Fox News Keeps Jeanine Pirro Off the Air
by EG
Donald Trump wants Jeanine Pirro back on the air, but advertisers are less enthusiastic about the controversial host. That puts Fox News in a difficult position between financial concerns and its position as the President's de facto personal TV network. Read on for details.
Via Deadline.
Fox News Channel will keep Saturday primetime host Jeanine Pirro off the air another weekend in wake of her scathing remarks about Rep Ilhan Omar.
Like last week, Justice With Judge Jeanine will be replaced Saturday at 9 PM with a repeat of its Scandalous docuseries.
Pirro’s show had lost advertisers since an edition of the show in which she seemed to question the national allegiance of Rep. Ilhan Omar because the she wears a hijab.
NerdWallet was among advertisers that said they would stay away from Pirro’s show in the wake of her incendiary remark about Omar.
Fox News had condemned Pirro’s comment, saying, “We strongly condemn Jeanine Pirro’s comments about Rep. Ilhan Omar. They do not reflect those of the network and we have addressed the matter with her directly.”
For her part, Pirro insisted she was only trying to “start a debate.”
Fox News also scolded Pirro back in November when she, and fellow Fox News host Sean Hannity, two favorites of President Donald Trump, appeared at a campaign rally POTUS held in Missouri.
As it had done last week when contacted for comment, Fox News responded “We are not commenting on internal scheduling matters.”
The decision to pull Pirro came after her show two Saturdays back, when she opened talking about the congresswoman. “Think about it: Omar wears a hijab. Is her adherence to this Islamic doctrine indicative of her adherence to Sharia law, which in itself is antithetical to the United States Constitution?”
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