Jeanine Pirro case puts Fox News in awkward spot
A prominent Muslim-American civil rights organization is calling for advertisers to boycott Fox News, while another group is petitioning to have the weekend host reinstated.
"Jeanine Pirro did nothing wrong," the group's leader, Brigitte Gabriel, said via tweet."People should be outraged." Act for America was echoing tweets by President Donald Trump last weekend. He had also proclaimed his support for Pirro and advocated for her reinstatement.
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