Critique of Ann Coulter's The Church of Liberalism: Godless

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I'm still waiting for someone to tell me exactly what Moore lied about.

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Me to because I see this as the key feature of the idiocy and weakness of US "news" media. Moore is a liar because some conservative who did not like his opinions said so often enough that it became a part of the "official" public record. Ann Coulter is an honest, intelligent, well spoken woman because some conservative who liked her opinions (or her looks) said so often enough that it bacame a part of the "official" public record.This is something one might expect from internet chat sites which to paraphrase Jon Stewart from America the Book combines the reliability of anonymous hearsay with the joy of typing. But it is certainly not what one would expect or want from the so called professional media.

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lying for the right cause is not honest. it's not when creationists did it on the stand in dover, and it's not when moore does it either.

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I agree with both you and Modulous. My impression from many reports regarding Moore was that the right was attacking him making vague assertions that were not supported and then using reference to previous assertions as support for the assertions themselves...sort of how the Iraq war was justified. If Moore lied, he should be taken to task. Particularly since he is of no help to anyones cause if he uses misinformation and disinformation. Why he would choose to mimic this aspect of the right is beyond me since one does not need to exaggerate to excoriciate the extreme right for their low regard for the truth...in principle why would he feel the need to become Ann Coulter?