Posted on 03/07/2007 11:03:37 AM PST by presidio9
At least two more daily newspapers -- The Oakland Press of Michigan and The Mountain Press of Sevierville, Tenn. -- have dropped Ann Coulter's column. A daily in Pennsylvania had dropped the column two days ago.
Oakland Press Editorial Page Editor Allan Adler, when reached this morning by E&P, said Coulter's use of the word "faggot" in a Friday speech was "definitely a factor" in the decision. He also read a statement from his paper that went as follows:
"When we picked up Ann Coulter, it was because we felt we needed a conservative columnist .. and we knew she had a following. She certainly no longer represents conservatism and apparently is more interested in being a celebrity. We are searching for a new columnist and will no longer be running Coulter."
The Oakland Press had picked up Coulter's column last summer and, since then, the Universal Press Syndicate feature "probably drew many more letters to the editor pro and con than any national column we run," said Adler.
In a story today on its Web site, The Mountain Press said it dropped Coulter because of her "distasteful and irresponsible comments over the weekend about a presidential candidate. Coulter referred to Democratic candidate John Edwards as a 'faggot' in a Friday speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference. Her comments were denounced by both Republicans and Democrats," the Tennesse paper noted.
"When we agree to buy a syndicated column we expect the writer to offer responsible, reasoned opinion on national and international issues," Editor Stan Voit said in the story. "Ms. Coulter's column drew an unusual amount of criticism from our readers when we first started running it, but we felt she was a nationally known writer offering her opinions in her own style. However we will not continue to publish the columns of someone who uses people as a punch line to get a cheap laugh and who so freely uses an offensive term to describe another human being."
The Mountain Press will replace Coulter with another conservative, female columnist yet to be determined.
Another daily Coulter client, the Lancaster (Pa.) New Era, had dropped the Universal columnist this week following her "faggot" slur.
Coulter's exact words Friday were: "I was going to have a few comments on the other Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, but it turns out you have to go into rehab if you use the word 'faggot,' so I -- so kind of an impasse, can't really talk about Edwards."
She followed her "faggot" reference with a statement on her Web site saying Edwards campaign manager David Bonior -- a former Congressman -- "is fronting for Arab terrorists."
The gay rights groups Human Rights Campaign launched a letter writing campaign to Universal last night. The syndicate replied today with its previous position: It would not comment on something said outside her column space, but would have edited out the "faggot" reference in any column she submitted.
what a bundle of sticks.....
But they have a huge amount of clout.
"Ms. Coulter's column drew an unusual amount of criticism from our readers when we first started running it..."
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I'm sure complaints about liberal (moderate) columnists and left-wing bias fall on deaf ears.
Nowhere in this column is the term "f-word" used, but "faggot" is openly thrown around.
Didn't you know?
Homosexuals make up 50% of the population and the number is growing, thanks to the public schools.
Same thing that happened to Bill Bennett.
Ann will be fine.
Vastly more than social conservatives have, that's for sure.
"I'm so ashamed, I can't stop laughing!"
But it's totally ok for Molly Ivins or Maureen Dowd to compare Bush to Hitler. How did we get to the point where calling someone a faggot is worse than calling them Hitler? The "logic" of that reality alone defys comprehension.
"She certainly no longer represents conservatism and apparently is more interested in being a celebrity."So, Allan Adler gets to decide who represents conservatism?
"Our readers will be happy to know, however, that we will continue to run columnists who accuse Pres. Bush of being a liar on every issue under the sun, accuse boots-on-the-ground soldiers worldwide of being incompetent and sadistic, support state-sponsored racism against caucasians, and gush over the brilliance of Al Gore."
Not if you listen to social conservatives. ;-)
"Homosexuals make up 2% of the population.
But they have a huge amount of clout."
Shurnuff. The Gay Mafia.
Lovely, the more PC propaganda rags down the tube the better.
Newspapers are dying and are indeed already dead among the conservatives I know.
AC should not give a care about being "dropped" (gasp!) by biased, antiquated media, because of outrage from the QueerLobby.
Although I disliked Ann's improper crack at Edwards, isn't the double standard interesting? In order for Ted Rall to have his "column" and "cartoons" dropped from papers, he had to engage in repeated, outrageous, PLANNED racism and hatemongering against, well, just about anyone with whose policies he disagrees. And Ann? She gets the same dump-the-column treatment over one off-the-cuff (if juvenile and nasty) crack.
Two wrongs don't make a right, no, but I'm marveling at how much LESS of a wrong is required for a CONSERVATIVE to be dumped than for a leftist.
I vote for Cinnamon Stillwell.
These people are actually making her point for her. They want her to go to rehab.
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