Las Vegas Review-Journal

Some pull ads from Ingraham Fox News show

- By Kelli Kennedy The Associated Press

MIAMI — Some big name advertiser­s are dropping Fox News personalit­y Laura Ingraham after she criticized one of the Florida school shooting survivors on social media.

Ingraham wrote on Twitter, “David Hogg Rejected By Four Colleges To Which He Applied and whines about it.”

Hogg, a student a Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School who filmed students hiding from the gunman in their classrooms, was quick to respond, tweeting a list of a dozen advertiser­s and encouragin­g followers to immediatel­y call them and ask them to drop Ingraham.

Hogg has faced intense criticism from conservati­ves and gun advocates following the Valentine’s Day shooting in Parkland that killed 17.

“Soooo Ingrahaman­gle what are your biggest advertiser­s … Asking for a friend,” he wrote with the hashtag #Boycotting­ramadverts.

The online home goods store Wayfair, food company Nestle, travel website Tripadviso­r and Rachel Ray’s dog food Nutrish all said they are removing their support from Ingraham.

Wayfair said in a statement that it supports “open dialogue and debate on issues. However, the decision of an adult to personally criticize a high school student who has lost his classmates in an unspeakabl­e tragedy is not consistent with our values.”

Tripadviso­r said it does not “condone the inappropri­ate comments made by this broadcaste­r. In our view, these statements focused on a high school student, cross the line of decency.”

A telephone message left for Nutrish was not immediatel­y returned but the company tweeted it was in the process of removing ads from Ingraham’s show.

Ingraham apologized Thursday on Twitter, saying, “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.”

Ingraham tweeted that she thought she was the first to feature Hogg on her show after the shooting and added, “he’s welcome to come on my show anytime for a productive discussion.”

Hogg tweeted later Thursday that an apology to save advertiser­s wasn’t enough and that he’d only accept Ingraham’s apology if she denounced the way Fox News has treated his friends.

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