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Summary: She says it better than anyone else!
Review: This is a fun book to read. Ann destroys the leftists with their own words and her biting wit. No wonder liberaleftists are skulking away with their heads down - Ann shows them up as the true hate-mongers that they are.
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Summary: Not likely to be read by those to whom it would be useful
Review: The folks who are most likely to read a book by Coulter (conservatives and libertarians) are generally well aware of her thesis (mass media is dominated by proponents of the liberal point of view). As such, there really isn't anything new here.That said, Ms. Coulter does a thorough job of documenting this bias. On the downside, in pointing out the unsubstantiated generalisations of the left, she frequently throws out her own unsubstantiated generalisations as asides (for what its worth, I think most of her generalisations could be substantiated, but in a book that argues against such things, it seems a bit foolish for the author to commit the same sin). So, if you think mass media is objective or has a conservative bent, you should read this book and prepare to have your presuppositions challenged. If you already think the media is dominated by east and west coast liberals, I would suggest looking for something else.
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Summary: Poorly written and researched
Review: Basically, Ann is a nice house, but nobody's home.
She's a perfect example of how the standards of what is considered an
American "intellectual" continue to diminish.
Overall, the book is poorly written and researched, and not at all insightful.
Just a warmed-over helping of the usual angry rant by the privileged.
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Summary: Humorous-Cutting Reading
Review: I am currently listening to audio cassettes of Ann Coulter's "Slander" work for approximately 30 minutes per day while walking for health. She relentlessly pursues the thesis of contemporary liberalism and liberals as the pits. As a political junkie, I am enjoying a poltical-social polemic. I am laughing as the author trashes and bashes. I have listened to the first two cassettes which cover several of the book's initial
chapters. Coulter is cataloguing contradictions. She is highly entertaining. Moderation is not a virtue. She challenges liberal
orthodoxy from appetite to a-hole/from a to z. She is colorful and sarcastic. She makes the case for Phyllis Schaffly as a gigantic intellect and influence. Gloria Steinhem is sliced, diced, and de-constructed. Coulter explicitly pays little to no homage to the modern feminist movement. The work is an unmitigated diss of
what is considered liberalistic and radical chic (Tom Wolfe's phrase) today. I'm not gung-ho sold on her perspective, as I try to retain a modicum of objectivity. For the brisk walking in the cold nights, I am enjoying the blunt rhetoric, despite or because of its emphatic, unambiguous, incessant skewering. And I hereaby make a politically icorrect but mere human acknowledgement, as per her in-your-face candid vein of social reality, that it does make an impact on me that she is an unusually attractive blonde presence on tv. I am neoliberal, and so I can in neoliberal conscience award 4 stars to an heretical, offensive attack-book.
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Summary: a sad day
Review: More right wing media controlled garbage, worth ignoring, nothing more.
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Summary: The First Word Says It All
Review: Never has a title more accurately described the contents of a book. Coulter is one of those hysterical demagogues who give those of us in the center (hint: we're the ones you have to convince if you want to win elections) a reason to vote for Democrats. The New York Times is no more liberal than the New York Post is conservative. Somehow, though, nobody outside New York is too interested in anything the Post has to say. If Republicans want their media to be taken seriously, they will have to do better than Coulter.
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Summary: missing the point
Review: how on earth this book has been hailed as an important contribution to political discourse in the united states is beyond me. i confess, i have not read the entire diatribe (I have better things to do with my time), but opening the book at ten random points and reading 3 page chunks (all I could stomach) convinced me that coulter is perhaps the most asanine of conservative commentators. while liberals have, for the most part, stopped whining about "media bias", coulter seems to think we still live in the goldwater era. she exemplifies the "paranoid style" in american politics wonderfully. truly awful. only for dittoheads.
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Summary: Ann Thrax
Review: A few more books like this, and we might just see the end of the reactionary right. Surely even her most ardent 5 star fans must find this screecy screed to be an embarrassment. The fact that most of her references do not check out has been documented beyond refute elsewhere. Keep up the good work Ann! Write another one. Selling books like this can best be described as a tax on stupidity.
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Summary: This one will get your blood pressure up!
Review: Ann Coulter's Slander is definitely an interesting read. But if you are prone to being upset by the open hostility that American conservatives suffer at the hands of liberal Democrats everyday, reading this book will really make your blood pressure soar. Be prepared! With more than 700 footnotes throughout the 9 chapters and conclusion of this book, Ms. Coulter's exhaustive research leaves little room for liberals to "cry foul." Indeed, you're left wondering how in the world we, as Americans, have allowed the liberal left's monopoly of mainstream national media to continue. I believe any rational person, regardless of his or her political views, should be angered at the obvious manipulation we have all suffered at the hands of the media. Manipulation that will become even more obvious to you after reading this book. I really enjoyed the fact that this book was not "dumbed down" to such a low reading level that you feel as if you're being spoon-fed the information. But on the other hand, Ms. Coulter's style of writing is not over the heads of those, like myself, who have no political experience and who are just recently starting to delve into the realm of political reading. The only issue I had with this book at all was that Ms. Coulter had a tendency to simply mention a person's name or a former newsworthy event without really explaning any details about that person or event. Therefore, if you're like me and you never really cared about or paid attention to politics before, some of the points she makes may require further research on your own. But if you've kept up with mainstream politics for the last 20 or so years, you will be able to read this book quickly and smoothly, without interruption to go on the Internet and find out who in the world she is talking about.
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Summary: Calling it like it is...
Review: Yes, I know, Ann Coulter comes off as bit of a hypocrite with all of the name-calling in this book. However, in my opinion, if more conservatives would speak out against the liberal media and call them on their lies, maybe more Americans would wake-up and smell the coffee instead of accepting their leftist garbage. I am sick and tired of conservatives jumping through hoops in their efforts to be the "nice" guys, and getting run over (not to mention "slandered") in the process! While I read this book, I thought to myself, "FINALLY, someone is dishing it back at the liberals and calling them on their lies!" If you have any doubt about the left and how warped their tactics and agenda are, then you MUST read this book. It will definitely open your eyes and clear up any misconceptions you may have about the "neutral" media. The most interesting features of the book for me were Coulter's very thought-out reasons about why the liberals spin the way that they do. It just makes sense and you can't argue with Coulter's points! Highly recommended reading for everyone who wants to know the TRUTH about liberals!
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