Fox News host Tucker Carlson continues to face a backlash from advertisers after his controversial comments about immigrants, and Lehi-based Ancestry.com is among the companies that has yanked its commercials.
The genealogy company has been relatively low-key about its decision, delivering only a terse statement: “We are not advertising at this time.” And it has not engaged on Facebook or Twitter with commenters calling for a boycott of the company for withdrawing its ads from “Tucker Carlson Tonight.”
Ancestry.com is also receiving praise for its decision on social media, where it had been called out for continuing to advertise after Carlson said that immigration "makes our country poorer, and dirtier, and more divided” on his Dec.