It's official now

Matt Drudge informs us:

NBC BANS COULTER FOR LIFE; CUT FROM 'TODAY' SHOW OVER BOOK'S CLAIMS, NO MORE CABLE
Mon Jan 05 2009 17:50:57 ET

The nation's top selling conservative author has been banned from appearing on NBC, insiders tell the DRUDGE REPORT.

Banned for life!

"We are just not going to have her on any more, it's over," a top network source explains.

NBC's TODAY show abruptly cut Ann Coulter from its planned Tuesday broadcast, claiming the schedule was overbooked.

Coulter was set to unveil her new book, GUILTY.

But one network insider claims it was the book's theme -- a brutal examination of liberal bias in the new era -- that got executives to dis-invite the controversialist.

"We are just not interested in anyone so highly critical of President-elect Obama, right now," a TODAY insider reveals. "It's such a downer. It's just not the time, and it's not what our audience wants, either."

For the book, Coulter reportedly received the most-lucrative advance ever paid to a conservative author.

The TODAY show eagerly invited the author months ago, for her first network interview on GUILTY.

The exclusive was to air during the show's 7 AM hour. The cut came Monday afternoon.

I'm glad that the media has made it explicit, they simply won't allow any criticism of the little messiah. Certainly not when it comes from someone as effective as Miss Ann.

As for who replaced the Blonde One NewsBusters has this:

defense of Presumably a last minute replacement for the possibly NBC banned Ann Coulter, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow appeared on Tuesday's "Today" show to drop invective about the Bush administration's "torture" policies. Instead of the rousing bit of Barack Obama bashing and criticism of the fawning coverage of him by the liberal media that would've surely been delivered by Coulter, "Today" viewers were treated to the following slam of Bush policies via a MaddowObama's choice of Leon Panetta as CIA Director. . .

So if we still hand any doubt NBC quickly moved to dispel it.

Again, I'm glad this happened. For one thing this will be far better publicity for Miss Ann's book than a simple appearance on a vapid network morning show. For another NBC has officially come out and officially announced their bias. This will have an impact on the upcoming debate on bringing back the Orwellian "Fairness Doctrine" since it will no longer be possible to claim that the broadcast networks would not be affected by an "equal time" rule.