On Monday, Fox News co-president Jack Abernethy gave the social media mob led by David Hogg, the foul-mouthed teen demagogue recently dubbed the “king of the snowflakes” and the George Soros-funded Media Matters a bit of bad news. Despite their best efforts to destroy host Laura Ingraham, Abernethy said the network is standing by the conservative talker.
“We cannot and will not allow voices to be censored by agenda-driven intimidation efforts. We look forward to having Laura Ingraham back hosting her program next Monday when she returns from spring vacation with her children,” the network executive told the Los Angeles Times.
#BREAKING: Fox News Co-President Jack Abernethy releases a statement on Laura Ingraham: pic.twitter.com/y244mGqq91
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) April 2, 2018
In short, every effort to censor Ingraham over a tweet referencing news that Hogg was rejected by four colleges, has failed — big time.
Will this presidential election be the most important in American history?
Every one of these social media mobs has backfired.
The NRA lost a few discounts, but gained more members/money.
Ingraham lost some advertisers, but will inevitably gain (undeserved) fans and ratings from being targeted by a partisan mob. https://t.co/xZURL0F1CG
— AG (@AGHamilton29) April 2, 2018
The Times added:
One person familiar with the situation who was not authorized to publicly comment said the boycott has not yet resulted in a significant financial hit.
This person said no advertisers have pulled their dollars from the network but have simply moved from “The Ingraham Angle” to other programs on the Fox News schedule. Most of the advertisers are out because they want to avoid the controversy associated with the story and could revisit the situation in a few weeks after Ingraham returns.
Abernethy’s statement is meant to convey that Ingraham will return whether the advertisers come back or not. Fox News hired Ingraham to be a provocative commentator who appeals to conservative viewers, and if she is shut down by advertiser resistance its other hosts will become vulnerable. Ingraham took over the 10 p.m. Eastern slot on Fox News in October.
Privately, the Times added, Fox News executives do not believe Ingraham’s alleged “offense does not approach the issues that brought down hosts Bill O’Reilly or Glenn Beck, who both lost their shows after advertisers pulled out.
Hulu and Rachael Ray’s Nutrish are just two companies that have pulled advertisements from Ingraham’s program. Hogg, however, has said that he won’t be satisfied until Ingraham is gone completely.
Mike Lindell, CEO of MyPillow, however, said that he has no intention of pulling his ads from Ingraham’s program.
https://twitter.com/realMikeLindell/status/980860555618525184
Score: Laura Ingraham and free speech – 1; Social media mob – 0.
Related:
- David Hogg to MSNBC: I won’t accept Laura Ingraham’s apology because ‘she’s a bully’
- Support Laura Ingraham? Here’s a short list of companies to boycott for caving in to David Hogg, Media Matters
- David Hogg rejects Laura Ingraham’s apology, demands repudiation of Fox News: ‘It’s time to love thy neighbor, not mudsling at children’
- Open letter to David Hogg: Grow up or shut up
- Teen demagogue David Hogg demands followers boycott, attack Laura Ingraham’s advertisers
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