Fox News issued a defense of its hosts Tuesday, saying that it would not be “censored” by companies that are pulling advertisements from the network.
"We cannot and will not allow voices like Tucker Carlson to be censored by agenda-driven intimidation efforts from the likes of Moveon.org, Media Matters and Sleeping Giants," Fox said in a statement.
These groups, comprised of left-wing advocacy organizations and progressive nonprofit groups, have all publicly condemned Carlson for his comments. Sleeping Giants specifically is an advocacy group aimed at persuading companies to pull advertising from news outlets it deems offensive.
The Fox statement also said the groups were hypocritical for their “intolerance to all opposing points of view.”
While companies are boycotting Fox News, the outlet would only be censored if the government was suppressing its freedom to broadcast what it wishes.
Last week, Fox News host Tucker Carlson said during his show that when the U.S. is forced to admit “the world’s poor,” it makes the country “poorer, and dirtier, and more divided.”
Insurance company Pacific Life was the first company to halt its advertising relationship with the network following the comments, and at least a dozen others have pulled their slots as well, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
IHOP, the United Explorer credit card, Just For Men, Jaguar Land Rover, Ancestry.com, and Voya Financial are among some of the corporations who have said they will stop advertising with Tucker Carlson Tonight.
This is not the first time that Carlson has found himself at the center of controversy. Last month, radical left-wing protesters organized outside of Carlson’s family homein Washington, D.C., where they broke his door and frightened his wife, who was home alone at the time.
“Attempts were made last month to bully and terrorize Tucker and his family at their home. He is now once again being threatened via Twitter by far left activist groups with deeply political motives,” the Fox statement said.
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