Laura Ingraham Takes a Week Off as Advertisers Drop Her Show
Supported by Media Laura Ingraham Takes a Week Off as Advertisers Drop Her Show Photo The Fox News host Laura Ingraham on Wednesday shared an article about David Hogg, a Parkland, Fla., shooting survivor, being rejected from several colleges and accused him of whining about it. Credit Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The Fox News host Laura Ingraham announced on Friday that she was taking a week off following the decision of several companies to pull advertising from her show after she ridiculed a student survivor of the Parkland, Fla., school shooting.
“I’ll be off next week for Easter break with my kids. But fear not, we’ve got a great lineup of guest hosts to fill in for me,” Ms. Ingraham said on her show, “The Ingraham Angle.”
In response to an email, Fox News said that Ms. Ingraham’s break was a “preplanned vacation with her kids.”
The dispute began on Wednesday, when Ms. Ingraham shared an article about how the student, David Hogg, 17, had been rejected from several colleges, a..