[18]
  6. Rocket Mortgage
  7. Liberty Mutual[18]
  8. Arby's
  9. TripAdvisor[18]
  10. Nestlé[18]
  11. Hulu[18]
  12. Wayfair[18]
Joined boycott later
  1. Expedia[18]
  2. Entertainment Studios[18]
  3. Principal Financial Group[18]
  4. Atlantis Paradise Island[18]
  5. Johnson & Johnson[18]
  6. JoS. A. Bank[18]
  7. Jenny Craig[18]
  8. Ruby Tuesday[18]
  9. Office Depot[18]
  10. Honda[18]
  11. Stitch Fix[18]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Victor, Daniel (29 March 2018). "Advertisers Drop Laura Ingraham After She Taunts Parkland Survivor David Hogg". The New York Times.
  2. ^ Savransky, Rebecca (29 March 2018). "Ingraham apologizes amid backlash over Parkland student criticism". TheHill.
  3. ^ Kludt, Tom (30 March 2018). "Laura Ingraham's apology to David Hogg has not stemmed the advertiser exodus". CNNMoney.
  4. ^ Curl, Joseph (28 March 2018). "Gun Rights Provocateur David Hogg Rejected By Four Colleges To Which He Applied". The Daily Wire.
  5. ^ Stanglin, Doug (March 29, 2018). "'In the spirit of Holy Week': Fox's Laura Ingraham apologizes to David Hogg after ad boycott". USA Today. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  6. ^ Wootson, Cleve (April 1, 2018). "David Hogg rejects Laura Ingraham's apology: 'A bully is a bully'". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
  7. ^ Bach, Natasha (April 3, 2018). "Fox News Defends Laura Ingraham Over David Hogg Comment, Denouncing Advertising Boycott as 'Intimidation Efforts'". Fortune (magazine). Retrieved April 5, 2018.
  8. ^ Business Insider, Bryan Logan, March 29, 2018, Rejected by 4 colleges 'and whines about it': A Fox News host mocked a Parkland school shooting survivor — now he's going after her advertisers, Retrieved March 29, 2018, "...David Hogg ... is now going after a conservative talk-show host's advertisers after she made light of his college-rejection letters...."
  9. ^ Washington Post, Amy B. Wang and Allyson Chiu, March 29, 2018, ‘You’re a mother’: Laura Ingraham faces boycott for taunting Parkland teen over college rejections, Retrieved March 29, 2018, "......."
  10. ^ Yahoo! News, Melody Hahm, March 30, 2018, How an ill-advised tweet became a nightmare for a Fox News show, Retrieved March 31, 2018
  11. ^ Victor, Daniel (2018-03-29). "Advertisers Drop Laura Ingraham After She Taunts David Hogg". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-03-30.
  12. ^ USA Today, Doug Stanglin, March 29, 2018, 'In the spirit of Holy Week': Fox's Laura Ingraham apologizes to David Hogg after ad boycott, Retrieved March 29, 2018
  13. ^ BBC News, March 30, 2018, Parkland student David Hogg rejects Fox News host's apology, Retrieved March 30, 2018, "....TripAdvisor, Expedia, Hulu, Johnson & Johnson, Wayfair, Nestlé and Nutrish announced they would withdraw commercials from the presenter's show, The Ingraham Angle..."
  14. ^ Yahoo! News, Rebecca Shapiro, March 29, 2018, Republican Strategist Nails Why David Hogg Got To Laura Ingraham, Retrieved March 31, 2018
  15. ^ Battaglio, Stephen (April 2, 2018). "Fox News states support for Laura Ingraham despite advertiser fallout". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
  16. ^ "Fox News president backs Laura Ingraham despite advertiser boycott over Parkland controversy". Global News. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  17. ^ Daniel Politi (March 31, 2018). "Laura Ingraham Takes "Easter Break" as Advertisers Keep Fleeing Her Show". Slate. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  18. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Welk, Brian (31 March 2018). "Here Are the Advertisers David Hogg Convinced to Dump Laura Ingraham". TheWrap.

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