Cedar Rapids newspaper DROPS Coulter column!

[Roland99]

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002838462

NEW YORK Ann Coulter is no stranger to controversy, but her latest adventures have several newspapers questioning whether carrying her syndicated column is worth the trouble. The Shreveport (La.) Times is currently leaving the decision of whether or not to keep Coulter up to its readers. But the first newspaper to officially drop Coulter’s column since the latest uproar began seems to be The Gazette of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where she had appeared for about 14 months.

Opinion Page Editor Doug Neumann told E&P, “Our decision was made before the plagiarism allegations. It did come after the publication of book, but I would say it didn’t directly play any role on our decision.”

However, Neumann surmised that Coulter’s incendiary book may have played an “indirect” role in the final decision. “I think it was the book that began to unwind support among her readers,” Neumann explained.

“Liberals have never liked her, and we’ve always gotten complaints . But the complaints that mattered the most were from the conservative readers,” who felt that their views were being misrepresented.

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Though The Gazette may be the first to drop the outspoken conservative columnist in recent months, Neumann emphasized, “It’s not uncommon for opinion pages to change their line-up." The daily has long published conservative Cal Thomas and replaced Coulter with another conservative, David Limbaugh.

:rofl:

[TalkingDog]

1. Of course conservative views are being misrepresented.

They are just NOW figuring this out?

If there was a liberal version of the "C", I would have disavowed her long ago, the way some level-headed Christians are now disavowing the Fundy movement, because, frankly it makes them all look bad.

Drop her sorry bony ass like a hot rock.

My favorite Future Famous Dead Artist: KarenParker

[Roland99]

3. Hopefully it's the start of a trend

[DianaForRussFeingold]

2. Great!One less paper for her to spew her hate mongering

:pals: Kudos to the Gazette of Cedar Rapids! :applause:

[B Calm]

4. You'd think that liberal press would carry a liberal columnist???

[Literate Tar Heel]

5. But the complaints that mattered the most were from the conservative reade

well, of course ... who cares what moderates and liberals think? ... it's all about catering to the conservatives