Matt Drudge is reporting unconfirmed, single-source news that commentator Ann Coulter was disinvited from the NBC "Today" show, where she was to appear this week to promote her new book. Supposedly, Coulter -- whose idea of heaven seems to include a plate-glass window where she can spend all day looking out at people being tormented in Hell -- has also been Banned For Life from NBC.
I don't know about the banning part, but here's my question: Why do MSM news organizations keep covering Ann Coulter? Why do they keep letting her leave flaming turd bags on their front steps? Instead of banning her, NBC and all the rest of the MSM should be ignoring her. Just let her wail away on the non-MSM fringe. She seems happier there anyway, although in Coulter's case "happy" is a highly relative term.
Um. Ann Coulter said on her own site that she was invited and then canceled.
They cover her because she's a popular conservative pundit and satirist.
Posted by: Alex Knepper | January 06, 2009 at 07:02 AM
Black listing? Haven't we been here before. Let her on and debate her, don't act like Joe McCarthy.
Posted by: Marting | January 06, 2009 at 07:02 AM
Why does the media invite Coulter?
Because crazy always win ratings!
Posted by: Wes | January 07, 2009 at 07:11 AM
I was thinking the exact same thing, Aaron. Ann Coulter has nothing of value or substance to add to any debate.
Also she has horse face.
Posted by: JC | January 07, 2009 at 07:11 AM
Watching Christian being eaten by lions was popular once too.
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Posted by: Harold | January 07, 2009 at 07:11 AM
Ann Coulter might be a lot of things. What the MSM does not like is the fact of her being mostly correct. No matter how much she is villfied what she reports and pounds on is the truth. A thing the MSM dislikes.
Whether it is Al Franken stealing an election. John Kerry pretending to be a war hero. Or, Mr. Gore bleating about carbon credits while growing rich off the poor fools who believe in global warming...Ann Coulter has debunked them all and NBC -inthis case- does not want to hear it as they are part of the whole smoke & mirrors politically correct group that is sinking the US into a morass of leftist multi-cultural crap.
Posted by: Fair Person | January 07, 2009 at 07:11 AM
"Whether it is Al Franken stealing an election. John Kerry pretending to be a war hero. "
Ah, no.
You can tell when an election is being stolen: the winner uses political intrigue to prevent the votes from being fairly counted and verified. That's not the case in the Franken/Coleman recount.
As for John Kerry being a war hero, it's the Navy's business who they award medals to.
Beware of criticizing the service of someone you don't like: it undermines all American Veterans, and that's unpatriotic.
Posted by: William Carr | January 11, 2009 at 09:57 PM