Daily Howler - April 15, 2005

CARNEY’S KNOWLEDGE! When Coulter called Hillary Clinton “pond scum,” Jay Carney knew how to play it

FRIDAY, APRIL15, 2005

CARNEY’S KNOWLEDGE: For all we know, it may be true! It may be true that flamboyant public crackpot Ann Coulter is one of the world’s “most influential people,” as Time magazine judges this week in its annual hackery issue. Indeed, that’s precisely the problem we’ve discussed here for years, most recently in yesterday’s post (see THE DAILY HOWLER, 4/14/05). It’s true: Kooky-con pundits like prime nutcase Coulter do gain influence in the culture when “liberal spokesmen” act like cowards, refusing to challenge their absurd, phony work. When the mainstream press corps takes a pass on discussing Coulter’s bad faith, average Americans remain uninformed. And her influence grows in the culture.