Parkland school shooting survivor David Hogg declined to accept Fox News host Laura Ingraham’s apology on Thursday after she mocked him for not getting accepted to California’s top four public universities.
“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 I in this fight. It’s time to love thy neighbor, not mudsling at children,” Hogg wrote on Twitter Thursday.
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
Ingraham was heavily criticized by fellow members of the media on Wednesday after she mocked Hogg for getting rejected by the California universities.
Following her remarks, Hogg called for a boycott of advertisers who support Fox News. Hours later Ingraham posted a two part Tweet apologizing “for any upset or hurt my tweet caused him or any of the brave victims of Parkland.”
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
By late afternoon on Thursday, five advertisers had dropped vowed to drop Laura Ingraham’s show, according to Jennifer Bend of HuffPost.
Update: It’s now up to FIVE advertisers who have dropped Laura Ingraham less than 24 hours after she mocked Parkland student @davidhogg111 https://t.co/VUVFWLX4Jn pic.twitter.com/lgnTEVhoNE
— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) March 29, 2018
