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Laura Ingraham Says She’ll Take Vacation Amidst Controversy
Variety ^ | March 30, 2018 | Brian Steinberg

Posted on 03/30/2018 8:23:08 PM PDT by EdnaMode

Laura Ingraham is taking a vacation next week. Now the question is whether a controversy swirling around the host will go on hiatus as well.

The popular Fox News Channel host – her “Ingraham Angle” was the fourth most-watched cable-news program in February – told viewers Friday night she would not appear on air next week as she took what she described as a pre-planned break around the Easter holiday with her children. Substitute hosts are expected to fill in for her on the program.

She leaves in the midst of heightened scrutiny. Ingraham set off an imbroglio Wednesday with a Twitter post mocking Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student David Hogg, one of the students who has spoken out about gun control prominently since a February 14th shooting incident at the Parkland, Florida school left 17 people dead. Her tweet linked to a report noting Hogg had been rejected from four California colleges. Her tweet also said Hogg “whines about” the rejections. In response, Hogg posted on social media a list of recent advertisers in her program culled from Media Matters, a left-leaning watchdog group, and urged followers to pressure them to remove their commercials from Ingraham’s show. Nestle, Johnson & Johnson, TripAdvisor, Nutrish, Expedia and Hulu – a video-streaming company partly owned by Fox News parent 21st Century Fox – are among the advertisers who have said they would no longer advertise in her program.

Ingraham apologized Thursday via Twitter, noting that she was sorry “for any upset or hurt my tweet caused him or any of the brave victims of Parkland.” She invited the student to appear on her program. Hogg said he would not accept her apology.

More to come….


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: davidhogg; donnydeutsch; fox; foxnews; hogg; ingraham; joescarborough; lauraingraham; parkland
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To: Nothingburger

[[Let me say it ... look at Hogg’s eyes. The eyes of a fanatic. The eyes of evil.]]

Watch the movie “Tomorrow the world” and note the eerie similarities between the hate from hogg and from the little nazi youth in the movie- All i could think of when watching the movie was davig hogg clone


81 posted on 03/30/2018 10:52:19 PM PDT by Bob434
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To: Vision Thing

[[If she were a true pro, she would have anticipated it]]

Correction- IF FOX NEWS were true pros- they would have anticipated it and said “Fine, let these advertisers go- there are plenty of decent constitution loving conservative companies out there who will gladly take their place”


82 posted on 03/30/2018 10:54:14 PM PDT by Bob434
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To: EdnaMode

Ugh. She’s done. Once you kneel, they’ll make you dig your own grave.

I guess she has enough to retire. Hope so, although to be tagged by a puke like little Joseph Hoeggels would grate like damnation to me.


83 posted on 03/30/2018 11:00:20 PM PDT by Psalm 144 ("For all I know, our Navy was shooting at whales out there." - LBJ)
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To: Alberta's Child

This has little to do with Laura. She was not given a choice. She signed a contract with Fox and they can force her to dance their dance. They were the ones handling this badly. If anyone at Fox had any balls, they would have explained to their sponsors that their audience can handle not worshipping a little high school punk with big selfish dreams. The world should not be dancing to the tune of a one sided political agenda. The sponsors should appreciate opinionated hosts on both sides and appreciate the audiences of the same. Diversity of opinion.

And if the little sh*t punk still begged the sponsors to leave Ingraham’s Show, screw them and get better sponsors.


84 posted on 03/30/2018 11:03:22 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: Ragnar Danneskjöld

Disappoint that Laura would back down even an inch.

That’s not like you Laura...

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Same, and I agree. Perhaps she’s just sick of it all, and finds it not worth the effort. Like that other Laura, Dr. Schlesinger.


85 posted on 03/30/2018 11:06:12 PM PDT by Psalm 144 ("For all I know, our Navy was shooting at whales out there." - LBJ)
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To: Bob434

Thanks for responding to my post. I’m going to check out your suggestion.

It seems to me that the big difference between Cruz and Hogg is that Hogg hasn’t completely snapped yet. It will be “interesting” to see what happens when he does. Pray he hurts no one other than himself.


86 posted on 03/30/2018 11:08:02 PM PDT by Nothingburger
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To: EdnaMode

Was she planning to be on vacation Easter week?


87 posted on 03/30/2018 11:15:54 PM PDT by SMGFan (Sarah Michelle Gellar is on twitter @SarahMGellar)
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To: TTFlyer

>> unwilling to fight.

with an angry child?

It’s a good time for Ingraham to walk away from the BS being peddled by CNN, Disney, and Comcast.


88 posted on 03/30/2018 11:20:24 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: NImerc

Even if she comes back, she’s been neutered.


89 posted on 03/31/2018 12:06:51 AM PDT by LongWayHome
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To: Alberta's Child; All

Stuart Varney is the only FOX host worth watching. I have seen him actually APOLOGIZE for interrupting a guest. Varney is a gentleman and is the antithesis of Sean Vanity who competes with his guests.


90 posted on 03/31/2018 12:11:54 AM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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To: TTFlyer

Dobbs is a mumbling, bumbling moron who antagonizes his guests non-stop. He is competing with Hannity for the most interruptions per hour.


91 posted on 03/31/2018 12:14:08 AM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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To: morphing libertarian

Hannity just keeps repeating the same old crap he said a month ago and never lets a guest offer updates or express an opinion with constant interruptions.


92 posted on 03/31/2018 12:16:35 AM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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To: EdnaMode

After failing to destroy the 2nd Amendment, Hogg is now busy trying to destroy the 1st.


93 posted on 03/31/2018 12:50:04 AM PDT by Flick Lives
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To: morphing libertarian

. If i had a bazillion I would start a network with hard news and objective investigations and fewer yelling heads.

Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Already out there. Check out OAN (One American News)

channel 347 on Direct. Also available from other sources.


94 posted on 03/31/2018 1:42:56 AM PDT by thinden
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To: 2nd amendment mama

And the second command was...“speak when you’re spoken to.” Was raised on both!!


95 posted on 03/31/2018 2:09:50 AM PDT by FES0844 (SGould the allow it.)
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To: EdnaMode

Sponsors like Nestle, Johnson & Johnson support child violence through Hogg.


96 posted on 03/31/2018 2:21:09 AM PDT by TheNext
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To: clintonh8r

...”If FNC dumps her over this I’ll never watch it again.”...

I am with you. Evil is triumphing over good every where you look. Good is being forced underground. Perhaps that is OK, for then, evil will consume itself.


97 posted on 03/31/2018 2:46:11 AM PDT by jazzlite (i)
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To: EdnaMode

She enjoys radio more than TV. She will use the time to spend with her kids and then come back and quit. Fox News is trash


98 posted on 03/31/2018 3:04:29 AM PDT by klimeckg
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To: EdnaMode

Laura should have stood her ground with fox. Fox is no different than CNN sucka##es


99 posted on 03/31/2018 3:08:02 AM PDT by ronnie raygun (Trump plays chess the rest are still playing checkers)
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To: EdnaMode

Laura has fought the good fight for quite some time. But being a female, prime-time, and conservative FNC host really made her a target.

Unfortunately she wasn’t clever enough to sidestep the trap with Hogg.


100 posted on 03/31/2018 3:18:27 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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