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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFirst advertiser bails on Hannity ... countdown begins for Hannity's eventual unemployment
First Advertiser Pulls Ads From Sean Hannitys Fox News ShowCars.com, the automotive classifieds site, said Wednesday that its pulling its advertisements from Sean Hannitys Fox News show.
Hannity has been in hot water for continuing to peddle a conspiracy theory linking the unsolved July slaying of Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich to WikiLeaks. Washington, D.C., police say they they suspect Rich was shot during a robbery attempt while walking in his neighborhood. Theres no evidence his slaying has anything to do with leaked DNC emails published by WikiLeaks, which U.S. authorities have blamed on Russian hackers.
Fox News retracted its thinly sourced story promoting the conspiracy theory on Tuesday and removed it from its website. But Hannity was still pushing the story on Twitter shortly before the network issued its statement. He later continued promoting the conspiracy on his radio show, which is not affiliated with Fox News, hours later.
The fact that we advertise on a particular program doesnt mean that we agree or disagree, or support or oppose, the content. We dont have the ability to influence content at the time we make out advertising purchase. In this case, weve been watching closely and have recently made the decision to pull our advertising from Hannity.
Hannity has been in hot water for continuing to peddle a conspiracy theory linking the unsolved July slaying of Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich to WikiLeaks. Washington, D.C., police say they they suspect Rich was shot during a robbery attempt while walking in his neighborhood. Theres no evidence his slaying has anything to do with leaked DNC emails published by WikiLeaks, which U.S. authorities have blamed on Russian hackers.
Fox News retracted its thinly sourced story promoting the conspiracy theory on Tuesday and removed it from its website. But Hannity was still pushing the story on Twitter shortly before the network issued its statement. He later continued promoting the conspiracy on his radio show, which is not affiliated with Fox News, hours later.
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First advertiser bails on Hannity ... countdown begins for Hannity's eventual unemployment (Original Post)
SFnomad
May 2017
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workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)1. Woohoo!!!!
Now I know why Handjob was freaking out on his shitstain fake news show today!!!
Feeling the heat Sean you lousy nazi POS?
SFnomad
(3,473 posts)3. I'm sure Shamity will be able to get a job at The Blaze
It will become a Faux "News" gasbags in exile network.
Amaryllis
(9,524 posts)2. Kicking off to the greatest...
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)4. Here is the thread with the boycott info
colsohlibgal
(5,275 posts)5. Poor Lumpy
That guy takes the cake, the republicans can do no wrong the democrats can do no right. Hypocrisy daily.
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)6. K&R
JDC
(10,125 posts)7. To The Blaze!
He can join Loofah and Beck