BREAKING: Fox News Releases Statement About Laura Ingraham’s Future At Network

The New Right

People of all political affiliations have seen firsthand just how divided this nation can be on issues that arise

in the Trump era. Activism, online and in-person, has turned comments, innocuous and malicious, into large-scale events and threats.

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The media personalities on both sides of the equation are popular targets, given their platforms and their willingness to say

shocking things to stir up controversy and ratings. Few targets are more notable than conservative Fox News personalities in that regard.

Twitter – Laura Ingraham

Currently, Fox News host Laura Ingraham is sitting out a week for “vacation” after an uproar and sponsor boycott surfaced following an attack she made on

David Hogg, one of the Parkland school shooting survivors who has been a visible presence in the groundswell for reformed gun laws in the United States.

Twitter – Arcadio Rodriguez

This makes him a popular target, so when Ingraham saw a tweet he made about not getting into certain colleges, she didn’t hesitate to

attack the 17-year-old, despite his near-perfect grades and activism efforts. Many found that targeting a high school kid’s (impressive) grades was way out of bounds.

Twitter – CJ McGuinness

So as the sponsors began to fall from her show in response to this innocuous tweet from David Hogg, the network took action in pulling Ingraham, hoping the controversy

would die down. It hasn’t, as advertisers continue to bail on the show to distance themselves from the attack she made, and hopefully maintain some public goodwill in the process.

Twitter – David Hogg

Now, for the first time since her disappearance from the airwaves, Fox News has made a statement regarding the future of Ingraham’s

role in the short and long-term at the conservative news network. As expected, they’re not wavering in their support of the divisive personality.

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Many feel the statement, in its entirety below, is consistent with the network’s values of partisanship above reason and fair-mindedness, but the

show enjoys a large viewership, almost all of which subscribe to the type of statements Fox’s anchors make on a daily basis.

Variety

The statement from Fox News co-president Jack Abernathy reads:

We cannot and will not allow voices to be censored by agenda-driven intimidation

efforts. We look forward to having Laura Ingraham back hosting her program next Monday when she returns from spring vacation with her children.

Diane Sherman – Twitter

So not only is the network allowing her back on the air, but they’re not even acknowledging the real reason behind the “vacation”

that Ingraham took. It comes as no surprise, and may be welcome news to those whose values are in line with the network’s platform.

Twitter – David Gross

Meanwhile, David Hogg hasn’t relented, calling Ingraham a bully for her remarks, and the only way he would ever appear on her

show for a discussion was if she apologized to every person she hurt “”throughout her professional career because of her immaturity and unprofessionalism.”

Ouch!

Kimberly Atwood’s books have received starred reviews in Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, and Booklist. Kimberly lives in the Rocky Mountains with her husband, an exceptionally perfect dog, and an attack cat. Before she started writing historical research, Kimberly got a graduate degree in theoretical physical chemistry from Ohio State University. After that, just to shake things up, she went to law school at the University of London and graduated summa cum laude. Then she did a handful of clerkships with some really important people who are way too dignified to be named here. She was a law professor for a while. She now writes full-time.

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