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Summary: Liberals Bludgeoned
Review: Ann Coulter is not my favorite pundit. She is given to exaggerations and rather inflammatory rhetoric, not a style I particularly like. But this book is surprisingly good. Her hyperbolic style notwithstanding, this book is a well structured for the points she is to make and she proffers an impressive portfolio of evidence and statistics to illustrate and prove those points. I am impressed with her critical thinking and analysis. As well I should be, she is an attorney and it shows. She is amply good at sourcing and presenting evidence to prove her points and does so beyond reasonable doubt.Those points are that the liberals control the media and use it to slander conservative politicians with lies, name-calling, censorship, biased portrayals, and outright attacks while fawning on liberal democrats. The liberals, Coulter contents, have no respect for the facts and would do anything to win. Needless to say, this book is one-sided, which means that the facts, data, etc., are all selected to support her thesis. Nonetheless, those who disagree with her seem to choose to attack her person and her motive instead of trying to debate her by proffering counter evidence or noting errors in her book. Could it be that, as Ann Coulter herself says in the book, that the liberals just can't, because they don't have the facts with them? After reading this book, I am inclined to revise my opinion of her. Those exaggerations are still there. But, like a good lawyer, she does her homework very well, and she writes with clarity and force, generous with wit and humor. Coulter's well-researched accounts left the liberals no place to hide. "Slander" is both informative and entertaining.
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Summary: Ex-Extreme Liberal Agrees with Ann
Review: I found Ann H. Coulter's book "Slander" to be an engrossing read (though at times a little repetitive). This book is a nice afternoon read that is polemic and straight-foward. She basically points out that the mainstream media is largely liberal and often holds a conservatives to a differnt standard when reporting and arguing than they hold liberals. She is hardest on the New york Times, the broadcats media and Time magazine. She is correct that more often than not, liberals attack ad hominen more than they attack the argument or assertions. One example that most are familar with is the Hillary Clinton's "vast right-wing conspirisy" remark on the "Today Show." Her assertion that the mainstream media uses trigger words such as "Religious Right" to conjur up images of "narrow minded" peoiple is something we don't have to check her footnotes on, because we have heard it for ourselves and when I was a liberal, I often used the same tactics. I was brought up a liberal and until I was 36, was an adovcate for every major liberal position from abortion to homosexual unions. But in 1996, I then noticed what Ann Coulter now reports in her book, the distortion and over-exaggeration of conservatives by the left. Finally, I met conservatives who were not the demons I was told they were. I then listen to their arguments for their positions and found that after all the arguments are presented and "straw men" dismantled, that I must bow to the evidence of reason and not propaganda.
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Summary: The Epitome of Hypocrisy and Misleading Spin
Review: I don't think you could find a more appropriate example of sheer hypocrisy and misleading spin, biased toward right-wing partisan propaganda. In fact, the title is like the pot calling the kettle black. Coulter's deluded claims are the most slanderous that I have ever seen. And while it wouldn't be so bad if there were at least some elements of fact and truth to them, the sad truth as that she is simply wrong. Indeed, I don't think she could be more wrong. Ironically, Coulter does tremendous harm to the conservative cause, because she proves that it is driven not by the spirit of good will, mutual respect and cooperation, but by mean-spirited self-righteousness.
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Summary: Ann Coulter tells it like it is
Review: Ann Coulter tells it like it is when it comes to the socio-political environment in America today. Since the left no longer has a stranglehold on disseminating information today, with the Internet, talk radio, & FoxNews, people like Ann Coulter and Michele Malkin finally have a voice. Ann Coulter documents case-by-case the bias and outright lies against the American right by the American left (which by definition includes the mainstream media outlets). If you like Ann Coulter's syndicated columns (on Yahoo or Townhall.com) you'll love this book.
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Summary: i don't need to read this book, i saw it all on crossfire
Review: thank goodness the liberal media printed "slander". ann coulter can now be exposed for the blowhard she is.
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Summary: Very informative, became a big fan
Review: I enjoyed reading this book because of the information that is never heard in the media. Coulter gives the reader material to counter the biased media we are surrounded with on a daily basis. I used to be a big blind liberal and over the last few years I discovered that I am conservative. For many years people are brainwashed by the media, public ed., colleges, and mostly hollywood. Coulther with this book and many others shines the much needed light on the lies of the liberal left.
thank you Ann H. Coulter and look forward to future books
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Summary: Daughter of Privilege, Not a Populist
Review: What made me the angriest while reading this rant was that she was trying to make it out like she knows about the average American, and that her party represents the ideas of the average American!! Ann Coulter is a lawyer who grew up as a wealthy kid in New Canaan, Connecticut--her neighbors were multi-millionaires and celebrities. Ann knows NOTHING about the average hard-working American and her trying to identify with us was just one big JOKE! (So was this entire book by the way.) All of us average hard-working Americans need to save our money right now, not to line Ann's pockets with our hard-earned cash. Don't buy it--Ann will pop up on TV soon and you can get her "message" for free. No great revelations (duh, the media is biased about a million things--and they're not liberal anymore anyway. Ann's about 20 years too late), just her doing her usual shtick.
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Summary: Lots of Good Information
Review: Ann Coulter does a good job of highlighting the biases seeping from many major media outlets. It seems there is a misperception that the book merely attacks liberals. That is unfortunate. The book calls out in great depth how we are missing the opportunity to become a better nation by a reasoned debate through needless name-calling and demonizing. A valuable point and a worthwhile read.
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Summary: Was it something she said?
Review: In this book, Coulter explains how the New York Times, Washington Post, ABC, CBS, NBC, Time, and Newsweek were for years able to decide what was news, and how it was reported (slanted.) Now with cable news, talk radio, and the Internet, the mainstream media's control over the flow of information is slipping, but it's still formidable If you are already weary from liberal bias and moral pretensions, particularly among liberal journalists and politicians, this book can be tough to read at first. Coulter starts out in the first chapter with one example after another, each of which is enough to make your stomach churn. It's like watching one of those graphic Driver's Ed scare films. The only thing that gets you through it is Coulter's great wit. Hang in there, the successive chapters cover fascinating cases of how the manipulative, liberal media try to advance agendas, and shape public opinion, with their dishonest coverage of various issues of the day. Coulter is well suited to the task of taking on the Left because she doesn't follow their rules. For the past several decades, liberals have set the rules for political debate in such a way that conservatives can have their character questioned for merely disagreeing with the liberal position. Disagree with a liberal about the causes or extent of homelessness and you'll be told you don't "care." A liberal can inject race (a subject not covered much in this book) into any issue, at any time. But a conservative can't even bring up race without drawing the inevitable suggestion or charge of "racism." Taboos are everywhere. As a result, many conservatives - other than radio talk show hosts - can tend to be overly polite or restrained in political discourse, so as not to provoke a personal attack. Coulter, on the other hand, could care less. She's more audacious than Rush Limbaugh. In "Slander," Coulter treats the liberal's phony, self-serving rules and taboos with about as much etiquette as a barracuda. She is confident enough in her positions to go after the liberals with a vengeance, and she is particularly hard on the New York Times. Her targets have three problems. First, they have a hard time countering her on substance because she has done an extremely thorough job of researching and documenting her positions. Second, they can't very well ignore her because her book was a No. 1 NYT Bestseller. Third, when they respond with their usual personal, vicious attacks, it only proves her point. She's practically egging them on. She has truly changed the rules of the game. It's only a matter of time until somebody tries to ride her coattails to the Bestseller List with a book titled "Ann Coulter is a Little, Blonde Idiot."
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Summary: Pander: Fibbing Ties with the American Right
Review: Yes, I'm a liberal. Yes, Ann Coulter drives me crazy. And yes, I actually read this book (I took it out from the library...I would not pay for it) to see where the other side is coming from. I have watched Ann Coulter on TV for years, and I as much as I disagree with her politics and her tactics, I did expect the book to be somewhat intelligent. After reading it, I was pleasantly surprised to learn that Ann Coulter isn't much of a foe after all--she's just an angry name-caller. I haven't a clue as to what has brought Ann to be so angry...in fact, much of what she slings is dispassionate and seems pretty fake... . Then again, can you blame me? Ms. Coulter's writing isn't designed to find common ground and promote understanding between left and right...she's inspired me to sling a few insults back in her corner. But she also inspired me in a way she may not have intended...and in that way, Ann Coulter may be a closet liberal operative. Too many liberals have become jaded and cynical and dormant in these past years...with more attacks lobbed their way, instead of remaining silent, they may reawaken and get more involved in politics. There ARE more of us out there, despite what election results tell us. Ann has inspired me to get active, and ultimately, and for that reason alone, I'm happy I read this otherwise empty and polarizing book.
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