Ann Coulter on ABC?!

That millions of Americans pay Ann Coulter any heed whatsoever says all you need to know about the state of the American electorate.  And that ABC would bring her within 5 miles of its studios says all you need to know about the selling-out of the corporate media.  

Michael Keegan reports at Huffington Post:

Here's a quick recap of of just a few of her greatest hits: 

• She accused a group of widows of the 9/11 terrorist attacks of "enjoying their husbands' death."

 

 

• She suggested that violence could be used to shut down the Occupy protests, saying, "Remember the lesson from my book: It just took a few shootings at Kent State to shut that down for good."

 

 

• She said that killing an abortion provider doesn't count as a murder.

 

 

• She suggested that women shouldn't be allowed to vote because they tend to vote Democratic.

 

 

• She said Muslims shouldn't be allowed to fly on airplanes, and instead should use "flying carpets."

 

 

• She said Jews could be "perfected" by becoming Christians.

 

Here is Coulter in her own words:

Whether Coulter is sincere or not is beside the point. She clearly knows that saying outrageously offensive things will get her attention, so keeps on saying them. If ABC wants to be treated as a serious provider of news and analysis it shouldn't be giving the likes of Ann Coulter a platform. Ann Coulter has every right to spew whatever bigoted nonsense she wants in her own time. But it's irresponsible of news outlets to treat her like a reasonable conservative voice. 

 

I hope - and trust - that somewhere, Fareed Zakaria is gagging.