USAA cowered to left wing extremist groups, pulling ads from Hannity for running stories on Seth Rich’s murder. The backlash against USAA was incredible. First, they tried pulling ads from Butch Maddow’s show to say they don’t advertise on “opinion shows.” But the backlash and cancellation of memberships continued. Now USAA is back running ads on Hannity.
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“The USAA financial services firm says it is reinstating its advertising on Sean Hannity’s Fox News Channel program after receiving heavy criticism from many of the military members and veterans that it serves,” the AP wrote.
In response, Media Research Center president Brent Bozell declared: “It goes without saying that USAA has not experienced this kind of customer outrage in its entire history.”
As readers may recall, USAA withdrew its advertisement spots on Thursday from Hannity’s FNC show after pressure from far-left organizations running a smear campaign in hopes of causing Hannity to lose his job.
USAA stated in a litany of tweets that they did so under the guise of being an “opinion” show and not one of the network’s “news programs.” The sorry excuse immediately backfired.
The Media Research Center’s Tim Graham wrote on Friday that this claim that they had advertised on “opinion shows” in error was dubious at best. USAA had prominently advertised on the eponymous shows of MSNBC pundits Rachel Maddow and Lawrence O’Donnell.