Media Rewards Coulter’s ‘Faggot’ Comment With Greater Publicity

[babylonsister]

E-mail CNN/Faux; addresses at link.

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/05/coulter-publicity/

Media Rewards Coulter’s ‘Faggot’ Comment With Greater Publicity


The media networks are racing to get Ann Coulter on the air, proving that no beyond-the-pale right-wing comment is so outrageous that it disqualifies you from receiving TV publicity.

This afternoon, CNN gleefully announced:

Ann Coulter joins Paula Zahn with her side of the story, that’s tonight at 8:00 p.m. Eastern. Don’t miss it.

Also, last night, Sean Hannity heralded:

Don’t forget. Tomorrow night, Hannity & Colmes. Ann Coulter will be our guest.

This isn’t the first time the media has rewarded Coulter for her hate speech. After she attacked the 9/11 victims, NBC milked the controversy, repeatedly providing a forum for her to talk about it. Similarly, she was given repeated opportunities to discuss her comments suggesting Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) should be murdered.

You can contact Paula Zahn’s show HERE and Hannity & Colmes HERE. As always, please be respectful. (End of article)
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/05/coulter-publicity/

[AX10]

1. Hitler Hannity!

He hates being called that, so I call him that.
:D

[babylonsister]

2. I can sink that low; I will, too!

:hi:

[ClassWarrior]

3. Good. The public should see the real face of Rape-Publicanism.

NGU.

[Breeze54]

4. So has DU!

:puke:

[babylonsister]

5. IT won't go away if we ignore IT; the article advocates writing to CNN

and FAUX. Logical, I think, and I did. Activism feels better than complaining.

[Breeze54]

7. I refuse to give her any attention.

She's a buffoon and everyone knows it.

It WILL go away if you ignore it! Eventually.

I'd rather focus on and condemn the rethugs that like her!
The candidates that clap for her!

They should be attacked and vilified!

[Hamlette]

6. Write them and thank them.

Ann is making the right nervous, some are speaking out against her hate filled remarks. Give her more air time. Let everyone see how full of hate she, and by extension, the right is.

[babylonsister]

8. Any rethug that supports her has a big problem; you are right. Let's

see who stands up for her and her hate-spewing.

[AnnInLa]

9. In the words of Michelle Malkin:

"With a single word, Coulter sullied the hard work of hundreds of CPAC participants and exhibitors and tarred the collective reputation of thousands of CPAC attendees."

and

"Her "faggot" joke was not just a distraction from all the good that was highlighted and represented at the conference. It was the equivalent of a rhetorical fragging--an intentionally-tossed verbal grenade that exploded in her own fellow ideological soldiers' tent.

There are countless conservatives who bring their children to CPAC. It's a family-friendly event. I brought mine last year and the year before. I met several parents with their kids there this year. We expect CPAC to be a place where conservative role models speak with clarity, passion, and integrity. There are enough spewers of mindless filth, vulgarity, and hatred on TV, at the movies, and in the public schools. We don't expect our children to be exposed to that garbage at the nation's preeminent conservative gathering."

and

"I made something else explicitly clear: Not all of us treat the communication of conservative ideals and ideas as 24/7 performance art. You can and should use humor to convey your message. You can enlighten and entertain--without becoming a tired old schtick. You can joke without becoming the joke."

[babylonsister]

12. The end of the world must be nigh; you're quoting Malkin!

:rofl:

[Cass]

10. "Ann Coulter joins Paula Zahn with her side of the story"

:wtf:

Coulter's side of the story? Why is bigotry being given a "side" in this? Why is John Edwards not invited on there to give his side of this story if this is how they want to frame it??

[babylonsister]

11. Don't forget Hannity; or do. nt

[AnnInLa]

13. You know why all of this "hub-bub" is important?

I think it's funny as hell that the most important news to come out of CPAC is coulter's remark. In the words of this RIGHT-WING blogger:

"When you have eight presidential candidates in your presence but the top story is Ann Coulter, there’s something very wrong with the rightosphere."

http://robertbluey.com/cpac/2007/03/03/the-biggest-winner-at-cpac-ann-coulter/

Exactly. Let's keep the buzz going.