Trending in the news this week was the tweet Fox newscaster Laura Ingraham tweet about Parkland survivor/teen activist David Hogg in response to Hogg’s tweet about being rejected by four University of California colleges. Ingraham tweeted the following:
In response to Ingraham’s tweet, or as Hogg saw it—criticism, Hogg then tweeted the following:
Now although Hogg did not spell it out in his tweet, he essentially launched a boycott campaign aimed at Ingraham’s advertisers. It’s reported that more than a dozen companies have pulled their ads from Ingraham’s show including 11 of the companies Hogg mentioned in his tweet.
This made me ask the question:
Should activists really have a say in advertising revenue….and should various advertising mediums allow it?
Hogg’s ensured to tag the companies as well in his tweet to get their attention while giving access to his 600k+ to tweet at them directly. Wayfair immediately tweeted their decision to pull their ads from the show. Now is all this really warranted?
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