Agreed, but we have a larger problem that explains why disreputable people, like Coulter, get airtime on a supposed legitimate news show. The United States has a Free Press in theory but a Private Press in practice. The Corporations who own our "Free Press" like the memes that people like Coulter disseminate. They may be dishonest and hyperbolic, but the tack in the direction of the Corporate Right Wing Ideology of the Networks ownership and so extremists, who deal little in fact, are allowed to pretend they are journalists in showcase news shows. We should not be surprised that this is happening for with the blending of news and entertainment divisions in corporate media there is really little room for what was once considered ethical journalism.
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