Fox Host Laura Ingraham Announces 'Vacation' Amid Growing Backlash
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Source: The Daily Beast
Fox News host Laura Ingraham late Friday announced a one-week vacation from her show as advertisers continue to pull out in response to her remarks on a teenage school shooting survivor. The host of The Ingraham Angle told viewers her break was pre-planned for the Easter holiday and that a great lineup of guest hosts would be filling in for her. Her announcement came after at least 14 companies dropped her show after she publicly mocked David Hogg, a teenage survivor of last months deadly shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Ingraham apologized for accusing Hogg of whining about being rejected from several colleges but that did little to stop the growing backlash. In response to her vacation from the airwaves, Hogg told the New York Daily News he hopes she uses this time to reflect not only on how she treated me but so many others like the students at Dartmouth or even people like Lebron James.
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safeinOhio
(32,717 posts)slays a giant with a tweet.
Gothmog
(145,554 posts)Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)Stuart G
(38,445 posts)As the vacation ends, then her career as a regular host will also end. I don't think she will ever be back on regular TV. Maybe as a guest.? O Riley ?? Did he ever come back?
Ingraham is permanent toast. Oh. And this was determined by the advertisers that have left her. They toasted her and threw the burnt toast into the garbage. More important, Ingraham opened her mouth in a way that was reprehensible. She got away with this before, but not this time.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,121 posts)go away for good
Their base will die off and the Hogg's of the world will not support the hate and racism taught on fox
It is a new day, motherfuckers
concreteblue
(626 posts)Can we dispense with the lie that she apologized for what she said? She did no such thing. She apologized "If somebody was offended".
Excuse my language, but fuck that shit. Until this is pointed out she is not being held accountable.
SunSeeker
(51,698 posts)Eliot Rosewater
(31,121 posts)followed by a complete change in behavour, which would include in this instance quitting your job working for Pravda Nazi channel
George II
(67,782 posts).. she wouldn't have "apologized"!
concreteblue
(626 posts)She obviously means in the spirit of nailing political opponents to a cross of hewn timber until dead.
Or maybe in the spirit of ratting out your savior for 30 pieces of silver?
duhneece
(4,118 posts)You said it. Thats not an apology ever for what is obviously, clearly a cruel and petty attack
procon
(15,805 posts)and the real reason that she's running out of town? For that matter, are any of Fox News viewers actually interested in knowing the facts?
Paladin
(28,272 posts)David Hogg rocks.
forgotmylogin
(7,530 posts)in her spot, and figure out what or whom to replace her with.
Jarqui
(10,130 posts)Bill OReilly to Take Vacation in Midst of Sexual Harassment Controversy
http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/bill-oreilly-fox-news-sexual-harassment-2-1202027269/
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http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/fox-news-jesse-watters-ivanka-trump-1202401104/
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http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2017/05/fox_news_stands_by_sean_hannit.html
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bobbieinok
(12,858 posts)Nitram
(22,879 posts)Fox News has not resumed a working relationship with Bill OReilly a Fox News spokesperson said Monday, adding that the series was already in production prior to OReillys departure.
http://variety.com/2018/tv/news/fox-news-legends-and-lies-bill-oreilly-as-exec-producer-1202736486/
forgotmylogin
(7,530 posts)For example (I don't know if any of this is actually true), Oprah could be listed as a "producer" of the Dr. Phil Show since she got him up and running, but she is not involved directly in the show's daily production. Such a producer might get residual payments or other benefits such as running the show on their network (in the hypothetical case of OWN/Dr. Phil), or lend weight to the marketing of the show by their involvement.
Or it could be as simple of a thing as O'Reilly was an executive producer and they haven't bothered to remove his name from the credits if he no longer is.
OliverQ
(3,363 posts)Weaken the influence of Fox and you weaken the damage Republicans can do to the country.
Nitram
(22,879 posts)They'll get the message because it hits them where it hurts, their bank account. A full-on attack would probably backfire, IMO.
LeftInTX
(25,555 posts)As much as I would like for Fox to be gone, I think this is more effective.
Every Town for Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action supports baby steps.
I would not be surprised if Moms Demand Action were part of legislation in Florida.
Pluvious
(4,315 posts)Nitram
(22,879 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,036 posts)Nitram
(22,879 posts)demigoddess
(6,644 posts)survivor, or if he hit them for supporting guns, they will go down eventually.
nolabear
(41,991 posts)Bengus81
(6,932 posts)DesertRat
(27,995 posts)But I do think it's plausible that she preplanned to be off next week for her kid's school break.
TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)DesertRat
(27,995 posts)In fairness, the Catholic schools around here are off next week for Easter break, so I'll give her the benefit of the doubt for now.
BobTheSubgenius
(11,564 posts)Every time one of these awful people pops their head up and their mouth off, I think "Oh, yeah. #3, at least." Until the next one. There must be 20 or 30 in my Top10.
kairos12
(12,872 posts)gibraltar72
(7,512 posts)My manager would call this time to discuss your future with the company.