Long John Silver’s drops Fox ads after Tucker Carlson’s white supremacy comments

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Seafood chain Long John Silver’s has become the latest advertiser to stop advertising on the channel that carries “Tucker Carlson Tonight.”

The move comes after Carlson’s comments calling white supremacy a “hoax.”

Nestle and HelloFresh have also pulled ads from Carlson’s show, with Nestle saying they have “no plans” to advertise on Fox in the future.

Carlson lost more than 20 advertisers back in 2018 after he claimed immigrants are making the U.S. “dirtier.”

Additional advertisers jumped ship in March 2019 after Media Matters released audio of Carlson making white supremacy comments on a radio show on multiple instances.

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