Several newspapers that publish right-wing pundit Ann Coulter's syndicated column recently announced their intention to continue publishing her column after remarks Coulter made on March 2 at the Conservative Political Action Conference. During her speech at the conference, Coulter referred to Democratic presidential candidate and former Sen. John Edwards (NC) as a “faggot.” To date, nine newspapers have been confirmed as having dropped Coulter's column since her remarks. In addition, Media Matters for America has added two newspapers -- Stars and Stripes, a daily published for the U.S. military community, and The Morning Journal of Lorain, Ohio -- to its list (below) of papers that publish Coulter's weekly column.

Four newspapers have recently run or posted explanations by editors of their decision to continue running Coulter's column (in addition to those previously noted by Media Matters): The State Journal-Register of Springfield, Illinois; The Robesonian of Lumberton, North Carolina; the Times-Union of Warsaw, Indiana; and The Marshall News Messenger of Marshall, Texas. All four had been included on a list published by Media Matters on March 8 of daily newspapers that carried Coulter's column. In explaining their decision to keep Coulter, these newspapers' editors cited reader support and invoked free speech and censorship concerns, among other reasons.

Jamison Foser, Media Matters' managing director, recently addressed criticism by columnist Steve Young on the Huffington Post website accusing Media Matters of attempting to deny Coulter her First Amendment right to free speech.

Another newspaper, The Southern Illinoisan of Carbondale, Illinois, recently confirmed that it will continue publishing Coulter's column, but less frequently than it had in the past. In an April 3 email to Media Matters, publisher Dennis DeRossett said that the Illinoisan will instead run a rotation of conservative columnists -- including Coulter -- in Coulter's old slot, “with no set frequency for any one columnist.” He also noted that the newspaper had recently replaced Molly Ivins' regular column with a rotation of liberal columnists. DeRossett added: “While the timing of this move appears to some to have coincided with the recent controversy with Ann's column, it is strictly coincidental.”

In a March 14 email to Media Matters, Brooks Bowers, Stars and Stripes opinion editor of the paper's Pacific edition, confirmed that Coulter's column runs in the Pacific, European, and Middle East editions of the newspaper, but that it runs the column of Huffington Post co-founder and editor-in-chief Arianna Huffington on the same day “to balance out Coulter.”

The following is an updated version of a list Media Matters published on March 13 of daily newspapers that carry Coulter's column: