#IStandWithLaura

GURPS

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The overtly political boycott campaign against Fox News host Laura Ingraham has managed to pick off a dozen of her 129 advertisers. But the left-wing campaign isn't going unchallenged. Backlash against companies caving to the demands of gun control activist David Hogg and his allies in Media Matters is picking up steam online.

Last week, Ingraham raised Hogg's ire by describing him as "whining" about not getting into four California colleges. The ubiquitous student activist, who has made a name for himself in part by his vicious attacks on his political enemies, responded to Ingraham's mildly critical tweet by calling on the forces of the Left to mount yet another advertising boycott campaign. Media Matters, who has declared perpetual "war" against Fox News, was happy to help Hogg and his followers take down another Fox host. Though Ingraham apologized Thursday for her tweet, Hogg & co. aren't relenting, ramping up the pressure into the weekend while Ingraham announced she's taking a week off.

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As The Daily Wire's Matt Walsh highlights, the Left's campaign against Ingraham is egregiously phony. "This is all an elaborate charade. Ingraham's petty little tweet about David Hogg didn't hurt, offend, upset, or otherwise cause any sort of damage to anyone. Least of all to David Hogg himself, who, as he's since made exceedingly clear, is grateful for the chance it afforded him to do some damage to a woman he despises," writes Walsh. "The Left is just playing the game, and this is the way the game works. Somebody says something offensive or 'offensive,' and the opportunists who reside on the opposite end of the political spectrum immediately grab ahold of it and squeeze it dry like a sponge."

But as the #IStandWithLaura folks are making clear, two can play at the boycott game. Will the pro-Ingraham boycott successfully shame the caving companies into re-upping with her show? Probably not, or at least probably not soon, but even some over at the network that has gone all in on promoting Hogg and his fellow activists are starting to get a little uneasy about the whole boycott thing.



#IStandWithLaura: Backlash Builds Against Companies Pulling Ads From Laura Ingraham's Show
 

GURPS

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Remember when Laura Ingraham was going to be blown off her perch at Fox News by the relentless outrage of leftwing activists who vowed to wipe out her advertiser base for poking fun at David Hogg getting rejected by some universities?

Yeah, that didn't really happen. In fact, if anything, Ingraham has only gotten more popular, seeing a 20% surge in viewers following the advertiser boycott and, this week, winning the prime time ratings battle.

In a moment noted by Mediaite, Ingraham and her fellow Fox host Sean Hannity took a moment to celebrate the success of the lone conservative news network in general and, specifically, Ingraham, who beat out the competition this week. Here's how Mediaite reported Ingraham's success, which came "despite recent controversies" surrounding her show:

Ingraham, despite recent controversies surrounding her 10 p.m. show, had a big week in the ratings, managing to beat MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow — who rivals Hannity at 9 p.m. — in the key 25-54 demo for the first time ever. The Ingraham Angle notched 2.7 million total viewers and 556,000 in the demo.





https://www.dailywire.com/news/30648/its-official-campaign-against-laura-ingraham-was-james-barrett
 

vraiblonde

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They're going to have to come up with some new tricks because the old ones are played out.

Thank you, Donald Trump! :patriot:
 

vraiblonde

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Black didn't get enough chance for recognition although they are 25% of the student body.

Well, they have a point. When was the last time you saw a black liberal spokesperson? All the prog kids the media trots out are white as white can be. Except that Gonzalez girl, but she was a militant lesbian so I guess the prog press forgave her ethnicity.

Both Laura Ingraham and Sean Hannity have more black spokespeople - on both sides of the issue - than I ever see on Anderson Cooper or Rachel Maddow. Progs clearly don't like black people unless they can exploit them to further their political agenda.
 

Hijinx

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Well, they have a point. When was the last time you saw a black liberal spokesperson? All the prog kids the media trots out are white as white can be. Except that Gonzalez girl, but she was a militant lesbian so I guess the prog press forgave her ethnicity.

Both Laura Ingraham and Sean Hannity have more black spokespeople - on both sides of the issue - than I ever see on Anderson Cooper or Rachel Maddow. Progs clearly don't like black people unless they can exploit them to further their political agenda.

IMO the black people involved in this look a lot smarter than Hogg, and should be happy to stay out of it.
 

vraiblonde

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Joy Reid .... Al S, Jessie J, Wakie Maxie 1

I'm looking for a black David Hogg or a black Cindy Sheehan. I only see mothers of some thug who was killed by a cop who does the rounds for a day or two, then disappears.
 
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