Don’t underestimate the Parkland massacre survivors. They have proven they won’t sit back and let people bash them, spread lies or bully them. One of the most clever cases in point came after Laura Ingraham attacked David Hogg with this Tweet.
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.) https://t.co/wflA4hWHXY
— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) March 28, 2018
Many people on both sides of the aisle would agree that attacking a 17-year-old over his education is a low blow, but Hogg didn’t take it lying down:
Soooo @IngrahamAngle what are your biggest advertisers … Asking for a friend. #BoycottIngramAdverts
— David Hogg 🟧 (@davidhogg111) March 29, 2018
Pick a number 1-12 contact the company next to that #
Top Laura Ingraham Advertisers
1. @sleepnumber
2. @ATT
3. Nutrish
4. @Allstate & @esurance
5. @Bayer
6. @RocketMortgage Mortgage
7. @LibertyMutual
8. @Arbys
9. @TripAdvisor
10. @Nestle
11. @hulu
12. @Wayfair— David Hogg 🟧 (@davidhogg111) March 29, 2018
And Hogg says he didn’t just launch #BoycottIngramAdverts because Ingraham bullied him, he says he is doing it for others she has targeted in the past as well.
I’m so sorry to everyone that @IngrahamAngle has ever tried to hurt we are here for you and we love you
— David Hogg (@davidhogg111) March 29, 2018
Hogg’s call to advertisers didn’t take long to get a response. The power is in the numbers. Ingraham’s initial tweet has about 11,000 likes. By comparison David Hogg’s tweet naming the advertisers has 59,000 likes (at the time of this story). Several companies have announced they will indeed follow Hogg’s request and pull ads.
We are in the process of removing our ads from Laura Ingraham’s program.
— Nutrish (@Nutrish) March 29, 2018
We’d like to confirm that we are no longer advertising on Laura Ingraham’s show and are monitoring all of our ad placements carefully.
— Hulu (@hulu) March 30, 2018
CNBC reports TripAdvisor and Wayfair have also announced they won’t advertise on Ingraham’s program again. Expedia and Nestle are pulling their advertising as well.
We have requested statements from all the other companies Hogg called out. At press time we are awaiting their reply.
Meanwhile, Ingraham issued an apology Thursday afternoon. This begs the question would she have issued this mea culpa if advertisers weren’t jumping ship?
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