Laura Ingraham due back at Fox News following backlash
Source: CBS/AP
Laura Ingraham due back at Fox News following backlash
8:12 PM EDT U.S.
CBS/AP
NEW YORK -- Fox News Channel host Laura Ingraham is expected back at work on Monday following a backlash by advertisers upset over her tweet mocking a Parkland, Florida, school shooting survivor. Her one-week vacation served as a cooling-off period. The number of companies saying they would not advertise on her show, at 19, according to a count by Media Matters for America, slowed to a trickle while she was away.
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Ingraham has apologized for a tweet in which she said 17-year-old high school student David Hogg whined about being rejected by some colleges. Hogg has said it's "time to love thy neighbor, not mudsling at children." Their spat became a symbol of a debate over how minors active in national gun safety talks should be treated by political opponents. Another student, Emma Gonzalez, was falsely depicted in a doctored photo tearing up the Constitution.
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Ingraham also was criticized in February for saying Cleveland Cavaliers basketball star LeBron James should "shut up and dribble" instead of talking politics. She has said that was a reference to her 2003 book, "Shut Up & Sing," in which she criticized performers who venture into politics. James, a three-time NBA champion, has vowed to keep talking.
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Vacations under fire can be an ominous sign. Another Fox prime-time host, Bill O'Reilly, went on vacation when advertisers abandoned him following reports about sexual misconduct complaints against him; he never returned. An advertiser boycott helped cost O'Reilly his job at near-lightning speed. Former Fox personality Glenn Beck fell victim to an advertiser abandonment that was much more gradual.
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More at link. Including Bill Mahar's defense of Laura Ingraham.
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fucking malignant organization..............
November 2018 cannot get here fast enough
...if she's lost all her own sponsors. That will only last a few weeks though, then she has to get new sponsors or she'll be off the air. They won't carry her forever. They did the same to Bill O'Reilly and he had way better ratings than Laura does.
