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Three advertisers have pulled their ads from Sean Hannitys show on Fox News, following a week in which Hannity has stubbornly clung to a debunked conspiracy theory.
Through his Fox show and social media platforms, Hannity has pushed theory that Seth Rich, a DNC staffer who was murdered last summer, was the source of the emails released by Wikileaks.
Hannity believes this theory would exonerate Russia and, therefore, Trump from interfering with the presidential campaign.
Hannity relied on the claims of a private investigator and a report published on FoxNews.com. The investigator has since recanted and FoxNews.com retracted their story.
Cars.com announced their decision to pull their ads in response to an inquiry from BuzzFeed News.
A few hours later, the exercise company Peloton announced it was following suit.
Soon after, a reader forwarded ThinkProgress a response he got from Leesa Sleep, an e-commerce mattress company, when he asked if they would reconsider advertising with Hannity. A company rep told their customer they would no longer air their ads during that show.
https://thinkprogress.org/first-advertiser-pulls-ads-from-hannity-584e1e4ce5e9
Phoenix61
(17,015 posts)I hope they all pull their adds. What a horrible, aweful piss poor excuse for a human being to use the senseless murder of a young man to try to advance some bullshit conspiracy theory. The only thing that would make this better would be if some nice attorney out their offered to sue the shit out if him on behalf of the young man's family.
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)A lot of this is just numbers-driven. They pay a certain amount of money to access a certain number of people through their ads. If the # of people drops down, they would either pull their ads to switch to a higher rated show, or they would expect a lower rate for the ads.
certainot
(9,090 posts)all rw radio stations need to get boycotted - all their talkers follow the same line
they've all been pushing clinton conspiracies and lies for 25 years.
all universities that broadcast sports on rw radio stations need to be protested until advertisers get the picture and all start fleeing. they shouldn't be bringing in advertisers for professional racist liars like limbaugh and hannity, and they need to experience their true market value, not artificially pumped up because they hide behind call screeners and enjoy the protection of monopoly power.
then fox could not exist as is.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Watalapan
(93 posts)Sean Spicer
keithbvadu2
(36,881 posts)Hayduke Bomgarte
(1,965 posts)That crowd is about keeping their promises. Money in the bank!
AgadorSparticus
(7,963 posts)ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)rurallib
(62,444 posts)ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Some of them I've never heard of. Makes you feel good to have been boycotting him all along.
not fooled
(5,801 posts)who should be podcasting to a tiny audience of like-minded kooks via a show emanating from his basement.
Not a "commentator" on a "major network".
Of course, he probably doesn't believe the garbage he spews--he's something even worse, a cynical propagandizer selling out the interests of his dimwitted followers in order to get paid big $$$. After all, there's a lot of money to be made furthering the interests of the billionaires by conning morons to vote against their own interest.
This latest excuse for a "story" just shows how vile he is and how desperate to deflect attention from dump and his follies.
Equinox Moon
(6,344 posts)The toilet.
rurallib
(62,444 posts)Equinox Moon
(6,344 posts)Jno_Gilmor_
(127 posts)bussiness model if you ask me.
not fooled
(5,801 posts)"Andy Lack wants MSNBC to become Fox's toilet"
Lil Missy
(17,865 posts)And not even half way through the year! more to come ......