David Hogg's boycott against Laura Ingraham actually helped her ratings rise by over 20 percent. That's what a report by NEWSBUSTERS is saying.
Hogg's boycott came about after he accused Laura Ingraham of making derogatory comments about Hogg being unable to qualify to get into college. She apologized, but Hogg instead of withdrawing his attacks, doubled down on Ingraham, claiming she was only apologizing to save her advertisers.
27 advertisers did pull their advertising from Ingraham's show, but other refused, including the My Pillow company, and Fox news stood behind Ingraham, announcing that they would not "allow voices to be censored by agenda driven intimidation efforts."
Hogg was the student journalist that spearheaded, along with survivors of the Parkland high school shooting, nationwide anti-gun protests, aided by Leftist activists and news media.
Rich Noyes at Newsbusters said that "...Fleeing advertisers may have thought they were avoiding controversy, but they are apparently skipping out on a TV audience that’s clearly quite loyal, and bigger than ever..."
Read the full report HERE...
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