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by<\/span> BEN KEW Companies including Cars.com, Peloton, and Leesa Sleep have all given in to\u00a0pressure to cease advertising on\u00a0the show over Hannity\u2019s pursuit of now retracted claims<\/a> made by Fox News that murdered DNC employee Seth Rich had contact with Wikileaks before his death.<\/p>\n After\u00a0Rich\u2019s family sent a letter<\/a>\u00a0to Fox demanding that Hannity stop discussing the former DNC staffer\u2019s murder, Hannity said he would do so \u201cout of respect for the family\u2019s wishes.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI totally and completely understand how upset and how hard this is on this family, especially over the recent coverage of Seth\u2019s death,\u201d he said<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019ve been communicating with them. I got a very heartfelt note. I also sent them a heartfelt note back.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHowever, out of respect for the family\u2019s wishes, for now, I am not discussing this matter at this time,\u201d Hannity continued, although he\u00a0later contended<\/a>\u00a0that he had \u201cretracted nothing\u201d and would continue to \u201ctry to get to the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n In a series of tweets on Wednesday, Hannity accused figures including George Soros, David Brock of Media Matters, and failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton of \u201cliberal fascism,\u201d after his advertisers were reportedly \u201cinundated with emails\u201d from left-wing groups asking them to stop advertising on the show.<\/p>\n http:\/\/twitter.com\/seanhannity\/status\/867328663423000576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Fbig-journalism%2F2017%2F05%2F24%2Fadvertisers-bow-to-activist-left-begin-pulling-ads-from-hannity%2F<\/p>\n http:\/\/twitter.com\/seanhannity\/status\/867389676398751746?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Fbig-journalism%2F2017%2F05%2F24%2Fadvertisers-bow-to-activist-left-begin-pulling-ads-from-hannity%2F<\/p>\n Hannity\u00a0<\/em>is now the second Fox News to be targeted by advertisers this year, after over 90 companies dropped\u00a0advertising<\/a> on Bill O\u2019Reilly\u2019s show\u00a0The O\u2019Reilly Factor<\/em> over allegations of sexual harassment.\u00a0O\u2019Reilly was eventually released by the network, despite being America\u2019s highest-rated cable news host.<\/p>\n Editor\u2019s note: This story has been updated to correct the claim that Kim Dotcom was scheduled to appear on Tuesday\u2019s edition of Hannity. A Fox News representative contacted Breitbart News stating, \u201cHe sent a tweet but he was never booked on the show.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/a>Breitbart.com<\/p>\nA number of companies havepulled ads<\/a> from Fox News host Sean Hannity\u2019s show\u00a0Hannity <\/em>after he pledged to continue investigating circumstances surrounding the death of murdered DNC employee Seth Rich.<\/h2>\n