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The Media Matters thuggery behind the astroturfed boycott of Laura Ingraham

The Media Matters thuggery behind the astroturfed boycott of Laura Ingraham

Media Matters is once again using its tired, sleazebag astroturfing tactics to bully and intimidate those who don't agree with its far-left agenda. This time, hiding behind a child, the despicable thugs are pushing for advertisers to boycott Laura Ingraham's Fox News show after she mocked 17-year-old Parkland shooting survivor and anti-gun activist David Hogg, for which she has since apologized.

On Wednesday, Ingraham tweeted a Daily Wire story, "Gun rights provocateur David Hogg rejected by four colleges to which he applied," adding "and whines about it." Hogg responded on Twitter, asking about her "biggest advertisers" and tweeting "#BoycottIngramAdverts" [sic]. He later tweeted a list of Ingraham's top twelve advertisers.

At 1:06 p.m. ET on Thursday, Ingraham apologized "for any upset or hurt my tweet caused him or any of the brave victims of Parkland." Yet after she apologized, at 2:15 p.m., Media Matters published a story on Ingraham's "bullying"  and linked to a list of her advertisers. Hogg rejected Ingraham's apology exactly two hours after she issued it, saying "an apology in an effort just to save your advertisers is not enough" and demanding that she "denounce" Fox News' coverage of the Parkland anti-gun activists, saying "It’s time to love thy neighbor, not mudsling at children." The calls for an advertiser boycott against Ingraham continue, and according to Media Matters, nine companies have pulled their ads from "The Ingraham Angle," including TripAdvisor, Joseph A. Bank, Hulu, Expedia, and Johnson & Johnson.

So a leftist social media mob has been organized against Ingraham, and there are a few important things to note.

First, this is not a grassroots effort led by Hogg. Media Matters has a long history of organizing boycotts against conservative media figures like Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity. Hogg's age and his victim status as a Parkland survivor are a shield that cowardly Media Matters is hiding behind to obscure its astroturfing. His voice is a sword the organization is taking advantage of to launch an attack on Ingraham (and other conservatives). The media is complicit in this abuse of a child.

Second, this is not a campaign against Ingraham. It's still going on after she apologized. The real target is Fox News and anyone in conservative media. Media Matters founder David Brock has previously described the mission of his organization as "guerrilla warfare and sabotage" against the Fox News channel. In 2010, arch-progressive financier George Soros gave $1 million to Media Matters, noting, "Media Matters is one of the few groups that attempts to hold Fox News accountable for the false and misleading information they so often broadcast." This group has an agenda, and it's out to destroy those who disagree with it.

Third, it will not stop with Laura Ingraham. Media Matters has previously used its social media mob to go after several conservatives. This is far from the last time it will attempt this, especially if it succeeds in driving more advertisers away from Ingraham's show. The Left takes pleasure in ruining the lives and livelihoods of conservatives who do not submit to their agenda. And if you do submit, if you do back down, if you do apologize, these petty tyrants will keep trying to grind you into the dust. Who will be next? Another conservative media host? A real estate agent who tweets something that upsets the Left? Will they destroy her business? Or a doctor's? A mechanic's?


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