Posted on 04/10/2018 8:13:04 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Fox News host Laura Ingraham returned to her show Monday night following a week vacation in the middle of a mass exodus of the program's advertisers over controversial remarks she made about a Parkland shooting survivor. Ingraham focused on freedom of speech in her first show back, and attacked the left's alleged stifling of conservative voices.
Ingraham was returning to her show after announcing on March 30 she would be out the following week for an Easter break to spend time with her children. The announcement came at the end of a week in which more than a dozen sponsors of her show pulled advertising over her criticism of Parkland shooting survivor and gun control advocate David Hogg.
The Fox News host had taken to Twitter in late March to mock the 17-year-old for getting turned down for admission by multiple colleges. Hogg responded on Twitter by urging his followers to petition advertisers to pull ads from her show.
Ingraham did not mention Hogg by name in Monday's show. She apologized to Hogg on March 29, saying it was "in the spirit of Holy Week," but the student said he did not accept her apology.
Instead, Ingraham focused on the left as a whole on Monday and announced a new segment called "Defending the First," a recurring feature which she said will "expose the enemies of the First Amendment, of free expression, and every thought, while showcasing those brave voices making a difference."
"If you have been subjected to threats or intimidation because of your speech, I want to know about it," Ingraham said. "Tweet me, because without free speech and a free conscience, we are not truly a free people."
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The left has been actively attempting a takeover of speech for decades. We’re starting to see their fruit of their labor.
Her opening monologue last night was strong, and it was encouraging to see her go on the offensive.
Maybe Laura Ingraham an sue David Hogg and sue the advertisers that left her show and force them to buy ad spots on her show.
You’d be a little bit more convincing on that point if you had not apologized to Doofus Boy, Laura.
She tried to be gracious. Never be gracious to Nazi thugs like Hoggy.
What she has to apologize to God means most. I fail to see how a Christian society can exist without Christianity.
Of course they want to end free speech, what right do slaves have to contradict their masters.
No, don't "tweet me" - find an alternative social media conduit that isn't intrinsically evil like Twit is.
What the left seemingly always forget is that any Boycott is a two way street. Company A wants to boycott her show, well, I can Boycott that Company. And where I can, I do.
Irony’s lost on Ingraham. She let a 17 year old punk kid run her off the tube for a week.
Hopefully she not run away again when a child says Boo.
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