‘Tucker Carlson Tonight’ advertisers silent on host’s white supremacy remarks

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Advertisers on Fox’s cable channel that carries “Tucker Carlson Tonight” remained silent when reached for comment about the host’s controversial comments about white supremacy.

The Daily Beast reached out to all of the companies who ran ads during the show since Monday.

Only one company, PC Matic, responded but then refused to say anything beyond “no comment” after attempting to go off the record with The Daily Beast, which the publication declined.

Meanwhile, Long John Silver’s, HelloFresh and Nestle pulled ads from the network.

Carlson has a history of making controversial comments that trigger advertiser exoduses, including the most recent incident where he called white supremacy a “hoax.”

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