h/t Big Dogs House:

What the hell are they thinking? Drudge has the exclusive info, and NBC/MSNBC’s slide into oblivion will continue.

NBC CUTS COULTER; KEEPS PEREZ
Mon Jan 05 2009 17:50:57 ET

**Exclusive Details**

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

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

But a second top suit strongly denies there is any “Coulter ban”.

“Look for a re-invite, as soon as Wednesday,” said the news executive, who asked not to be named.

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

Executives at NBC TODAY replaced Coulter with showbiz reporter Perez Hilton, who recently offered $1,000 to anyone who would throw a pie at Ann Coulter. Hilton is also launching a new book this week, RED CARPET SUICIDE.

Coulter was set to unveil her new book, GUILTY.

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.”

Others inside the peacock network strongly deny the book’s theme is at issue.

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.

Coulter was also to appear on the TODAY’s fourth hour. A host even teased the segment saying the ‘conservative pit bull and bestselling author’ would be a guest.

NBC’s cable outlet, MSNBC, will also become a Coulter-free zone, insiders explain. Morning host Joe Scarborough is said to be concerned with the new ban. “He’s working to overrule it,” tips a source.

Developing…

If they’d have been smart, they wouldn’t have made this stupid move. Perhaps Ann could have boasted MSNBC’s viewership from 178 viewers upwards to 200,000! Wow, what a boon! Douchebags all – they get what they deserve.

And this quote?

“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.”

Where was the disinterest in people so “highly critical” of George Bush, Sarah Palin, etc.? Oh, yeah…that’s right. The “anchors” at NBC/MSNBC are the sole arbiters of that vitriol, they didn’t mind anyone that would merely join the cacophony of Bush Derangement Syndrome. I think most of the on-air personalities are terrified of Ann, as well they should be. Olberdouche (Bathtub Boy) couldn’t last a minute with the razor-tongued Coulter. And the thrill Matthews would feel up his leg would be the realization of the warmth of his piss as it puddled around his ankles.

And Perez Hilton??? Give me a freakin’ BREAK!

Okay, you vote in the comments. Which would you prefer? Rather, who would bring in the most viewers?

Ann? or Perez?