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Fired Conservative Columnist Anne Coulter Getting 'Great Publicity'
CNS News ^ | 10/2/01

Posted on 10/02/2001 9:14:04 AM PDT by truthandlife

Conservative columnist Ann Coulter, fired from her contributing editor perch at the National Review Online, blames it on free-speech hysteria in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks. In a recent online column, Coulter opined that the United States should respond forcefully to the terrorist attacks: "We should invade their countries, kill their leaders, and convert them to Christianity," she said. The comment provoked an uproar, and the National Review Online subsequently refused to run another Coulter piece in which she referred to "swarthy males." When Coulter complained, she was fired. Tuesday's Washington Post quotes Coulter as saying she doesn't need friends like that. "Every once in awhile they'll throw one of their people to the wolves to get good press in left-wing publications," she told the newspaper. National Review Online Editor Jonah Goldberg told the Post, "We didn't feel we wanted to be associated with the comments expressed in those two columns." Coulter told the Washington Post she's getting great publicity as a result of the flap.


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To: truthandlife
I didn't see a lot of vitriol directed towards the advertisers and stations that pulled politically incorrect when Bill Maher called the Clinton administration "cowards"...but I've seen a LOT of anger directed towards NR for pulling Coulter.

Personally, I thought Coulter's statements were a lot more offensive.

21 posted on 10/02/2001 9:29:55 AM PDT by jess35
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To: truthandlife
Never did think much of tightly controlled CFR pubs like National(Neo-Marxist)Review, or anything to do with a Buckley, or a Goldberg.

No Conservatism there!

22 posted on 10/02/2001 9:30:13 AM PDT by editor-surveyor
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To: FormerLurker
God is a christian....now what
23 posted on 10/02/2001 9:30:18 AM PDT by cactusSharp
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To: truthandlife
The name Jonah is so fitting in this case!
25 posted on 10/02/2001 9:32:00 AM PDT by big bad easter bunny
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To: Hillary makes me Hot
Oh my....
26 posted on 10/02/2001 9:32:40 AM PDT by diotima
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To: FormerLurker
" Many people believe in God, but not all of them are Christians."

But then they don't really believe in God, do they???

27 posted on 10/02/2001 9:33:00 AM PDT by editor-surveyor
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To: 537 Votes
Is this the same Jonah Goldberg who suggested just last year that we should go into Africa, "guns blazing," to impose democracy on the poor benighted Africans?

Jonah Goldberg's suggestion was to increase the freedom of Africans. Anne Coulter's suggestion was to revoke the freedom of Moslems (innocent and guilty alike). The two suggestions stand in stark contrast.

29 posted on 10/02/2001 9:33:28 AM PDT by Physicist
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To: truthandlife
A long time ago, when NR was actually a conservative publication, being let go might have had some real negative consequences for an up and coming commentator. Nowadays, big whoop. It's just as well she's no longer associated with those toffey-nosed pretenders and the statist drivel that oozes from their pages.
30 posted on 10/02/2001 9:33:47 AM PDT by KirkandBurke
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To: truthandlife
This was a knee-jerk reaction. My bet says the the National Review gets more negative mail than they can handle. People may act disgusted by what Ann said, but in their heart many agree.
31 posted on 10/02/2001 9:33:47 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: pabianice
...and we the consumer have the right to read and support the publications and advertisers we want...
32 posted on 10/02/2001 9:34:11 AM PDT by Republic of Texas
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To: editor-surveyor
Perhaps not to you...but then, that is part of the greater problem. The radical Muslims ALSO believe that all non-Muslims do not believe in the "correct" God.
33 posted on 10/02/2001 9:34:54 AM PDT by jess35
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To: Hillary makes me Hot
Dang....
35 posted on 10/02/2001 9:35:00 AM PDT by OWK
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To: malarski; truthandlife
"We should invade their countries, kill their leaders, and convert them to Christianity,"

Sounds quite a bit like the 'politically correct'--

'We should invade their homes, arrest their parents, and convert them to Marxism,' line of the various 'nanny states'.

36 posted on 10/02/2001 9:35:02 AM PDT by d14truth
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To: OWK
That's not a fair comparison for reasons that are in the public domain.
37 posted on 10/02/2001 9:35:13 AM PDT by borkrules
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To: Republic of Texas
BOYCOTT THE NATIONAL REVIEW SEE RELATED THREADS
38 posted on 10/02/2001 9:35:32 AM PDT by TLBSHOW
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To: gfactor
"profit minded capitalist media criticizing capitalism..."

Ummm.. New York Times? Time? Newsweek? CBS? ABC? NBC? Hollywood? Brokavich? Silkwood? Norma Rae?

Hello?

39 posted on 10/02/2001 9:35:48 AM PDT by fourdeuce82d
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To: 537 Votes
Jonah will destroy National Review, not Anne. He is a sanctimonious snot who joined the McCain bandwagon when the Senator started bashing Christians. Johan has all the loyality to conservatism as Gary Bauer. With none of Bauer's masculinity.
40 posted on 10/02/2001 9:35:54 AM PDT by LarryLied
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