Lucky number seven

Four more newspapers have dropped Coulter's column, bringing the total to seven. They are: the Sanford Herald (North Carolina), The Times (Shreveport, LA), the American Press (Lake Charles, LA), and The DeKalb Daily Chronicle (Illinois). In the editorial that The DeKalb Daily Chronicle ran, explaining why they dropped her column, the editors said:

If she were an employee and referred to another human being as a “faggot,” her employment would be short-lived. As it is, the acerbic Coulter is a syndicated columnist whose material is distributed through Universal Press Syndicate. Universal President and Editor Lee Salem has responded to Coulter's remarks by saying, “She is not an employee, and we have no legal power to ‘fire' her.”

That's a lot like the Chronicle saying, “She didn't say it in one of the columns we ran, so it isn't our problem.” Wrong. It is our problem, and not dealing with it is a cop-out.

So yesterday we called Universal Press Syndicate and “fired” Coulter. What she said was wrong and hurtful and stepped way beyond the line of human decency, much less political commentary.

We hope the rest of the papers carrying Coulter's column will drop her in support of restoring human decency to political commentary.

Sources:

• Astor, Dave. "Louisiana Papers Become 4th and 5th This Week to Drop Ann Coulter." Editor & Publisher. March 8, 2007.
• Sargent, Greg. "And A Seventh Paper Gives The Hook To Coulter." The Horse's Mouth. March 9, 2007.
• Sargent, Greg. "A Sixth Paper Drops Ann Coulter." The Horse's Mouth. March 9, 2007.
• Sargent, Greg. "Fourth Newspaper Dumps Ann Coulter." TPM Cafe. March 8, 2007.

March 10th, 2007 Posted by Eric | no comments
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