Slander: Liberal Lies About the American Right Kindle Edition

This is one of Ann's earlier books. It gives example after example of the mainstream media reporting any non-liberal values in a very biased fashion. Anne's sarcastic quips which I enjoy very much are not quite as pointed in this book as in some of her later books, but I still liked this one very much.

We have a liberal media that is very opinionated and slants almost every controversial topic to promote liberal values. Ann Coulter does an excellent job of pointing out occurrence after occurrence of how the liberal media is not telling the full truth. She uses facts and mostly stays away from her opinion, while at the same time providing many examples of how the liberal media often relies on opinion.

The issue I had with the book is that there is probably only enough substance in this book to merit a quarter of a book. Many points are repeated over and over to the point of nausea. For example, most people realize that Al Gore stretched the truth when he said that he invented the internet. Why this needs to be mentioned for what seemed like 50 times is the major flaw of this book. Ann Coulter repeatedly takes point after point and beats it to death. If you take out all of the repeated points you can probably condense all of the material in this book to one chapter.

I don't regret reading the book but I'm also glad I bought it used for under $1.00.

Contrary to what another reviewer said, I don't think you have to either love or hate this book. It is an interesting read and has some very good points, but it also has obvious flaws. The problem with the book is, ironically, the same problem Coulter has with the mainstream media. Namely, the author is as biased and unobjective as the mainstream media she despises.

Coulter certainly has a good argument when she blasts the media for leftist bias. Much of the media is biased toward the left. Katie Couric, Bryant Gumbel, and many others in the press have unfairly attacked conservatives. Many in the media have an axe to grind and certainly Coulter deserves credit for calling them out.

So, why can I give the book only three stars? Simply, like many ideologues left or right,Coulter does not and perhaps cannot see the other side of the issue. Yes, CNN, the New York Times,and others are biased, but conservatives aren't exactly voiceless in the media today. Let's name a few: FOX News, Rush Limbaugh, the Washington Times, the Wall Street Journal editorial page,etc... Even liberal outlets like the New York Times and Washington Post have many conservative commentators- William Safire, Charles Krauthammer, etc... I think it's safe to say that the Washington Post has far more conservative writers than the Washington Times has liberal writers. The obvious fact is that the media is far less monolithic than Coulter would have you believe.
Coulter is so determined to make the media into a left-wing demon that she makes the preposterous claim that William Safire and Bill O'Reilly are not conservatives. This may be the weakest part of the book. As for the argument that O'Reilly is not a conservative because she opposes the death penalty, I could with equal absurdity claim that Bill Clinton was a conservative because he supported the death penalty. Many leftists, as dogmatic as Coulter, argued in the 90s that Clinton was not a liberal. This was, of course, absurd- but no more so than Coulter's analysis of Safire and O'Reilly.

Another big weakness of the book is Coulter's propensity to engage in ad hominem attacks. Yes, I know many liberals do it as well, but that doesn't make it right. The personal attacks add nothing to the substance of the book. The ad hominem attacks are especially out of place in a book that criticizes leftists for making personal attacks on conservatives (which they certainly do, too frequently).

It's too bad the author is so biased. The book had some very good arguments and could have been a lot better.I'm still hoping someone will write an equally passionate book that has more objectivity and less name-calling. I'm afraid, though, the author of this book won't be Ann Coulter. [...]

Ann is a female version of Rush Limbaugh. As with any person who has given thought to their political position for more than 5 seconds (so I guess most liberals are out), you are either going to like this book (the conservatives) or you are going to hate it (liberals). You are either going to come away more reasons and examples against liberal arguements and the liberal slant to the mainstream press, or you are going to come away with even more hatred for convservatives.
There is nothing really new here, but Ann does bring up some poitns that you may have forgotten or some stories that managed to get buried deep or skipped altogher in the newspaper or in the news broadcast.
As a conservative, use it as reference and a refresher, as a liberal, use the book as more reasons you are wrong.

Love anything Ann Coulter writes….she does her research, states where her facts came from and tells it like it is….no politically correct BS here…..I love her !!

Any book about conservatives with as many negative reviews as it's gotten on this web site has to be a great book. I highly doubt any of the reviewers who gave this book such negative reviews actually bought this book much less read it, just a forum to spout their anti-conservative rhetoric and give authenticity to Ann Coulter's thesis. I have bought this book and read it just yesterday. These reviewers have no facts to back up their argument against Miss Coulter's book so they like any good liberal have made their book review a personal attack against Miss Coulter showing their true colors of intolerance. My suggestion is for all liberals to buy this book, read this book and then write a review on Amazon.com. For conservatives there's nothing in this book that you don't already know but buy it any way and give it to a liberal in your office or your cousin Eddy the Liberal. Read and enjoy

All Ann Coulter's books are great, I can not put them down. Of course, I'm conservative Republican.

If you take the time to read the negative reviews here on this book, they all attack the author and her political views. They do not address the issues raised in the book. It's pretty obvious that they have not read the book, and are only engaging in petty attacks based on their political views rather than the facts.
Ms. Coulter is bias and makes no apologies for her bias. Other biased authors are James Carville & Maureen Dowd. Unlike her liberal counterparts, Ms. Coulter backs up her arguments with extremely well documented facts. That is part of what really drives the liberals nuts. They can't attack her facts, so they attack her personally.