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NBC reportedly has banned best-selling author Ann Coulter for life after abruptly canceling an appearance on the “Today” show to promote her new book, “Guilty: Liberal ‘Victims’ and Their Assault on America.”
“We are just not going to have her on any more, it’s over,” a top network source told the Drudge Report.
NBC explained it abruptly cut Coulter from its planned broadcast tomorrow morning, because the schedule was overbooked.
But Drudge noted “Today” executives replaced the author with showbiz reporter Perez Hilton, who recently offered $1,000 to anyone who would throw a pie at Coulter.
Hilton also is promoting the launch of a new book, “Red Carpet Suicide.”
NBC News issued a statement denying Coulter has been banned.
“We’ve had Ann Coulter on ‘Today’ many times, but because of the news in Washington and the Middle East, we decided to cancel her appearance tomorrow,” the network’s statement said. “Understanding the media as well as she does, we are sure she knows this happens from time to time. We look forward to welcoming her back in the future.”
But Drudge reported a “Today” show insider said the book’s theme prompted NBC executives to cancel Coulter, who had been invited months ago.
Coulter previously told WND her book explains how liberal politicians and reporters drag sob stories before the public eye and bemoan how Americans are being “victimized” by trumped-up injustices, all to further their plan to change America’s culture, laws and government.
“Most Americans are normal, lovely, decent people, and they hear these wails of a liberal claiming to be ‘offended, offended,’ and their reaction is to go and provide comfort to the afflicted,” Coulter explained to WND. “I want them to start noticing these are crocodile tears. … These people pretend to be victims in order to advance, attack, and oppress others.”
The “Today” show source told Drudge the network is “just not interested in anyone so highly critical of President-elect Obama, right now.”
“It’s such a downer. It’s just not the time, and it’s not what our audience wants, either,” the source said.
The insiders said Coulter also will be barred from NBC’s cable outlet, MSNBC.
Morning host Joe Scarborough, a former Republican congressman, reportedly is concerned about the ban and is “working to overrule it,” according to a Drudge source.
Coulter reportedly received the most-lucrative advance ever paid to a conservative author, according to Drudge.
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