Posted on 10/22/2002 5:02:32 PM PDT by Gamecock
NEW YORK -- Did "firing" Ann Coulter lead to the departure of the editor who axed her?
"I don't think that had anything to do with it," said Bob Unger, who -- in what he described as a "mutual" decision -- stepped down Monday as executive editor of the Centre Daily Times in State College, Pa.
Early last month, Unger dropped Coulter from the newspaper's column lineup, arguing that her syndicated commentary was "mean." This decision infuriated many fans of the conservative Coulter, though Unger said "80 to 85%" of the more than 5,000 e-mails he ultimately received supported his decision. "I know that doesn't represent the general population, but it represented the people who wrote me," he told E&P Online.
So why did Unger and the Centre Daily Times part ways? Unger, who was reached at home, said there was "a difference in style and objective" between him and Henry Haitz, who became publisher of the paper several months ago. Unger declined to give specifics, noting that he was not allowed to do so under his separation agreement.
Unger, who had been executive editor for 2 1/2 years, said he had no immediate job prospects but was working on his second novel.
May you and every member of your extended family be judged on the basis of the behavior of the worst actions ever committed by the worst of your lot
If this was a problem for MY boss with me, I'd have been given the bullet years ago! *LOL*
HA!!
So Ireland has their version of our, "Skinny One"?
I dunno, if I were your "Boss" & planned on giving you the hook?
I'd have my guard up real high looking for a series of O'C right leads & left hooks, I'll tell you. ;^)
Thing is, you wouldn't have fired this most excellent spokesperson for the, our, conservative cause to begin with!!
You're wayyyy too smart & wayyyy too savvy to do something so silly.
You realize -- instinctively if nothing else -- just "who" pays the light bills when it comes to "journalism"; the reader.
The, who pays the bills detail is definetly the last thing considered by the Liberal-Socialist meatheads.
I just thought you'd get a kick outa how things are done here in the states, when one of our Liberal-Socialists does something really dumb; such as, the boner this imbecile pulled.
I thought you'd find it especially amusing the way we Yanks will cloud the water with ink when it comes to the reasons behind the termination of a Lefty Urinalist?
Sure hope all's well for you on your beautiful Emerald Isle, H1.
...in spite of that awful vote.
To say nothing of HappyGal's brothers and friends on the Rugby squad...MUD
I find this hard to believe...over 4,000 folks emailed a local college-town paper to say they were in favor of dropping a columnist?! No way, don't believe that at all!!
FReegards...MUD
Wow, I can't wait...hope it's as popular as his first novel...MUD
Ohhhh yea.
Then there's *that* little dynamic, too. :o)
And we all know how *clannish* those Irish can be, aye?
Was just reading an Irish recipe which incuded cabbage, potatoes, carrots & of all things the, "Head of a Liberal."
(I presume one uses the Liberal's head just as one would a soupbone, tossing when finished...)
...sounded delicious, too. ;^)
Well, with that sorta recommendation, I reckon I need to go back and read the whole thing...MUD
How the heck did Unger git the job in the first place?!
Nittany Lions are WahooFood come 9 November!!
LOL...MUD
Again, you have likely bitten off too much. BTW is Landru the judge on this wager too?? I hope so. Thus far, he has proven to be a fair, competent, honest, and trustworthy arbitor of our other wager.
Can ya post it to the Black threads?! Sounds like a wunnerful celebratory stew fer 5 November!!
FReegards...MUD
BTW...wonder if you could substitute corned beef fer the RATS' head?
The game of college football has passed JoPa by, I'm afraid, and Coach Groh will make that all-too-evident AGAIN in a coupla weeks. You wanna bet?! Let's make it a nice lunch at a local Richmond eatery, and I'll accept Landru as the judge, although some of his pronouncements lately have led me to doubt his impartiality.
FReegards...MUD
Uh...that was the bet we made last September (in late Black IX or early Black X), Except we specified Sam Miller's, where I will have the she-crab soup and a nice steak, medium well. Sheeeesh!
Ummmm, she-crab soup paid fer by TheSultan...can life get any better?!
LOL...MUD
LOL!!!
Nice to see you again, Happygal. When are you coming over to join Mudboy and me for lunch? We can get jla there, too. But Landru can't attend. He's a bit tight with the coin, if you know what I mean.
I just finished it...excellent book, IMHO. Next, I'm finally sending my copy to timesink to pay off fer winning a past FReeper contest!! Sorry it took so long, timesink, but it should be going out tomorrow.
FReegards...MUD
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