{"id":828,"date":"2018-03-29T20:53:44","date_gmt":"2018-03-30T00:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gopplaybook.com\/?p=828"},"modified":"2018-03-30T21:03:14","modified_gmt":"2018-03-31T01:03:14","slug":"advertisers-drop-laura-ingraham-after-she-taunts-parkland-survivor-david-hogg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gopplaybook.com\/?p=828","title":{"rendered":"Advertisers Drop Laura Ingraham After She Taunts Parkland Survivor David Hogg"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By\u00a0DANIEL VICTOR<\/span><\/a>
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After Laura Ingraham mocked David Hogg over his college rejections, several companies said they would pull advertising from her show.<\/span>\u00a0Credit<\/span>Laura Segall for The New York Times<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Laura Ingraham, a Fox News host, apologized under pressure on Thursday for taunting a survivor of the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., as at least eight companies confirmed they would pull advertising from her show.<\/p>\n

The dispute began Wednesday when Ms. Ingraham shared an article about the student, David Hogg, 17, getting rejected from colleges and accused him of whining about it.<\/p>\n

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In response, Mr. Hogg, who has rapidly become a prominent advocate for gun-control policies,\u00a0called on Ms. Ingraham\u2019s advertisers<\/a>\u00a0to boycott her show. Eight of the companies, TripAdvisor, Wayfair, Hulu, Nutrish, Johnson & Johnson, Nestle, Atlantis Paradise Island and Stitch Fix, said they were removing their ads. A ninth, Expedia, said it had recently pulled its advertising but declined to say when.<\/p>\n

As news of the boycotts began coming out on Thursday,\u00a0Ms. Ingraham apologized<\/a>. \u201cOn 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,\u201d she said,\u00a0extending an invitation<\/a>\u00a0for Mr. Hogg to appear on the show.<\/p>\n

Mr. Hogg said he was unimpressed by the apology.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe only apologized after we went after her advertisers,\u201d he said. \u201cIt kind of speaks for itself.\u201d<\/p>\n

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