USAA says it will reinstate ads on Hannity

[brooklynite]

Source: AP

NEW YORK (AP) — The USAA financial services firm is reinstating its advertising on Sean Hannity’s Fox News Channel program after receiving heavy criticism for its initial decision from many of the military members and veterans that it serves.

The San Antonio, Texas-based company said Tuesday it will also start advertising again on other programs where it had suspended ads, including “Hardball” and “The Rachel Maddow Show” on MSNBC, and Jake Tapper’s “The Lead” on CNN.

Following Hannity’s reporting on a discredited conspiracy theory involving the death of a Democratic National Committee staff member, the liberal advocacy group Media Matters last week posted a list of his show’s advertisers — and USAA was one of 10 to say it was pulling its commercials. At the time, the USAA said the company’s policy was to avoid politically opinionated shows.

But many of USAA’s customers reacted angrily, and it didn’t help when the company’s advertising on other opinion shows was pointed out.

Read more: https://apnews.com/00f27493b3fb40498fe633e6e899d2f4/USAA-says-it-will-reinstate-ads-on-'Hannity

[still_one]

1. Obviously those in the military who were upset by this are Hannity viewers, and do not care if they

are being fed misinformation and lies.

[Lint Head]

2. The propagandized and the hypnotized are what they are

[DK504]

3. I've been with USAA for 30 years.

It's time to rethink doing business with them. Advertising on a guys show who is the exact opposite of a patriot that represents military and their families makes me sick.

[riversedge]

8. Yes, perhaps rethink you business relationship.

[angstlessk]

4. Well, years ago it was talked about how the military was attracting white racists

and nazi sympathizers...so there ya go!

[ffr]

5. Those in the military support Mr. Mouthpiece who's never served?

All he does is provide lip service as a war hawk, more than happy to send someone else's kid to war, but never go himself. That's all he is, a cowardly tough talker with a dittohead haircut.

[Turbineguy]

6. We know what it means to serve.

Unlike Hannity.

[Marcuse]

7. Waterboard Hannity for charity and fun.

https://www.google.com/amp/www.mediaite.com/tv/hannity-tears-into-liberal-guest-for-trying-to-bring-up-five-year-old-issue/amp/

[onenote]

9. So much for the story that Hannity was about to be fired.

Which sounded like BS from the start.

[mdbl]

10. Like I said before...

the asshole advertisers knew the asshole they were supporting.