Advertisers pulling from Laura Ingraham are “gutless,” says Dan Lothian

Former CNN White House Correspondent to President Barack Obama, Dan Lothian, criticized advertisers who are pulling their spots from FOX News’ Laura Ingraham.

On the Behind the Media podcast, Lothian lambasted advertisers who are giving into phony public pressure in the name of justice.

Lothian, who is an award-winning correspondent, and a three-decade veteran of the news media stated on the podcast that sponsors are fully aware that they are advertising on many so-called ‘controversial’ broadcasts and personalities, such as Ingraham.

However, Lothian mocked the flagrant duplicity of the companies and argued they only appear from the curtain of ethics when they have too.

“These companies are gutless,” said Lothian. “This knee-jerk reaction to just pull —if you’re just saying something degrading about someone, even as insensitive as it may be, I think you can’t go fleeing as an advertiser.

“It just shows that you want to be apart of that show that’s edgy and entertaining and has a lot of people coming to it — to a point,” Lothian stated emphatically.

Two weeks ago, Ingraham tweeted that activist David Hogg had been rejected by four colleges. Hogg responded by demanding that his following pressure Ingraham’s advertisers to pull from her broadcast.

Since then, Ingraham has lost over twenty advertisers to her program on FOX News. Many believe that Hogg’s actions are utterly repugnant to a free democracy.

However, Lothian would go on to discuss advertisement boycotts in general on Behind the Media. They’ve been done many times before. Do they work? And will they work for Ingraham’s detractors?

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