Why Laura Ingraham's Advertiser Exodus Over David Hogg Tweet Could Be Fatal

[RandySF]

Fox News host Laura Ingraham could be facing an existential threat to her brief tenure as the host of a primetime TV show over her handling of a tweet mocking Parkland, Florida, school shooting survivor David Hogg, according to industry insiders.

“Her apology has been inadequate so far,” Joe Peyronnin, a former president of Fox News, told TheWrap. “If it is dragging down their revenues significantly and she has not addressed it in such a way that advertisers will return it could be fatal for sure.”

As of Friday, at least 10 sponsors had announced they would stop advertising on “The Ingraham Angle” despite her Thursday apology to Hogg for a tweet accusing the 17-year-old of whining about his rejection from four California colleges to which he had applied.

“It’s going to be a business decision,” Peyronnin said. “Look at how long Fox News hung on with people being charged with sexual harassment or mistreatment. It took them a while but ultimately when they saw their business being damaged for the long term, they made decisions.”


https://www.thewrap.com/laura-ingraham-david-hogg-advertiser-exodus-fatal-apology-inadequate/

[eleny]

1. Sounds like she's on the way out

I always found her attitude so smug.

You have to be pretty dumb not the see the writing on the wall about how much support the students are getting for the tragedy they witnessed and survived. She deserves to lose her show for shoving her head farther up her ass.

[hibbing]

2. She's a horrible person

She'll never run out of money even if her show is cancelled. I'm glad these students don't back down. The right always attacks, mocks, and makes jokes about those struggling or without much power. I am glad this current garbage from her has reminded or revealed to people what she did at Dartmouth.

Peace

[IllinoisBirdWatcher]

3. How my older generation might help...

These amazing young adults are already making a huge and rapid difference with their social media expertise. They deserve our help. I don't Tweet. I'm better on the phone.

I've found over the years that talking to Customer "Service" gets little done.

I've also found that calling corporate and asking for the CEO by name is an effective way to get upper management to listen.

So for anyone who is bored with a relaxing Monday after Easter, here are a few names and phone numbers. Perhaps others can add to the list.

ATT
Randall Stephenson, CEO
[phone]
Twitter IDs
@ATT, @ATTBusiness

Arbys
Paul Brown, CEO
[e-mail].
800-984-8289

Sleep Number Corporate Office Headquarters
Shelly R. Ibach, CEO
9800 59th Avenue North
Minneapolis, MN 55442 USA
763-551-7000

Allstate
Tom Wilson, CEO
[phone]
Twitter IDs
@Allstate

Bayer
Werner Baumann, CEO (Germany)
US Operations 862-404-3000

Liberty Mutual
David H. Long, CEO
Phone [phone]
Fax [phone]
Twitter IDs
@libertymutual

[Awsi Dooger]

6. Thanks for the Arbys email address

Not the same one I used a few days ago. I hammered them again.

[left-of-center2012]

4. Maybe MSNBC/NBC will call?

[ecstatic]

7. Hopefully they learned a lesson after the Greta and Megyn Kelly fiascos

If we wanted to watch RW trash, we'd watch FAUX news. And the Faux News crowd is too brainwashed to turn to NBC so...

[Glamrock]

11. They didn't.

See Hugh Hewitt or Nicole Wallace as examples.

[Hekate]

14. If you think Nicolle W is a FOX person, you have not watched her show

She is no longer a Republican, for one thing. She has excellent panels that include a range of viewpoints, genders, and ethnicities. With the exception of Hewitt, all the conservatives she has on have no patience for either Trump or Trumpism.

[Glamrock]

15. We'll see where she is after Trump is gone.

She worked on the McCain/Palin campaign after all....

[Hekate]

16. Yes she did, and lived to regret it. She ended up not voting for McCain, because Paiin was so unfit

You should read her book on that campaign. Recall that a lot of people, both Dem and Repub, look on McCain as a war hero. Getting in on his campaign was not like trying to ride Trump's sleazy coattails. Then she was put in charge of bringing Palin up to speed, and it was a disaster.

Both Steve Schmidt and Nicolle rank Palin, along with Trump, as utterly unfit and unqualified to be anywhere near the Oval Office.

[Glamrock]

17. And while I appreciate the fact that they are grounded in reality,

that doesn't negate the fact that the two of them helped build this disaster. Both of them had no problem calling me (and I'm assuming you) a, traitor for being against the Iraq war. Granted, I'm thrilled that they may have seen the error of their ways, but they are taking up airspace that should be going to liberal voices that predicted this shitshow years ago. Personally, they both make me wanna puke. I could care less if they happen to agree with me at this moment in time. Same goes for Joe Scarborough. These people are only on our side until Trump is gone.

[Glamrock]

18. And I'm sorry,

But not voting for someone who's unqualified while working to get that person elected doesn't make you a hero in my book.

[Happyhippychick]

19. I agree with you. I've become a fan of both her and Steve Schmidt.

[OliverQ]

21. Hewitt is terrible, but...

Nicole Wallace is excellent. And she's as anti-Trump and anti-GOP as you can get right now. She constantly bashes them on her show and her guests like Steve Schmidt are even harsher in their criticisms.

[Jarqui]

5. I hope she's done. It was a lousy cheap shot against a great student

trying to do some good in this world.

The one I really can't stand and never could is Hannity. He's such a hate monger racist, he upsets me.
I'm sure they'd just fill his slot with another conservative but I'd love to see him get the boot.

[Cha]

8. LI's "apology" only added to the original

insult..

Link to tweet

And, as a wise person here said.. the Advertisers are looking at the next generation coming up, too.

[Skittles]

9. she is proof to me that conservatives fail to see the absolute horror of a mass shooting

they make excuses for them

[Lugnut]

10. Good! n/t

[Obvious85]

12. 17 Sponsors now and she announces a vacation next week

thanks go to:

Atlantis
Expedia
Hulu
Honda
Jenny Craig
Johnson & Johnson
Jos. A. Bank
Liberty Mutual
Miracle Ear
Nestle
Nutrish
Principal investment group
Office Depot
Ruby Tuesday
Stitch Fix
TripAdvisor
Wayfair

[SergeStorms]

13. From what I've read, the advertisers......

are taking a double hit on this issue. The right-wing schmucks are boycotting the advertisers because they caved in to the pressure from the Democrats to abandon sweet, sweet Laura.

People withdrawing support from the left, and people withdrawing support from the right. That leaves the middle, which in today's political climate isn't that many consumers. Companies may decide that advertising on FOX is a risk they're no longer willing to take. Ad revenue on FOX could plummet across the board, with the exception of the die hard geriatric Hannity fans, and Trump's favorite all white-bread show, 'FOX and Fiends' ('r' omitted purposely).

What a shame it would be if FOX's White House Propaganda Wurlitzer lost the revenue it needs to keep the right-wing pipes blowing!

[Gothmog]

20. Have some healthy reflections this Holy Week.

Link to tweet

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