Jonathan Ernst/Reuters The national conversation about guns in America has been hijacked in recent days by a controversy between a Fox News host and David Hogg, one of the student leaders of the gun-control movement that erupted following February’s mass shooting at a high school in Florida. Ingraham and Hogg traded barbs this week after […]
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Laura Ingraham apologizes to Parkland shooting survivor after 3 advertisers pull commercials from her Fox News show — here’s how other companies are responding
AP Photo/Getty Images Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg organized a boycott campaign against companies that run ads on Laura Ingraham’s Fox News show after the host posted a tweet mocking Hogg. Wayfair is the latest company to publicly confirm that it will be pulling ads from the show. On Thursday, Ingraham apologized to Hogg on Twitter. Here’s how […]
Rejected by 4 colleges ‘and whines about it’: A Fox News host mocked a Parkland school shooting survivor — now he’s going after her advertisers
AP Photo/Getty Images Laura Ingraham, a Fox News opinion host, made what some have interpreted as a snide comment about David Hogg, a survivor of the Parkland school shooting. Ingraham tweeted a link to a news article about Hogg having received some college rejection letters. She tweeted the article’s headline, “David Hogg Rejected By Four […]
‘No one would know your names’: NRA TV host slammed the Parkland kids ahead of the March for Our Lives rallies
An NRATV host disparaged the Parkland shooting survivors before and during the March for Our Lives protests, saying they are only relevant because people at their school died. He also criticized the students’ age as a disqualifier for talking about gun measures. Colion Noir made an allusion to the Black Panthers in defending the NRA’s […]
The Parkland community takes center stage at the March for Our Lives rally in Washington
Jonathan Ernest/Reuters Members of the Parkland, Florida, community took to Washington, DC, on Saturday for the “March for Our Lives” protest, honoring their friends and loved ones who were fatally shot last month at Marjorty Stoneman Douglas High School. Parkland students have been at the center of the gun debate in the US. Some of […]
Actor Bill Murray writes op-ed comparing Parkland shooting activists to the students who helped end the Vietnam War
AP Images Actor Bill Murray wrote an op-ed for NBC News Think comparing the student activists of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting to the student protestors who helped end the Vietnam War. Murray also compared the difficulties of ending the Vietnam War to the challenges presented by gun-control reform. In an op-ed written for NBC News Think on […]
Forced psych admission was suggested for Parkland shooter in 2016 – report
Calls for Florida teen Nikolas Cruz to be put in a mental hospital were ignored more than a year before he gunned down 17 former classmates and teachers. The new report adds to the string of official failings before the massacre. Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland and the Broward County sheriff’s office both […]
Parkland shooting CCTV shows officer remained outside during massacre
By order of a judge, the Broward County Sheriff’s office has released surveillance video of the horrific Parkland school shooting in February. The police force said the footage justifies action against Deputy Scot Peterson. The footage from four security cameras at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland shows Peterson, accompanied by a school security […]
‘Heathers’ TV Show Delayed Due to Parkland School Shooting
The already-controversial Heathers TV show has been delayed in the wake of the Parkland school shooting. The Paramount Network series was set to debut next week, but will now air at a later, undetermined date. You’ll have to wait a bit longer to see the Heathers TV show, if you want to see it at all. The […]