Fox News host Laura Ingraham was heavily criticized by fellow members of the media on Twitter Wednesday after she mocked a Parkland school shooting survivor for getting rejected by multiple California universities.
The conservative commentator taunted high school student David Hogg after he appeared on TMZ to speak about his life following the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting. Hogg said during the interview that he was disappointed after not getting accepted into California’s four main public universities.
“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.)” Ingraham wrote 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
Media members quickly responded to what they described as Ingraham’s “basic lack of empathy.”
This is a really messed up thing to do to a kid, no matter your politics. https://t.co/10XGxJJfbn
— Olivia Messer ? (@OliviaMesser) March 28, 2018
There’s a basic lack of empathy surrounding some of the right-wing media coverage of the Parkland survivors that is pretty gross. pic.twitter.com/W1lnGBuKTV
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) March 28, 2018
imagine being an adult who hates a teenager so much you pants him online for getting rejected by colleges https://t.co/RPw52nqq1h
— Andrew Kirell (@AndrewKirell) March 28, 2018
the brain worms epidemic is spreading https://t.co/ijSGdx5KMc
— Matt Pearce ? (@mattdpearce) March 28, 2018
I get they disagree with his politics, but truly do not understand adults with large national platforms attempting to embarrass a teenager for not getting into a few colleges. https://t.co/6kqeZkyXo7
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) March 28, 2018
most Fox News fans are obviously ride or die but 2-3% will start to wonder why full force is being brought to bear against a teenager who just survived a tragedy
— Owen Ellickson (@onlxn) March 28, 2018
Among those who responded was TMZ reporter Harvey Levin, whose article Ingraham was referencing in her tweet attacking Hogg.
“@IngrahamAngle David was not whining. I called him about the story. He was not feeling sorry for himself in the slightest. It was my idea that colleges should consider applicants who are so committed. Did you watch the video???” Levin wrote.
@IngrahamAngle David was not whining. I called him about the story. He was not feeling sorry for himself in the slightest. It was my idea that colleges should consider applicants who are so committed. Did you watch the video???
— Harvey Levin (@HarveyLevinTMZ) March 28, 2018
