Some of my favorite distortions and lies from Slander:
The first, I forget the page, has to do with Coulter's claim that the NYTimes buried the story of the death of Dale Earnhardt in the back pages, not caring to report on it for several days.
FACT: The NYTimes printed a FRONT PAGE article the DAY AFTER Earnhardt's death.
Page 139. SLANDER: In 1993 Al Gore saw busts of Washington and Franklin and asked, "Who are these guys?" The story was carried only by USA Today.
FACT. First, several papers carried the story, and the NYT had two articles, by then-reporters Frank Rich and Maureen Dowd. Also, Gore said, "Who are these people?" Gore was actually referring to busts of John Paul Jones and the Marquis de Lafayette. Quick, Ann, what do they look like?
134. SLANDER: NYT, 3/12/2000, called Bush Jr. an "airhead."
FACT: The Times was quoting a Republican, a disappointed McCain supporter
(this is one of Coulter's favorite dishonest devices: when a publication quotes someone, you can attribute it to the publication)
51. SLANDER: Katie Couric called Ronald Reagan an "airhead."
FACT: On the Today show, 9/27/99, Couric said, "Good morning. The Gipper was an airhead. ThatÂ’s one of the conclusions of a new biography of Ronald Reagan thatÂ’s drawing a tremendous amount of interest and fire today." I.e., Couric said Morris called Reagan an airhead, and this is what AHC misstated. (Again, attributing a quote to not who said it but who reported it.)
7. SLANDER. Jim Jeffords always votes for higher taxes.
FACT: Jeffords voted "nay" on Clinton's 1993 tax hike, and "yea" on Bush II's tax cut. In fact, he postponed his departure from the GOP so the tax cut would go through.