Reuters Editor Fired for Writing Anti-Coulter Book
Jane Hamscher at Firedoglake tells it like it is.
It appears that Reuters has fired editor Joe Maguire for writing a book critical of Ann Coulter, entitled: Brainless: The Lies and Lunacy of Ann Coulter.Apparently it was a violation of some sort of objectivity clause in his contract. The truth is, Reuters is just afraid of being attacked by the right for having such a partisan on their editorial staff.
Reuters has been mau-maued by the right before. You want to know how the media gets bullied and whipped into repeating nothing but right wing talking points if they want to keep shoes on their kids' feet? This is how it happens.
Now we don't have the ability to hurl powerful politicians at them, or throw teams of expensive, angry think-tank funded lawyers at them, but we can vote with our pocket books like we did with Keith Olbermann's book (and it should be noted that Keith's ratings since his Rumsfeld moment have gone up 69%).
If you want to give people a reason to stand up to right-wing bullies like the borderline human Coulter who seems to have the ability to have people guiliotined from their jobs if they displease her ladyship, buy this book.
You can buy the book from Amazon, here.
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