Ann Coulter Action Center
On March 2, while speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) right-wing pundit Ann Coulter said she "can't really talk about" presidential candidate and former Sen. John Edwards (D-NC) because "you have to go into rehab if you use the word 'faggot.' " The CPAC audience applauded enthusiastically.
Immediately after Coulter made her comments, Media Matters went to work compiling a list of newspapers carrying her weekly column and providing our readers and the progressive community at large with the appropriate contact information so those concerned could weigh in with their thoughts and feelings.
What was her response?
"This is the same thing we go through every six months. I say something, the same people become hysterical, and that's the end of it. I mean, I think the lesson young right wingers ought to draw from this is it's really not that scary to attack liberals. This is about my 17th allegedly career ending moment." -- Ann Coulter on Hannity & Colmes, 03/05/07.
Not this time, Ann.
So far, Media Matters has identified 39 newspapers across the country that carry Coulter's column. Through emails and calls from people like you, nine of them have agreed to drop her from their publication. That's almost 25 percent! And several of those that are keeping Coulter have been forced to explain their decision.
Though we've made progress, we cannot rest. This is an ongoing campaign, and we need your help. There are three things you can do to continue putting pressure on those that publish her columns:
1. Contact the papers still carrying Coulter's column, especially if they happen to be your local paper!
Click here (drop down to papers) for a list of newspapers still carrying Ann Coulter's column. If you see your local or regional paper listed, contact them -- and make sure to tell them you are local!
2. Tell us when your local or regional paper drops or picks up Coulter's column.
When you find out your local or regional paper has decided to drop or run Coulter's column, email us at mm-tips@mediamatters.org. You can help us keep our tally of newspapers that carry Coulter's column up to date so we can continue to track our progress.
3. Tell your friends to join our campaign!
Click here to forward this message to your friends, family, and colleagues. The more voices, the more power. The more calls and emails the newspapers get, the less likely they will be willing to promote and distribute Coulter's hate speech.
If you think Ann Coulter's comments at CPAC aren't a big deal or just a one-time thing, keep in mind some of the other remarks she's recently made:
- Vice President Al Gore is a "total fag"
- "[P]rofiling Muslims is more like profiling the Klan."
- "Even money" on Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton "coming out of the closet."
- Liberals are "fak[ing] a belief in God."
- 9-11 widows are "cruel" and "put a lot of other women at risk for becoming widows."
- The New York Times staff should be "executed."
Only continued pressure on Ann Coulter and those who promote and distribute her hate speech will stop her from further poisoning our national debate and teach her the true power of the progressive movement.
Here are the papers that have already dropped Ann Coulter's column:
- The Lancaster New Era (Pennsylvania)
- The Oakland Press (Michigan)
- The Mountain Press (Sevierville, Tennessee)
- The Sanford Herald (North Carolina)
- The Daily Chronicle (DeKalb, Illinois)
- The Times (Shreveport, Louisiana)
- American Press (Lake Charles, Louisiana)
- The Herald & Review (Decatur, Illinois)
- Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (Ontario, California)
- The Herald-Zeitung (New Braunfels, TX)
- The Waco Tribune-Herald (TX)
Below are the papers that still run Ann Coulter's column.
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Newspaper |
State |
Editor |
Contact |
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(Palmdale) Antelope Valley Press |
CA |
Jana Treece |
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Pasadena Star-News |
CA |
Steve O'Sullivan |
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(West Covina) San Gabriel Valley Tribune |
CA |
Steve Scauzillo |
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Whittier Daily News |
CA |
Linda Beckman |
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(Yreka) Siskiyou Daily News |
CA |
Jean Smith |
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(Jacksonville) The Florida Times-Union |
FL |
Patrick A. Yack |
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The St. Augustine Record |
FL |
Jim Sutton |
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The Villages Daily Sun |
FL |
Larry Croom |
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(Canton) Cherokee Tribune |
GA |
Barbara Jacoby |
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Marietta Daily Journal |
GA |
Joe Kirby |
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(Twin Falls) Times-News |
ID |
David Cooper |
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(Bloomington) Pantagraph |
IL |
Bill Wills |
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(Carbondale) The Southern Illinoisian |
IL |
James Bennett |
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(Joliet) The Herald News |
IL |
Bill Wimbiscus |
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(Springfield) The State Journal-Register |
IL |
Mike Matulis |
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(Gary) The Post-Tribune |
IN |
Paulette Haddix |
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(Warsaw) Times-Union |
IN |
Gary Gerard |
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Bastrop Daily Enterprise |
LA |
Mark Rainwater |
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(Jackson) The Clarion Ledger |
MS |
David Hampton |
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(Lumberton) The Robesonian |
NC |
Donnie Douglas |
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(Gallup) Independent |
NM |
Darrel Beehner |
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Elko Daily Free Press |
NV |
Jeffry Mullins |
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Las Vegas Review- |
NV |
John Kerr |
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Lancaster Eagle- |
OH |
Antionette Taylor-Thomas |
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(Mansfield) News Journal |
OH |
Carl Hunnell |
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The Lawton Constitution |
OK |
David Hale |
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(Greensburg) Pittsburgh Tribune- |
PA |
Colin McNickle |
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(Uniontown)
Herald- |
PA |
Paul Sunyak |
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(Wilkes- |
PA |
Jean LaCoe |
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The Denton
Record- |
TX |
Mike Trimble |
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Marshall News Messenger |
TX |
Phil Latham |
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Plainview Daily Herald |
TX |
Kevin Lewis |
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(Harrisonburg) Daily News- |
VA |
Peter Yates |
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(St. Johnsbury) The Caledonian- Record |
VT |
Dana Gray |
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Watertown Daily Times |
WI |
John McFadden |
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(West Bend) Daily News |
WI |
Jill Badzinski |
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Casper Star-Tribune |
WY |
Clark Walworth |
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(Springfield) The State Journal-Register |
IL |
Mike Matulis |
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(Waukesha) The Freeman |
WI |
Bill Yorth |
