Two companies have said they will no longer advertise during Fox News’ “Hannity” due to Sean Hannity’s coverage of the sexual misconduct allegations against Alabama Republican special election nominee Roy Moore.
Two companies have said they will no longer advertise during Fox News’ “Hannity” after critics called for the companies to pull their ads over Sean Hannity’s coverage of the sexual misconduct allegations against Alabama Republican special election nominee Roy Moore.
Realtor.com and Keurig both said they are stopping their ads from airing during the show after being questioned about the advertisements on Twitter. Neither company specifically said their decision was over Moore coverage, but only made the announcement in response to critics.
Keurig in a tweet to the president of the liberal group Media Matters for America said the company is stopping its ad on Fox News during Hannity’s show.
“Angelo, thank you for your concern and for bringing this to our attention,” the Keurig account wrote to Angelo Carusone. “We worked with our media partner and FOX news to stop our ad from airing during the Sean Hannity Show.”
Another company, Eloquii, said Hannity is blocked from its advertising list, but did not specify on what medium.
Media Matters has for months tried to put pressure on Hannity’s advertisers. In May the group published a list of the Fox News’ advertisers on its website.
The latest push comes after Hannity during his Thursday night Fox show urged viewers not to rush to judgment on the allegations against Moore.
“Every single person in this country deserves the presumption of innocence,” Hannity said. “With the allegations against Judge Moore, none of us know the truth of what happened 38 years ago. The only people that would know are the people involved in this incident.”
Hannity then interviewed Moore on Friday during his radio show, which is nationally syndicated.
Moore in the interview denied accusations leveled against him by a woman who said she had sexual contact with him when she was 14 years-old and he was 32. The Washington Post reported the allegation and also included accounts from three other women who said Moore attempted to court them around the same time period, when they were between 16 and 18 years old.
