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PEOPLE & ARTS Monday 9 april 2018
Ingraham due back at Fox following tweet backlash, vacation

By DAVID BAUDER has said it's "time to love Vacations under fire can
AP Media Writer thy neighbor, not mudsling be an ominous sign. Anoth-
NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News at children." Their spat be- er Fox prime-time host, Bill
Channel host Laura Ingra- came a symbol of a de- O'Reilly, went on vacation
ham is expected back at bate over how minors ac- when advertisers aban-
work on Monday following tive in national gun safety doned him following re-
a backlash by advertisers talks should be treated by ports about sexual miscon-
upset over her tweet mock- political opponents. Anoth- duct complaints against
ing a Parkland, Florida, er student, Emma Gonza- him; he never returned. An
school shooting survivor. lez, was falsely depicted in advertiser boycott helped
Her one-week vacation a doctored photo tearing cost O'Reilly his job at near-
served as a cooling-off pe- up the Constitution. lightning speed. Former
riod. The number of com- Hogg has urged compa- Fox personality Glenn Beck
panies saying they would nies to reconsider their rela- fell victim to an advertiser
not advertise on her show, tionships with Ingraham, a abandonment that was
at 19, according to a count veteran pundit whose Fox much more gradual.
by Media Matters for Ameri- show has aired only for a However, attempts to In this combination photo, Fox News personality Laura Ingraham
ca, slowed to a trickle while few months. launch boycotts against speaks at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland on
she was away. Ingraham also was criti- Sean Hannity have largely July 20, 2016, left, and David Hogg, a student survivor from Mar-
jory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., speaks at
Ingraham also picked up a cized in February for saying failed, and he remains Fox's a rally for common sense gun legislation in Livingston, N.J. on
strong statement of support Cleveland Cavaliers bas- top-rated personality. Feb. 25, 2018.
from her boss and back- ketball star LeBron James Earlier this week, Fox News Associated Press
ing from an unexpected should "shut up and drib- co-president Jack Aber-
source in liberal talk show ble" instead of talking poli- nethy said that "we cannot p.m. ET. entering the public arena.
host Bill Maher late on Fri- tics. She has said that was a and will not allow voices to Meanwhile, HBO’s Bill Ma- He said they shouldn’t tar-
day. reference to her 2003 book, be censored by agenda- her said on his show that get advertisers.
Ingraham has apolo- "Shut Up & Sing," in which driven intimidation efforts" even though Ingraham Hogg “complains about
gized for a tweet in which she criticized performers and promised Ingraham has been “a deliberately bullying,” Maher said.
she said 17-year-old high who venture into politics. will be back. terrible person, saying hor- “That’s bullying. I have
school student David Hogg James, a three-time NBA Ingraham has not ad- rible things,” the young gun been the victim of a boy-
whined about being reject- champion, has vowed to dressed the controversy on safety advocates have to cott of sponsors. I lost a job
ed by some colleges. Hogg keep talking. her show, which airs at 10 expect criticism if they are once. It is wrong.”q