March 14, 2007
I'll explain more in my column tomorrow.
Apparently, we weren't the only newspaper who went this route. The Elko (Nev.) Daily Press and the Springfield (Ill.) Journal Register also asked their readers for feedback on Coulter.
Media Matters is a nonprofit organization that claims to be dedicated to correcting conservative misinformation in the U.S. media. In truth, it's a partisan group that advocates for liberal causes. I cite it because Media Matters got active in the Coulter affair.
The agency posted a distribution list of newspapers that carry Coulter and prompted readers to e-mail those newspapers' publishers and editors, urging them to cancel Coulter. We did not make Media Matters' list, and that's O.K. by me, since we got enough feedback without it.
Media Matters reported that the following newspapers have dropped Coulter:
Some 90 or more newspapers continue to carry her column.
Comments
corduroy 6 years, 2 months ago
Personally I didn't like the way the little poll was worded.. "Should the newspaper replace Ann Coulter's column based on her remark about John Edwards?" should we really be making a decision "based on" a remark? Or just looking at her in general. I would say no do removing it because of the remark, but maybe yes do to other reasons. Just like so many of the legislature we vote on, its a totally loaded question.
corduroy 6 years, 2 months ago
I thought more about my earlier comment and felt the need to further explain my point of view. I would not remove the column based on a remark, however I would vote to remove the column on the basis that it really doesn't offer anything of interest to the Pilot's readers. Essentially, Coulter is a media whore looking for more airtime to promote herself and her books. Why should we support her in those efforts, what positive has she ever brought to our local paper. That is all :)
Scott Stanford 6 years, 2 months ago
Corduroy:
I understand your points. It is shared by many. Our effort was to focus our decision on the Edwards' comment, because it was what drove us to reconsider publishing her.
Scott Stanford, Editor
sstanford@steamboatpilot.com
Scott Stanford 6 years, 2 months ago
Corduroy:
I understand your point. It is shared by many. Our effort was to focus our decision on the Edwards' comment, because it was what drove us to reconsider publishing her.
Scott Stanford, Editor
sstanford@steamboatpilot.com
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