Ann Coulter Gets Fired...........Again

CentreDaily.com ^ | 3 September 2002

[SheLion]

Editor's File | A letter to Coulter

Dear Ann Coulter:
You're fired.
It's not that extreme viewpoints are unwelcome on the opinion pages of the Centre Daily Times. All political viewpoints, from Cal Thomas on the right to Molly Ivins on the left, are welcome here.

But, we don't welcome haters, Ann, and that's what you are.

Well, you are either a hater or a hypocrite who calls names and spews enmity because you believe it will get your pretty face on television more or sell more copies of your best-selling books.

In either case, we won't be publishing your Friday column anymore . We decided not to publish a piece of yours a few weeks back because it was nothing more than a sexual history of some of your enemies -- i.e., private citizens who dared to give money to the Democrats.

I wrote a column about why we held the piece and told readers then that if you continued to cross the line, we'd can you.

Your Friday column, in which you declared that liberals are "no good," then trashed the entire Kennedy clan as a collection of "heroin addicts, convicted killers, cheaters, bottleggers and dissolute drunks," crossed that line. I'm not going to defend the Kennedy family or liberals; either group can argue with you if they'd like.

But, Ann, you're mean -- vicious, really -- which is why we do not believe that you in any way serve the public good.

On a late summer morning almost a year ago, all of us -- Republicans, Democrats and everyone else -- witnessed what hate is capable of.

Since that day, Americans have tried to remember that they are on the same side, regardless of differences in skin color, nation of origin, religion or political viewpoint. It has not always been easy because, more than ever, those who are different can seem more threatening. But we're trying because what we have in America is worth keeping.

And, Ann, you're not helping. You do nothing to elevate our spirits, to celebrate the great bond that holds us this unruly people together and makes us a nation.

Hate is easy; love is hard.

Our great nation gives you the freedom to hate all you want and even to make a buck off it if you can. But, even better, it gives us the right not to have to listen.

So, Ann, you're fired. I expect some of our readers are going to be mad at us over this, but we hope they'll understand that while we joyfully publish a wide spectrum of political and social viewpoints, we condemn hate where we find it.

You won't miss us much, Ann. Heck, you're rolling in money. And your fans can find your column on the Internet anyway.

We'll start looking for someone to replace you. It won't be easy because you sure are flashy and a lot of folks like flashy. But political conservatism has produced other columnists of merit whose ideas will provide subjects fit for public consumption and debate -- writers who do not believe those who disagree with them are traitors, or worse.

Sincerely,

Bob Unger, executive editor

Bob Unger can be reached by
e-mail at runger@centredaily.com or by phone at 231-4640.

[SuperLuminal]

It's unfortunate that, in the interest of PC, she chose NOT to include the most important reason to hate all demoncruds, e.g. "commie traitors".

The wimpish manner in which she white-washed the marxist scum is sort of disappointing.

But then......I can think of several ways she could get back into my good graces......{:-)

[ward_of_the_state]

I like a good dose of the truth and appreciate Ann's "smack-ya-upside-the-head" style. As far as "polite company" is concerned, to heck with 'em! Observe the masses and do the opposite.

[sparkplug]

If you can't beat them join them.

[billhilly]

Well now. I have read the entire post and don't find much to disagree with Ann about. She seems to be an R. Emmett Tyrrell, except she has balls.

[MonroeDNA]

Anne has balls, and she rules.

[churchillbuff]

The adulterous drunk who cheated at Harvard and killed a girl at Chappaquiddick responded to these overtures by attacking Bush.""""

It's OK to take cheap shots at the Bushs

SORRY, BUT THIS ISN'T A CHEAP SHOT. IT'S A DISINTERESTED STATEMENT OF FACT.

[Musket]

Amen. Nice rant.

[paulklenk]

The biggest sign that Unger is full of sh*t and just afraid of Coulter's point of view is, he could have pulled her single column again -- one a one-time basis -- instead of permanently.

[DAnconia55]

Who is this guy? What is this publication?

And does anyone care?

public good.

bahahahah... Statist.

[pointsal]

heck, what's wrong with this?
tell'em to stick it where the sun don't shine!

[Doc Savage]

Frankly, I can only take you and your wimp friend Utopia in MINISCULE doses!!!! You two love birds are on the wrong thread. The moronic anal sphincter thread can be found under VANITY! Please, save us all from your next posts. Hilarious, but really, how much laughter can one take???

[Lower55]

She is flippant, rude, unoriginal, and she wouldn't get away with it (i.e. be employed), if a certain segment of the population didn't find her attractive. She offers nothing to the debate.

But, she's not wrong.

[RonDog]

See also:

Pa. Paper Backed After Canceling Coulter
Editor & Publisher online ^ | SEPTEMBER 03, 2002 | Dave Astor
Posted on 09/03/2002 5:20 PM Pacific by churchillbuff

SEPTEMBER 03, 2002

Pa. Paper Backed After Canceling Coulter
Editor Reports 97% Support

By Dave Astor

NEW YORK -- When the State College, Pa., Centre Daily Times dropped ultraconservative columnist Ann Coulter two days ago, it braced for a large reaction -- and got it. But of the more than 500 e-mails that poured in, about 485 supported the paper's decision, according to Executive Editor Bob Unger. "Maybe this is a hopeful sign that people are getting sick of extremists that pander to the worst in us," he told E&P Online.

The column precipitating the decision was Coulter's latest piece, which said Republicans are nicer than they should be to liberals. "I will say that there is only one thing wrong with liberals: they're no good," she wrote, later calling the Kennedys "a family of heroin addicts, statutory rapists, convicted and unconvicted female-killers, cheaters, bootleggers, and dissolute drunks."

Unger responded in a column addressed to Coulter. "You're fired. ... You are either a hater or a hypocrite who calls names and spews enmity because you believe it will get your pretty face on television more or sell more copies of your best-selling books. ... I'm not going to defend the Kennedy family or liberals. ... But, Ann, you're mean -- vicious, really -- which is why we do not believe that you in any way serve the public good." The Centre Daily Times runs a mix of columnists, including conservative Cal Thomas and liberal Molly Ivins. Among the paper's audience is a "pretty conservative readership outside of Penn State," said Unger, who noted that the 500-plus e-mails have been local, national, and international in origin.

Coulter, author of the current Slander: Liberal Lies About the American Right, is distributed by Universal Press Syndicate to about 60 papers. The column has gained at least three clients since Slander was published, said Universal Director of Communications Kathie Kerr, adding that the Centre Daily Times is the only recent cancellation she knows of. "While we regret the loss of any newspaper as a client, we certainly respect the right of editors to decide whether a column is appropriate for their readers," said Kerr. "Some people are going to like the style and some will not."

Source: Editor & Publisher Online

Dave Astor (dastor@editorandpublisher.com) is senior editor for E&P.

[Nuke'm Glowing]

The "point" is that there are not enough hard nosed down and dirty true conservatives to fight the demoratic socialists. There are too many RINO's and "Country Club" Republicans around so when times get tough, the perceived "right" folds like a cheap tent. We need more Ann Coulters, not fewer. The problem is that those few that are left are tossed aside in favor of the public opinion polls. Reagan was the last true conservative. Now all that's left in the "Republican" party are the country club crowd and the RINO's. Might as well declare the one party system and be honest with ourselves. Or are you one of those who "don't like to make waves" also?

[Dakmar]

I love Ann Coulter! She is allowed to speak her mind and does. God Bless America! God Bless Western Civilization!

[Dakmar]

It's all about money.

[goldstategop]

That's the one! Upon reading it, Bob Unger must have blown his liberal stack! Liberals are all for tolerance so as along as their views and friends are left alone. But say the mug ugly truth about who they really are and they come down on ya like a ton of bricks! Unger fired Ann Coulter not because she spewed hate upon liberals; she could care less about them to make them her life's obssession but because she didn't buy the liberals' spin on "Camelot." THAT was her REAL crime. For the record, I challenge Unger and any other liberal to find one place where Ann committed libel or slander. Au contraire. The fact she was fired again is a true badge of honor for in the final analysis its validated everything Ann wrote in her book that came out this summer. There's no media vendetta against liberals but as we've all just seen there is a jihad by liberals in this country to purge the public square of any and all dissenting thought. Which turns out to be their contribution to democracy and to the vitality of public debate in our politics. Oh and dear Bob, one more thing: you're the very example of hate you list as the excuse for booting Ann of the miserable excuse of yours for a serious publication...

[EternalVigilance]

Well, I had to read all of Ann's piece to finally realize why she lost this one liberal rag.

She had the gall to attack the Democrat pantheon of demigods, aka the Kennedy family.

For a Dem, that is the one unpardonable sin.

On the other hand, if you will pay them enough cash, you could probably get a pardon for just about anything.

EV