





Fox News on Monday offered public support for host Laura Ingraham after more than a dozen companies said they would no longer advertise on her show over her attack on Parkland, Fla, shooting survivor David Hogg, accusing him of trying to censor Ingraham with “agenda-driven intimidation efforts.”

“We cannot and will not allow voices to be censored by agenda-driven intimidation efforts,” Jack Abernethy, co-president of Fox News, told The Los Angeles Times.

“We look forward to having Laura Ingraham back hosting her program next Monday when she returns from spring vacation with her children,” he added.

The Fox News host announced last Friday that she was taking a pre-planned vacation and would not host the show this week.

Ingraham faced backlash last week after she shared a Daily Wire story that reported Parkland student David Hogg was rejected from four colleges.

“David Hogg Rejected By Four Colleges To Which He Applied and whines about it. (Dinged by UCLA with a 4.1 GPA…totally predictable given acceptance rates,)” Ingraham tweeted.







Hogg responded to her insults by urging a boycott of her Fox News program’s advertisers.

Ingraham issued a Twitter apology to the 17-year-old shooting survivor after several companies began to pull their ads from her show.

Any student should be proud of a 4.2 GPA —incl. @DavidHogg111. On 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. For the record, I believe my show was the first to feature David…(1/2) — Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) March 29, 2018

… immediately after that horrific shooting and even noted how “poised” he was given the tragedy. As always, he’s welcome to return to the show anytime for a productive discussion. WATCH: https://t.co/5wcd00wWpd (2/2) — Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) March 29, 2018

“She only apologized after we went after her advertisers,” Hogg said in response to her remarks, The New York Times reported on Thursday. “It kind of speaks for itself.”









Hogg said he has grown accustomed to being ruthlessly criticized, but to hear a prominent television host mock his college rejections was “extremely frustrating,” he said.

“I’m not going to stoop to her level and go after her on a personal level,” he said. “I’m going to go after her advertisers.”

He said he was glad that some companies had pulled their ads from Ms. Ingraham’s program, but called it “just the beginning.”

If all of her advertisers pulled out, he said, “we can show that if you continue to bully the students that survived a mass murder, there’s going to be consequences.”

“Deal with the issues, not the individuals,” he said.

In a tweet Thursday, Hogg wrote: “I 100% agree an apology in an effort just to save your advertisers is not enough. I will only accept your apology only if you denounce the way your network has treated my friends and I in this fight. It’s time to love thy neighbor, not mudsling at children.”

I 100% agree an apology in an effort just to save your advertisers is not enough. I will only accept your apology only if you denounce the way your network has treated my friends and I️ in this fight. It’s time to love thy neighbor, not mudsling at children. https://t.co/H0yWs4zMGk — David Hogg (@davidhogg111) March 29, 2018

UPDATE: Here is a complete list of Ingraham’s Fox News sponsors:

Laura Ingraham -said Parkland students shouldn't be given “special consideration” on gun policy

-defended the AR-15 as “so safe”

-used Parkland survivors to call for more attention to anti-abortion protests ("that would be nice")https://t.co/EfMEbe1G6f pic.twitter.com/dbG8GRC27W — Leanne Naramore (@LeanneNaramore) March 30, 2018







