2 advertisers drop FOX’s Hannity show, was the cause due to more Liberal barking or were they just looking for a way out – PB/TK
Advertisers Begin to Pull Ads From Fox News’ ‘Hannity’ – By Paul Bond / May 24 2017
Sean Hannity has lost two advertisers – Cars.com and Peloton – presumably over his coverage of Seth Rich, a Democratic National Committee staffer who was murdered a year ago.
Cars.com did not respond to a request for comment, though it issued a statement to BuzzFeed saying that after “watching closely” it has decided it will no longer advertise on Hannity, the conservative host’s show on the Fox News Channel.
Peloton, a purveyor of exercise bikes, tweeted its decision directly to Hannity, Fox News and others: “We directed our media agency to stop advertising on Sean Hannity’s show. This will take a few days to take effect.”
The two advertisers made their decision one day after Media Matters for America published an article calling Hannity “a bigot, a sexist, and a conspiracy theorist.” The article didn’t explicitly call for a boycott, though it listed more 100 companies that advertise on Hannity.
Critics say Hannity’s coverage of Rich has been conspiratorial, given that authorities have called his death the result of a robbery gone wrong while Hannity has suggested he was killed because he may have leaked DNC emails to WikiLeaks.
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