Posted on 01/07/2009 6:39:44 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest
Last night I posted an item on David Shuster's hypocrisy in branding Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston "unwed parents," pointing out that the MSM would never normally use such an un-PC term, preferring to speak reverentially of "single mothers." This morning, Ann Coulter appeared on Today to discuss her new book, Guilty, and by coincidence, an important focus of Ann's remarks was . . . the liberal media's "exaltation of single-motherhood."
I'll leave it to my fellow NewsBusters to recount the entire story of Ann's Today appearance, including the way NBC apparently scurried to have her on this morning's show after Drudge ran a story asserting that the network had imposed a lifetime ban on the conservative firebrand. For present purposes, let's focus here on the similar themes struck here and by Ann on the subject of single-motherhood.
View video here.
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During Today appearance, Coulter castigates MSM glorification of single-motherhood. Ping to Today show list.
Did they really identify Ann Coulter as “Conservative Queen” onscreen? Incredible!
Yup. See image posted above.
Well, she IS the queen of the conservatives. And that’s a GOOD thing!
NBC probably thinks it’s a bad thing, or they’d have come up with a different caption.
NBC - Nincompoops, Buttheads & Clowns
I think she gave him a pretty good whipping in the video. She has learned how to combat their tactic of interrupting by saying, “now this is going to take more than two or three sentences”. Brilliant and very effective.
Single mothers are just SO brave.
I wish they’d be a little more brave in telling the men who inpregnate them for kicks to BACK OFF.
Baby-mama indeed.
Did anyone scream off with her head?
Ok, we have to be careful here...
I fully recognize that the breakdown of the nuclear family has taken a great toll on our society. And I think too many young people (and some not so young) unlike Bristol Palin are too cavalier about pregnancy and unwed parenthood.
AND we must not attack a woman simply for being a single mom. I didn’t marry my oldest daughter’s father right away (married him when she was 1, but split up just months later when I realized what a mistake it was).
I don’t ususally toot my own horn, but it wasn’t easy to leave an unhealthy relationship. Yes, I never should have been in that relationship to begin with and I definitely should not have had sex with him — but there was an alternative that I NEVER considered but too many young women (more than 1,000,000 in the US alone each year) feel they have no choice to do, often bec they don’t feel the support necessary to have their baby. (financial and emotional)
So while promoting the family, let’s not condemn single parenthood outright and create an environment that perhaps steers young women toward a tragic choice.
Excellent documentation!
ANN - FYI - hubby called NBC twice. The first person was a pseudo male receptionist who said your cancellation was due to their expanded war coverage. On the second call, a few hours later, there was a young lady answering the phone and he asked her why you weren't on the Today show. She said,"They were responding to the fact that their viewers didn't want Ann Coulter on the show" and that the "viewers thought she was too controversial." He asked her if you would be on in the future...say tomorrow (Wednesday). She said initially that she "didn't know," so hubby asked her to check. She took time away from the call to "go find out" and then came back and told him you were "not on the schedule." Hubby left messages on their "Viewer Comment Line" each time, expressing his anger over this decision and the second time even telling Matt to "man up!"
Ann, if you need us to verify this in any way, please FReepmail me. We are here for you! Hubby put the second call with the girl on speaker phone, so I heard it too.
She's not attacking a person, just the medias love of the idea of single motherhood.
If NBC's viewers were so influential, she wouldn't have been on today!
EVIDENTLY their Viewers are more Conservative than they care to admit!
WERE THEY LYING THEN, OR THEY ARE LYING NOW ? ;-)
don’t forget those who get pregnant on purpose in order to get the government check.
The word attack makes your plea right, a no-brainer. However, liberal America was dead wrong to render even mild disapproval as a hate crime. A strong culture "discriminates."
Liberal elites hate it when Coulter puts a mirror up to them and showcases their bias...
“I’m sorry, but children deserve a father and we DO need to make sex before marriage and having a child out of wedlock a shameful thing.”
Every child deserves a father who cares about them — that’s why I went out and found a good man to be a good father to my daughter — but again, let’s be careful.
There should be more than a modicum of shame, but I don’t think that should be the prevailing sentiment. I think what we should stress is that it is not at all the ideal situation for all those involved — esp’ly the child — and we should do what we can to prevent unwed parenthood while also working for the best outcomes when it does occur.
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