MRC President Brent Bozell offered some words of consolation to author Ann Coulter in a statement Tuesday morning on the rumors of NBC News banning Coulter from their airwaves:
"Ann, as a veteran ban-ee from NBC, I can well attest to the fact that you will, in fact, survive this ordeal. I can also tell you that they’re not very good at banning people, however. During a two-year period while I was banned from MSNBC, on three separate occasions I was invited to go on that network and each time had to remind them of my banishment. Be patient with them, Ann, and gentle, for they know not what they’re doing.
"As for NBC, I have only one question: Have you lost your collective mind? Every broadcast network, yours included, is bleeding to death, your audiences abandoning you by the millions. The biggest body leaving is conservatives who correctly see you as having abandoned any pretense of objectivity in favor of a leftist political agenda. And how do you respond? By banning one of the best-known conservative voices in America. This is your commitment to political balance and the very idea of free speech, and the reason why, when the last of you leaves the building, you need to remember to turn out the lights."
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"...The biggest body
January 6, 2009 - 12:18 ET by heldmywBe fair, Mr. Bozell! After all we're just religion-and-gun-clinging knuckledraggers who doubt that the ascension of Emperor Arugula is going to cure all ills.
We DESERVE to be ignored.
Anyone in the MSM will tell you that!
and illiterate.
January 6, 2009 - 12:22 ET by katainkentDon't forget illiterate. All their posturing, postulating and pontificating is wasted on us, the unwashed.
"part of what I'm hoping to introduce as the next president is a new ethic of [government enforced] responsibility" - B. Obama
She should wear it as a
January 6, 2009 - 12:19 ET by SeashellShe should wear it as a "badge of honor" to be banned from the Today Show.
Let's buy out NBC and turn
January 6, 2009 - 12:31 ET by mattmLet's buy out NBC and turn it into a balanced network - including on the entertainment side.
I'm sure we can get a loan from Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac.
Ann & NBC
January 6, 2009 - 12:37 ET by east tennessee johnAccording to a CNBC report blurb, GE forcasts that its televison subsidiaries are to lose money in the coming fiscal year. Too bad.
Ann & NBC
January 6, 2009 - 12:38 ET by east tennessee johnAccording to a CNBC report blurb, GE forcasts that its televison subsidiaries are to lose money in the coming fiscal year. Too bad.
Ann & NBC
January 6, 2009 - 12:38 ET by east tennessee johnAccording to a CNBC report blurb, GE forcasts that its televison subsidiaries are to lose money in the coming fiscal year. Too bad.
Triple Post
January 6, 2009 - 12:57 ET by sherylsimsPsshhh... Amateur!
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb-staff/2009/01/01/happy-new-year-open-thread#comment-810961
Like I always say... Some things bear repeating.
Sheryl!
January 6, 2009 - 13:07 ET by RukusLOL!!! Perfect!
Gary
"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote."
Good one!!
January 6, 2009 - 13:10 ET by SeashellGood one!!
If we can't afford to buy
January 6, 2009 - 13:45 ET by mattmIf we can't afford to buy it out, maybe we can convince NBC to turn over management of it to us.
Not to Worry
January 7, 2009 - 10:34 ET by nofateWhen NBC officially goes down the tubes, in this new environment, they will be bailed out and the public will "own" a new Pravda network. All hail the One!
"The future is not set. There is no fate but what we make for ourselves."
michaelyon-online.com
Final Act
January 6, 2009 - 12:35 ET by doug1950This is like watching a vampire drive a wooden stake into its own heart. Ironically, when the last conservative voice at NBC and all their affilliates is removed, the piercing sunlight will vaporize what is left and they will simply disappear. Good bye and good riddance to trash. Don't watch anything they produce. If there are any shows worth watching and you simply can't live without, it will be on DVD at Target next year.
Hear, hear!
January 6, 2009 - 12:38 ET by Doc_NavyI know that I'm one of those illiterate, Bible and Gun Clinging, Global Warming Denialist, "Flat-Earther", Israeli terrorist loving, "Racicst" because I didn't vote Obama, Conservative Facists.
Oh yeah, and I gave money to the "Yes on Prop 8" Campaign, and also subsiquently voted to keep the traditional definition of "Marriage" in Florida, too. So, I guess than means I'm a hate monger and Gay basher as well.
Doc
2008: The year that the great LIE died.
How we know that they know that they are Lying.
Friedrich Zietzsche summed up how I feel about the MSM in this quote:
"I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you."
X
January 6, 2009 - 13:19 ET by serfer62Its marketing...since less then a third of viewers are conservatives, they bow to the majority.
Its business to get a large market
They picked the wrong market...
I can't scrub it off!!!!!
January 6, 2009 - 13:35 ET by Roscoe MendagoAnn Coulter will own NBC one day, that's a promise. Her opinion is open to ridicule, but an inexperienced poser, Obama, is free to ruin America without a question asked.
The other night I watched a documentary, "Dear Zachary", it was pretty good. The only problem was it was on MSNBC and was I conflicted, oh was it tough to watch anything on that network. I literally felt dirty, oh I know, it's my problem, but I hadn't watched anything but sports on NBC for years. Now excuse me I have to take a shower.
This guy is going to get us all killed!!!!!
NBCis Ban of Ann Coulter
January 6, 2009 - 14:09 ET by VinncyGRemember, The mainstream media has been doing the goose step for the liberal cause and now expects to be bailed out financially for their losses. They have little to fear in banning Ann the liberal elitist call to arms will be available whenever the press is needed to serve. The only ones who loose in this situation are we the citizens.
I'm sure that past great societies went down a similar path to destruction, no voice, no accountability.
NBC's Ban of Ann Coulter
January 6, 2009 - 14:12 ET by VinncyGRemember, The mainstream media has been doing the goose step for the liberal cause and now expects to be bailed out financially for their losses. They have little to fear in banning Ann the liberal elitist call to arms will be available whenever the press is needed to serve. The only ones who loose in this situation are we the citizens.
I'm sure that past great societies went down a similar path to destruction, no voice, no accountability.
NBC's Ban of Ann Coulter
January 6, 2009 - 14:14 ET by VinncyGRemember, The mainstream media has been doing the goose step for the liberal cause and now expects to be bailed out financially for their losses. They have little to fear in banning Ann the liberal elitist call to arms will be available whenever the press is needed to serve. The only ones who loose in this situation are we the citizens.
I'm sure that past great societies went down a similar path to destruction, no voice, no accountability.
Is there an echo in this thread?
January 6, 2009 - 20:21 ET by doug1950What he said.
What about the MSM anchors?
January 6, 2009 - 20:33 ET by R D HelmGiven the financial losses of all the major networks, which is causing cutbacks galore, when are the overly made-up, grossly overpaid news readers going to start taking hits in the wallet?
Let's face it, all these people really do is sit up there and regurgitate news copy written by interns.
-Dave
“Them that’s going get on the wagon. Them that ain’t get out of the way.” -Because enough is enough.