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National Review Drops Ann Coulter

NEW YORK (AP) - The National Review has dropped the column of
conservative pundit Ann Coulter in a dispute over remarks she made
after the terrorist attacks.

"We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert
them to Christianity," Coulter said in a column which appeared in
The National Review Online.

The Web site then refused to run two of her follow-up pieces,
including one on airport security in which she referred to checking
the passports of "suspicious-looking swarthy males."

National Review Online editor Jonah Goldberg said Tuesday that after
the decision was made to pass on those two pieces, Coulter appeared
on television and criticized the publication for censorship.

"We dropped Ann Coulter because she had an immature reaction to the
fact that we decided not to run two of her pieces," Goldberg said.

He said he had also received numerous complaints from readers.

Coulter told the Washington Post, which first reported the story, "If
National Review has no spine they are not my allies." She did not
return a phone call from The Associated Press seeking comment.

Coulter's column is distributed by Universal Press Syndicates, which
said Tuesday that it would continue to represent her.

"While Ann Coulter's columns on the September 11 attack may have
offended some readers, she does have a right to express her
opinion," a statement from Universal said.

"Readers may then choose to agree or disagree with that opinion,
which we believe is the essential purpose of having a newspaper op-ed
page."

Coulter is a frequent commentator on cable news shows and rose to
prominence during the Clinton impeachment scandal.
 
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