Tucker Carlson's show has been hit by an advertiser boycott, and it's having a visible effect

[DonViejo]

By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business

Updated 3:11 PM ET, Thu December 20, 2018

New York (CNN Business)The advertiser boycott spearheaded by liberal organizations of Fox News host Tucker Carlson is starting to have a visible effect.

Carlson's show, "Tucker Carlson Tonight," was down from the normal five commercial breaks to four on Wednesday night -- a clear sign the pressure campaign spearheaded by liberal activists is having its intended result.

In those four breaks, there were approximately 20 regular commercials, plus six advertisements for other Fox content. In the week before the boycott, Carlson's program averaged 36 advertisements per show, not including commercials for Fox content, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Carlson prompted a backlash last week when he said on his show that mass immigration "makes our country poorer, and dirtier, and more divided." He defended his comments in a segment earlier this week, showing images of trash at the US-Mexico border and arguing border crossers leave behind large amounts of "garbage and waste" as they make their way inside the country.

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[underpants]

1. I'll bet Tucker looks surprised and confused by this

[Blue Owl]

2. Soon Tucker will be drooling on his sweat-stained MyPillow

[Andy823]

3. Nope

It's Fox News that "makes our country poorer, and dirtier, and more divided."

[torius]

4. Deplorables are so rich and tidy nt

[BigmanPigman]

5. I am always supportive of boycotts.

https://grabyourwallet.org/

[Lonestarblue]

6. Corporate advertisers support right-wing lies and propaganda.

If more of them pulled their ads, maybe Fox News and AM hate radio would be forced to present actual news.

[jayschool2013]

7. Tucker's next stop

[Stuart G]

8. Mass immigration my ass..My grandparents came in the "mass immigration of the early ..

1900s to be exact, 1910. They stayed at Ellis Island. If we were to let in the people that want to come in, then I think our country would be a better place to live. Those people that came during that "mass migration" had children and those children had children. A good number of those "grandchildren of those mass migrants in the early 1900s, are members of Democratic Underground. I taught immigrants to the U.S.A. One fellow was from Cambodia. He escaped with his mother as the Khamer Rouge came into the house and killed his father. He and his mom escaped through the window and ended up here. Fuck Tucker Carlson.