E&P: Coulter and Syndicate Reach Agreement After 'Old Arab' Comment

[Hissyspit]

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Coulter and Her Syndicate Reach Copyright Agreement After 'Old Arab' Controversy

By Dave Astor

Published: March 08, 2005 2:20 PM ET

NEW YORK Universal Press Syndicate and conservative columnist Ann Coulter have reached an agreement on removing Universal's copyright from columns on AnnCoulter.com that differ from columns sent to newspapers.

Meanwhile, the Detroit Free Press reported that 26 members of U.S. Congress have sent a letter to Universal protesting Coulter's Feb. 23 column, in which the conservative writer called liberal columnist Helen Thomas an "old Arab" and implied Thomas was a security threat to President Bush.

Universal removed the "Arab" reference before sending the column to Coulter's 110 newspaper clients. But Coulter kept "Arab" in the version of her column on AnnCoulter.com, kept the Universal copyright under the column, and didn't include a disclaimer saying the column was worded differently from the one syndicated by Universal.

As this story was being posted, Coulter had yet to drop the Universal copyright from the Feb. 23 column on her site. "We fully expect it will be removed," said Kathie Kerr, director of communications for Universal. Until now, the line under Coulter's columns said "copyright Universal Press Syndicate." Under the agreement, all columns on AnnCoulter.com will say "distributed by Universal Press Syndicate (c) Ann Coulter" if the print and Web versions of the column are the same.

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Link to Detroit Free Press article: http://www.freep.com/news/politics/thomas8e_20050308.htm

[Kimber Scott]

1. Seems a very complicated solution. Here's mine...

Fire the bitch.

[Hissyspit]

2. Well, that's what I was thinking... n/t

[Hobarticus]

3. Wow, Universal Press Syndicate, that's uh...brave.

Gutless wonders that pass for journalists and media these days...

[rodeodance]

4. in other words as I understand it--Ann. C. will take responsibility for

anything in the column. I think.

[Hobarticus]

7. And UPS will take their name off of anything they don't approve of?

What a sweet job Coulter has. Wish I could get a gig like that.

Imagine, you can do WHATEVER you want at your job, say WHATEVER you want, and your boss will just say, "oh, that's his own opinion", no matter what you say or how it reflects on your comapny, and you still get paid for it.

Damn, where do I sign up?

[displacedtexan]

5. Did the syndicate add the words 'Please don't hurt us, Ann'?

Wimps!

[jdj]

6. I feel sorry for her. If she weren't a female, and a Christian,she

would make a fantastic terrorist. That's probably where all the hatred comes from, at knowing she's missed her true calling.

[Hobarticus]

8. Timothy McVeigh was a Christian...

Violence is still violence, Christian or not. Matter of fact, it's more despicable if the attacker is a professed Christain.