Random thoughts and musings, if I bother to put any in.

Wednesday, April 20, 2005

St. Ann of the Codpiece

Everyone is talking about Ann Coulter being on the cover of time, but I think Tom Tomorrow of This Modern World says it says it best, and mostly in her own words:

"My only regret with Timothy McVeigh is he did not go to the New York Times Building."
--Ann Coulter as quoted in the New York Observer, Aug. 20, 2002

"RE: McVeigh quote. Of course I regret it. I should have added, 'after everyone had left the building except the editors and reporters.'"
--Ann Coulter, from an interview with Right Wing News

On TV or in person, you can trust that Coulter will speak from her heart.
--Time Magazine cover story, week of April 19. 2005 (subscription required)

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Write the editors of Time and let them know what you think of their decision to feature Ann Coulter on their cover on the tenth anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing.


There are several sites out there that demonstrate at length how Time's article is probably one of the worst examples of journalism to come from their pages that you could hope (dread?) to see. The quote that seems to be engendering the greatest amount of outrage is where the writer seems to believe it's hard to find actual examples of Ms. Coulter being in error in the "facts" she spews out; where even a casual Google search will give you places like SpinSanity.org's page refuting a number of her claims. I guess that's what comes of not being a part of the "reality-based community".