Immediately after the horror of the February 14 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., the National Rifle Association halted all of its digital advertising, including ads on YouTube, banner ads on websites, and Facebook ads.
Within four days, though, the NRA had returned in force, increasing its advertising aggressively on Facebook, and spending so widely and indiscriminately that its ads on YouTube showed up on videos for school-age kids. According to a previously unpublished review by Pathmatics, a company that scrapes data from online ads, the NRA spent more than six times as much on digital ads after the Parkland shooting than it did in the weeks before it. Its average daily spending in the 24 days before Parkland was $11,300, according to Pathmatics. In the 24 days after its silent period, that average jumped to $47,300.
Nearly all of the increase was on social media, primarily Facebook, where the NRA took its spending from an average of $4,400 a day in the three weeks prior to Parkland to $34,000 a day in the three weeks after the silence. Florida was heavily targeted in the post-tragedy ad burst. The state went from ninth most targeted in January to third between mid-February and mid-March.
The NRA didn’t change its message – the ads were the same as before the shooting. The message was just pushed much harder. For the past year, the NRA had been ranked No. 706 by Pathmatics on its list of top YouTube video advertisers. In the period since Feb. 21, the gun-rights group jumped into the top 100 at No. 92.
The NRA did not stop with simple pro-gun advertisements, they also sent their spokespeople and Right Wing supporters out to attack the Parkland students.
In fact Laura Ingraham even went so far as to attack one of the student's grade point average.
Wait, seriously?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
That seems like a rather pathetic attempt to undermine a teenager's credibility.
Hogg's sister, displaying far more maturity than Ingraham, responded with this:
For his part social media savvy David Hogg simply tweeted this:How low are your ratings @IngrahamAngle that you have to start attacking my brother’s grades to get attention? If you ask me, he is more articulate than you and has far better character. Man, that’s real low even for you. Coming from a 14 year old, please grow up. #NeverAgain https://t.co/CgUVeGRfxP— Lauren Hogg (@lauren_hoggs) March 28, 2018
And yes that has started a boycott.Soooo @IngrahamAngle what are your biggest advertisers ... Asking for a friend. #BoycottIngramAdverts— David Hogg (@davidhogg111) March 29, 2018
Now you might think that NRA members would be embarrassed by all of this and perhaps be less supportive, but you would be incorrect.
Courtesy of the New York Post:
Contributions to the National Rifle Association’s political action committee tripled in February amid public attacks against the organization following the Feb. 14 high school shooting in Parkland, Fla.
Supporters of the Second Amendment donated about $779,000 in February to the NRA’s political arm, the Political Victory Fund, according to recent Federal Election Commission (FEC) data.
The figure marked a more than threefold increase compared to January, when the PAC received nearly $250,000 in donations, and was the fund’s second-best month over the last year.
Well I guess if you define your manhood by the size of the metal penis extender you have strapped to your body it is a little hard to shame you about anything.
P.S. Okay just like an hour after I wrote this post Laura Ingraham caved under pressure and apologized to David Hogg on Twitter.
Really? If you think he should be proud of a 4.2 grade average than why did you say that nasty shit in the first place?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
In my mind these Right Wing trolls attack these Parkland kids at their peril, because these teenagers know exactly how to use social media to deal with idiots like them.
Update: I think this belongs here.
Very well said."This kid's not scared. He's not scared of the NRA. He's not intimidated and scared by Laura Ingraham ... Half the Republican party is hiding under the table, under their bed. They're so scared ... Not these kids, though" - @SteveSchmidtSES w/ @NicolleDWallace pic.twitter.com/QZE5I6zmv3
— Deadline White House (@DeadlineWH) March 29, 2018
Like trump and a few other sleazy liars the NRA is no different. It is fake donations made with their own money or Russian NRA nationalist set to destroy our country. It is misinformation and lies from the NRA scumbags. They have zero guts nor brains. May a thousand camels fart in their face and the second amendment repealed. Take away their guns they have no right to own with that hateful agenda. #repealthesecond #endtheNRAscam #standupforamerica
ReplyDeleteThat NRA leader/bitch - needs to be replaced. She's as ugly spirited as they come and I suggest she will lose her position in the not too distant future.
ReplyDeleteThe NRA is in big trouble against these kids, their parents and supporters around the country (AND, there are millions!).
It's going to be fun to watch.
SIX advertisers have not left the Ingraham shows on Fox, and it's not over yet.
ReplyDeleteAT&T being the biggest that so far has not said anything
The MSD survivors have a real fight on their hands, and they have to be prepare for the horrible disgusting things people are going to throw at them
Gun culture and the NRA are 2nd only to Jesus himself for many Americans , and their pastors have sold them on this unholy conflation that god, guns, and family are the holy trinity that cannot be questioned.
The MSD teens actually need to think about getting starting an LLC, getting a lawyer on board, and hiring security because to fight for voting rights in the fall, and to get kids registered they need an organization at their back
That would be good guns and patriarchal family.
DeleteLet them bankrupt themselves with their fake advertising.
ReplyDeleteHas the first porn model ever responded to Lauren Hogg's tweet to do something about the cyberbullying of her brother.
oh right she is on vacation again
Roseanne Barr has taken to tweeter to spread the lie about the Nazi salute.
ReplyDeleteAnyone that wants to complain to ABC about an adult bullying a teenager here is the link:
Here is ABC’s feedback page:
abc.go.com/...
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/3/29/1753001/-Either-Roseanne-Barr-Apologizes-Publicly-To-David-Hogg-Or-ABC-Should-Be-Boycotted
"She’s spread insane conspiracy theories about Hillary and the Democratic party. Before the 2016 election, the comedian claimed that the fix was in, and that Hillary had “paid for the oval office.” She was stumping for Trump throughout the election, saying “we would be so lucky if Trump won. Because then it wouldn’t be Hillary.”
DeleteShe also promoted the Pizzagate conspiracy that even Alex Jones had to apologize for and spread the lie that Hillary Clinton’s campaign was responsible for the death of aide Seth Rich.
Oh, and Barr she retweeted an InfoWars propaganda piece which falsely claimed that “5.7 Million Illegals” voted in the presidential election."
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/03/trump-loving-roseanne-terrible-person-long-time-just-flew-radar/
"Let Laura’s advertiser bloodletting be a lesson to all who fail to take these Parkland students -and their generation- seriously. Do so at your own peril! These teenagers aren’t just smart and articulate. They’re more than more mature than the adults who let them down and denigrate them.
ReplyDeleteThey’re driven and savvy and more than up to the task of making real change."
https://www.politicususa.com/2018/03/29/david-hogg-is-showing-fox-news-personality-laura-ingraham-how-the-adults-in-the-room-behave.html
THIS:"I am here today with my classmates because we have been thoroughly underrepresented and, in some cases, misrepresented,” student Tyah-Amoy Roberts said.
ReplyDeleteThe students also said that the post-Parkland gun control debate has failed to fully acknowledge how gun violence affects black youth. According to a 2017 analysis of fatal and nonfatal childhood firearm injuries compiled by researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, black children face the highest rates of firearm MORtALity"
https://www.vox.com/identities/2018/3/29/17177446/black-parkland-students-criticize-media-school-safety-discipline
BLM
In the spirit of Holy Week?! Boy oh BOY, is that not the definition of so-called 'x-tians" in name only. Next week, right back to being the bitch she always has been!
ReplyDeleteFor me personally, this whole thing has done one thing. The gun is slowly becoming not a symbol of protection, safety, or sport. It is becoming the symbol of HATE. So be it.
Yes, well-said.
DeleteIngraham taking to social media to make fun of Hogg's GPA and college rejection letters makes a person wonder who is the adult and who is the child?
ReplyDelete#ShutupandBeObjective
Notice how these so called christians always make personal attacks rather than have an adult discussion.
DeleteThat is why they are going lose this debate.
What I've always said, 5:33 PM, visit any site you want comment section. There is no cogent discussion, just name calling or 'Trump Trump Trump" because there IS none with them.
DeleteThese are Laura Ingraham's advertisers
ReplyDeletehttps://www.mediamatters.org/research/2018/03/29/these-are-laura-ingrahams-advertisers/219785
This backlash against Laura Ingraham for cyberbullying David Hogg is so massively viral that if I were one of her advertisers, I’d actually PAY good money to be removed from her show. The negative publicity would bankrupt them. Fox News should dump her show.
ReplyDeletehttps://twitter.com/hashtag/FireIngraham?src=hash
https://twitter.com/search?q=%22Laura+Ingraham%22
https://twitter.com/search?q=boycott%20laura%20ingraham%20advertisers&src=rela
“I will only accept your apology only [sic] if you denounce the way your network has treated my friends and I [sic] in this fight. It’s time to love thy neighbor, not mudsling at children,” Hogg tweeted Thursday afternoon, responding to a tweet from a Parkland parent who lost his daughter in the February 14, 2018, shooting.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/03/29/corporate-warfare-nutrish-jumps-aboard-david-hoggs-advertiser-boycott-laura-ingraham/
...Mr. Hogg said he has grown accustomed to being criticized, often ruthlessly. But to hear a prominent television host mock his college rejections was “extremely frustrating,” he said.
“I’m not going to stoop to her level and go after her on a personal level,” he said. “I’m going to go after her advertisers.”
Ms. Ingraham’s remarks went too far for TripAdvisor, which said it planned to stop advertising on the show and that it did not “condone the inappropriate comments made by this broadcaster.”
“We also believe Americans can disagree while still being agreeable, and that the free exchange of ideas within a community, in a peaceful manner, is the cornerstone of our democracy,” the company said through a spokesman. “In our view, these statements focused on a high school student cross the line of decency.”
Nutrish, a pet food brand owned by Rachael Ray, said it was “in the process of removing our ads from Laura Ingraham’s program.”
“The comments she has made are not consistent with how we feel people should be treated,” the company said.
Wayfair, an e-commerce company, said in a statement that it supports “open dialogue and debate on issues,” but that it would stop advertising on Ms. Ingraham’s show.
“The decision of an adult to personally criticize a high school student who has lost his classmates in an unspeakable tragedy is not consistent with our values,” the company said.
Nestle said it had “no plans to buy ads on the show in the future.” A fifth company, Expedia, said it “recently pulled the advertising” but did not elaborate on the timing or whether the decision was related to Ms. Ingraham’s comments.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/29/business/media/laura-ingraham-david-hogg.html
“I have to ask — @IngrahamAngle — honestly, what kind of a mother bullies a HS student who survived a school shooting and a massacre?” Congressman Nydia Velazquez, a representative from New York, tweeted. “These kids know more about grace and class than you'll ever understand.”
ReplyDeleteThat is PERFECT.
DeleteThank you for posting it.
“His friends are dead. He's asking us to save other children from being killed. One of the organizers of massive protests,” she tweeted. “Fox News host mocks him for some colleges rejecting him even though he has an impressive GPA. Guess @davidhogg111 has really gotten under Fox News' skin.”
ReplyDeleteActress Alyssa Milano suggested an alternate form of anger management.
"Hey, Laura! I’m not sure why you have such animosity for David, but maybe just scream into a pillow instead of publicly attacking a mass shooting survivor," she wrote. "@davidhogg111 is actually shifting a narrative that was fossilized by out of touch people like you. What did you do today?"
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/parkland-survivor-david-hogg-calls-boycott-laura-ingraham-article-1.3902504
Thank you Alyssa Milano!
DeleteAnd thanks 3:54 for posting.
That’s my question and has been for years.
DeleteCongress “what have YOU done today?”
Nothing except take money. It’s not their dead asses on the line. Maybe it should be.
Keen observation, Alyssa. These concretized institutions, with their loyalists, ARE why there are wars!!! EVOLUTION is the ineluctible condition we are all in, and co-create as being already part of. No separate Salvation, we save ourselves! Heaven is NOW!! Free will, action and its consequences in karma and reincarnation (Christians don't understand karma does not reconcile in a single linear lifespan). Change! Remain open! No attachment!!
Deletehttps://twitter.com/hashtag/BoycottIngramAdverts?src=hash
ReplyDelete.@fred_guttenberg is right, Laura Ingraham’s apology means nothing.
ReplyDeletehttps://twitter.com/KaivanShroff/status/979440044351152129
Fabio is like Obama, with looks.
ReplyDeleteno one's ever known what kind of job they have because neither have ever really had a real job. (Elected jobs don't count there, as you're elected)
Fabio? Why would you mention Fabio, of all people?
DeleteBoth have had real, not elected jobs.
DeleteYou've just removed all doubt, fool.
a law professor is a great job. A million President Obama's will be super helpful in the world.
DeleteDavid Hogg seems like a strange little character. C'mon admit it, some of you people must think so even if you aren't saying it.
ReplyDeleteNope.
Delete949. Your mom's a whore.
DeleteSorry, no.
DeleteOh, and straight As is 4.0. To get higher than that you need to take extra AP classes (that's advanced placement for the uneducated) and get an a in those too. They are college level classes and way more rigorous than the regular high school curriculum.
No 9.49 just the opposite. This young adult is amazing, he will go far in life unlike the fox no news hag and tags. The entire Rogue Republican party are showing their true colors. And it aint pretty. The hateful true nature of these pos's are standing out like the huge pimple on trumps crooked nose.
DeleteAgreed. He is a youngster being used, and he will come apart at the seams. Weirdo.
DeleteYes, he is strange. And he is definitely being propped up by monies from somewhere.
DeleteParanoid much? Eye roll.
Deletelol mlaiuppa always proclaiming to be so smart, if you don't believe her, just ask her right mlaiuppa.
DeleteFrankly, some of the most intelligent people I know never went to college, some didn't even finish HS. It doesn't take indoctrination into a system, which these days can cost 100k and much higher) to make one intelligent.
She is a sack of shit to her core.
ReplyDeleteYouTube and Facebook? Aside from their koolaid drugged minions, who is going to see their shit?
ReplyDeleteSo where is Melania when all this cyber bullying is going on?
ReplyDeleteYeah, I know. Donald made her state cyber bullying as her first lady thing.
She's trying but I think she should just pack it in and take Barron back to Trump tower and just stay there. Sit it out until Trump is out of the White House, in hand cuffs or feet first.
Look - I get it, you're a responsible gun-owner. But look around at the others in your group. LOOK at some of those guys...
ReplyDeleteYou really think it's OK for some of those guys to own rapid-fire, extended-clip weapons. Really?
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/03/ohio-student-shot-school-gets-detention-participating-national-school-walkout-told-apologize/
ReplyDelete"His principal made an announcement that morning that many were wearing the colors of MSD in solidarity, however, he warned all students that if they walked out, they’d be sent to detention. Caffrey was furious.
When the time came, Caffrey, along with 42 other students, walked past the cafeteria in which he was shot, and out their school’s doors. They were all given detention."
" The student council agreed that a walkout might be seen as advocating for gun control, something their community opposes. Thus the decision was born to wear the colors and not to walk out.
“He’s always hated the attention from all of this,”
“I know that he really just wanted to pretend that day never happened.”"Caffrey took a stand. He along with his fellow students stood in silent PRAYER for 17 minutes. Then he suffered the consequences
"President David French even went so far as to say that the students should apologize to the school resource officer.
Caffrey’s father turned to his son and watched the blood drain from his face.
“It was like being shot all over again,” Caffrey told his dad of French’s words. Once again he was back on the cold cafeteria floor, begging for help. French WANTED an apology instead."
https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2018/03/29/student-shot-madison-schools-ohio-gets-detention-school-shooting-protest/461379002/
HULU tOO!
ReplyDeletehttps://www.politicususa.com/2018/03/29/hulu-dumps-laura-ingraham.html
Cant wait to witness all the republicans going down down down that elevator with trump. Taking Russian money and bathing in trump swamp is really toxic shit.
ReplyDeleteLaura Ingram had to apologize to the Parkland student due to boycott threats. When it hits them in the pockets these NRA asshats back down fast.
ReplyDeleteNow, let's boycott Rosanne Barr's show. Not just because Rosanne Barr is an asshat but because we dredged enough shit from the eighties and nineties, including Donald Trump.
Let's not look back to the Archie Bunkers of our time. We need to shake it off and move onwards. Or we will be dragged back with this demagogue in the white house and his moldy way of running a country. Who needs that?
I understand that people need to worship people and things but please don't worship Rosanne Barr and her old/new show, and Donald Trump.