The Political Chase

Ann Coulter Media Syndication

A few days ago I wrote about contacting Ann Coulter’s public business relations (advertisers, speaking engagements, etc.) to express concern about her remarks at CPAC. Since Coulter’s slanderous and bigoted outburst, several major organizations have dropped advertising from her site (e.g., Verizon) as a result of the blogosphere’s influence.

TPC reader MH made a suggestion that I want to pass along.

As of today, HRC.org is spearheading a petition to contact independent newspapers who carry her column. But so far, they’ve only found a handful out of the 100 or so who do carry her.

I found out that Quad City Times carries her column. Its owned by Lee Enterprises in Iowa (www.lee.net).

Lee Enterprises owns 56 independent papers in 23 states. Not sure how many of the 56 print Coulter’s column. I’ve already written hrc.org, but can you please post this as well? The more people see it, the better.

We have to keep up the pressure to stop her brand of hate speech. Certainly, these papers can find another conservative columnist who writes with civility and decency.

Julie Bechtel is the editor for Quad City Times; email is jbechtel at qctimes.com.

Mary Junck is the CEO of Lee Enterprises; email is mary.junkck at lee.net,

Greg Veon is the VP of publishing at Lee; email is greg.veon at lee.net.

We all know the power of strength in numbers. An aggressive campaign targeting Coulter’s syndication could potentially go along way to inoculate the Coultergeist virus.