Posted on 02/27/2005 12:32:00 PM PST by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
NEW YORK Ann Coulter, no stanger to controversy, stirred the pot some more this past week, when she took up the subject of the still-simmering story of ex-White House reporter James Guckert, better known as Jeff Gannon, formerly of Talon News.
Writing in her February 23 column for Universal Press Syndicate, Coulter observed, among other things, that Guckert/Gannon was a better reporter than The New York Times' Maureen Dowd and his "only offense is that he may be gay." Nothing unexpected there, but Coulter also wrote: "Press passes can't be that hard to come by if the White House allows that old Arab Helen Thomas to sit within yards of the president."
But when the column got posted by by Universal on its Web site, that line was changed to: "Press passes can't be that hard to come by if the White House allows that dyspeptic, old Helen Thomas to sit within yards of the president."
The original column is still available at anncoulter.com and labeled "Universal Press Syndicate."
Helen Thomas continues to write a regular column for Hearst. Her parents are Lebanese. She has spent more than 60 years in journalism.
I'm not surprised that Universial Syndicate did that. Guess they think it's all in the name of "Fairness".
But what DID surprise me is that TownHall.com ran the edited version of Ann's column.
I can't remember if WorldNetDaily ran the priginal or the edited version though.
Hmmm, now where have I heard this one before?...Oh yes!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1351106/posts?page=60#60
You go, Ann!!
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Today, the Trib had deleted All reference to Dowd and Thomas in the column.Some Sundays her column isnt published at all.The Trib will claim she has the DAY OFF!
Always check her website first,Ann has a habit of not censoring her own columns.
How insulting! There are plenty of old dyspeptics who are good journalists. Bob Novak jumps to mind.
There must be a misprint in the story it says Helen Thomas has been a journalist for 60 years, shouldn't that be 160 years?
"She has spent more than 60 years in journalism." Doing what?
It involves kneepads. And several large shipping crates full of Altoids.
Look... don't make me spell this out, all right...? :)
Hey, thanks for the website. Looks great. My husbands eyes popped when he saw scrapple. We re in Colorado and get Jones Scrappel (frozen.) It's good BUT...not like the ole Habbersatts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We're originally from the east coast..
That pig needs sloppin.
Syria has troops occupying a cesspool??
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