Bayer AG pulls ads from Laura Ingraham’s show

Bayer AG announced Saturday that it has stopped advertising on Laura Ingraham’s Fox News show, and has no plans to do so in the future.
The pharmaceutical company is at least the 16th company to pull its ads from “The Ingraham Angle” following the host’s attack on Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg.
“Bayer US has stopped advertising on Laura Ingraham and we have no plans to resume any time in the future,” the company wrote in a tweet.
Yes, @JonCoopertweets, that’s right. @BayerUS has stopped advertising on Laura Ingraham and we have no plans to resume any time in the future.
— Bayer AG (@Bayer) March 31, 2018
Ingraham has come under fire after mocking Hogg for his college rejections on Twitter.
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
Hogg responded by tweeting out a list of her advertisers, prompting a growing number of them to pull ads from the show.
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
Ingraham apologized to Hogg, but the gun control activist and high school student said he would not accept it.
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
I 100% agree an apology in an effort just to save your advertisers is not enough. I will only accept your apology only if you denounce the way your network has treated my friends and I️ in this fight. It’s time to love thy neighbor, not mudsling at children. https://t.co/H0yWs4zMGk
— David Hogg (@davidhogg111) March 29, 2018
Hogg has since doubled down on his criticisms of Ingraham, saying that “a bully is a bully.”
{mosads}“I think now with advertisers standing with us, we can accomplish anything,” he said Saturday.
Ingraham will be taking a break from her show next week, announcing Saturday that she is going on a pre-planned vacation.
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