Ann Coulter's Collapsing Career?

March 12, 2007

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Yes, it’s true, there is a Santa Claus. Or at least some kind of fairy watching over us to make sure that the really evil people (like Ann Coulter) don’t get their way – forever.

Following her use of a gay slur about Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards this month during remarks to the Conservative Political Action Conference, at least four daily newspapers have dropped Coulter as a columnist, citing her comment about Edwards.

''It's a world of 'are you talking about me? are you talking about me?''' said Steve Friedman, executive producer of ''The Early Show'' on CBS referring to Ann’s attempts to get attention. ''And eventually you have to get more and more outrageous to be talked about. One day you cross the line and become persona non grata. I think she's getting close. I think Bill Maher is getting close.''

Friedman has no plans to book Coulter on his show, but said he had no plans even before her Edwards comment.

Said Tom Rosenstiel, director of the Project for Excellence in Journalism: ''You do wonder whether she's destined for 'Dancing With the Stars' at some point.''

You know it’s bad when the conservatives turn on one of their own: Several conservatives criticized Coulter for her Edwards remarks. Fellow columnist Michelle Malkin lamented that Coulter had tarred the work of people at the Washington conference. She called Coulter's humor ''tired old shtick.'' Tim Graham, director of media analysis at the Media Research Center, said some conservatives envy the attention she gets and dislike how she distracts from legitimate arguments.

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