NYT Reviews Ann Coulter's Book Cover But Not the Actual Book
The “Inside the List” column for the New York Times’s Sunday Book Review, compiled by Jennifer Schuessler, discussed Ann Coulter’s latest New York Times bestseller “Demonic” under the subhead “Woman In Black.”
The first paragraph of the Times’ official Topics page for Coulter describes the author as “ultraconservative,” and Schuessler’s Book Review brief is no less loaded:
When Ann Coulter last appeared on the hardcover nonfiction list in 2009, with “Guilty: Liberal ‘Victims’ and Their Assault on America,” some commentators asked whether the conservative attack dog had lost a bit of her sales bite. “Guilty” spent six weeks on the list -- an enviable showing by most standards, but a decline from the mark set by “Godless” (12 weeks), “Treason” (13 weeks) and “Slander” (15 weeks).
Now, Coulter comes roaring back with “Demonic: How the Liberal Mob is Endangering America,” new at No. 2, though her brand does seem to have undergone a bit of tweaking....Alas, the redesign went over less well at National Review Online, where commenters invoked Nigel Tufnel nattering about his all-black album cover in “This Is Spinal Tap,” among other problems. “What I see at least is a flat black cover, that from any distance greater than a foot will proclaim: ‘Demonic Ann Coulter,’ ” one commenter said. “I.e., Christmas comes early for ‘The Daily Show.’”
That review of what online commenters are saying about Coulter’s book cover apparently comes in lieu of an actual book review; Times archives are almost bereft of actual reviews of Coulter’s books, even as Schuessler admits that they routinely make the paper's bestseller list. The Times has even published reviews of anti-Coulter books. But as Coulter wrote in a column last week, “With only one review -- not in the Book Review -- after eight New York Times best-sellers, the editors can rest assured that I know they don't like me.”
The Times has a problem with reviewing conservative books in general.
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Does This Impact Sales
Submitted by SimJim on Tue, 06/28/2011 - 5:27pm.
Is the criticism because not being reviewed costs sales? I can't imagine a NY Times review would be objective. Do books sell based on a review or based on a good review? Not sure why Coulter or anyone else would care?
The only review I've read in
Submitted by rockyracoon on Tue, 06/28/2011 - 5:59pm.
The only review I've read in the NY Slimes Book Review on an Ann Coulter book, I forget which one, proved Ann's observations about liberals to a tee.
Facts are like kryptonite to the liberal.
I have not looked yet,
Submitted by Bob K on Tue, 06/28/2011 - 6:12pm.
but when I visit liberal websites to read comments I am sure many of the usual ones bragging about going to bookstores and hiding her book behind others will be popping up. They always do.
Childish games liberals play
Submitted by Radical1979 on Tue, 06/28/2011 - 7:41pm.
And yet, Coulter's book will still outsell those of liberal authors. Her biggest competition will be against Glen Beck's new book. It's going to kill the liberals.
Juvenile, Thy Name is NYT.
Submitted by Tenebrous on Tue, 06/28/2011 - 6:17pm.
So how long until the Times goes bankrupt? Can we start picking dates now?
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Hysterical! Coulter and
Submitted by Van Halen on Tue, 06/28/2011 - 8:08pm.
Hysterical! Coulter and Michael Savage say they keep putting out bestsellers on the New York Times list that never get reviewed. Not as if I have read the NYT in decades or ever click on any of their web pages.
And Jon Stewart said the
Submitted by deerjerkydave on Tue, 06/28/2011 - 8:40pm.
And Jon Stewart said the media are biased toward sensationalism. Coulter is the embodiment of political sensationalism and yet the NYT yawns.
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"The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the Federal Government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State Governments are numerous and indefinite. -James MadisonThe cliche MUST be invoked!!
Submitted by drsamherman on Tue, 06/28/2011 - 9:14pm.
They judged the book by the cover. Unlike the unemployment and GDP figures, this banal and vapid superficiality by the NYT was expected.
The NYT has all the
Submitted by Bhaal on Tue, 06/28/2011 - 9:37pm.
The NYT has all the information they need for a "review". The book title and that Ann Coulter wrote it. With that information they can write a review for people the read this tripe.
WOW!
Submitted by tinydancer on Tue, 06/28/2011 - 10:32pm.
Do people actually still read the NYT?
Who gives a damn what the NYT
Submitted by jdhawk on Wed, 06/29/2011 - 12:20am.
Who gives a damn what the NYT says about a book. If I see a NYT I walk it over to the trash, but quick. Just the sight of the paper make me ill. *barf*
Here is a book review in the case that you all haven't already bought it:
I never really considered liberals' mob-like behavior as much as I did after reading this book.
In Ann Coulter's Demonic: How the Liberal Mob is Endangering America, Coulter gives an in-depth description of the liberal mob's history - from the French Revolution to the purging of the Bolsheviks to the infamous Weather Underground (whose members now work as presidential advisers and members of faculties at the nation's premier universities).
This is most likely her best book. It differs from the others for its historical research as well as psychological input. The book, which is essentially structured around analysis from groupthink expert Gustave Le Bon, exposes how mob-like some on the left really are. Even Le Bon cites the high desire of a mob to surround a "messiah" (Obama?) and ultimately think without reason ("Universal health care cuts costs!").
In a nutshell, 3 reasons why you should read Ann Coulter's Demonic:
1. Not just for Republicans
I have a feeling many Libertarians will enjoy this book. Godless isn't necessarily sitting on their bookshelves, but Libertarians may enjoy Coulter's analysis of mob history. In general, I would think anyone who isn't a member of the "liberal mob" wouldn't have an issue with her analysis, from the French Revolution to present day. If I know one thing, the book criticizes the stereotypical mob, and libertarians don't belong to it.
2. Historical analysis
The two best chapters within the book are entitled "The French Revolution: When Liberals Attack" and "The French Revolution Part Deux: Come for the Beheadings, Stay for the Rapes." Having recently studied the French Revolution, I was surprised as to how accurate and detailed this section was, from the storming of the Bastille to Louis XVI's unsuccessful flight out of Versailles. However, this section differed from my personal education on the French Revolution for its emphasis on how bloody the Revolution really did become. I never knew how the mob tormented Marie Antoinette with heated sexism, nor how many people lost their heads to the guillotine, nor how the mob brainwashed Antoinette's son to tell the jury that Antoinette sexually molested him. I guess I accredit this lack of knowledge to my public school education. I remember during an episode of "Real Time," Bill Maher once said that America's founding fathers never believed in God, that they would have "hated you guys [tea partiers]." I originally thought, again from my public school education, that Maher was partially wrong, and our founding fathers were deists (at least that's what my textbook said...). But again, Coulter proved that our founding fathers were Christians who embedded their belief in God in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, and prayed before God prior to going to battle.
3. Satire/humor
Part of the reason why young conservatives love Ann Coulter so much is because of her comedic style. She can efficiently write a well-researched, serious book while also throwing in a joke or two. There's nothing that can compare to how, according to Coulter, Democrats dislike "teabaggers" but will never dislike the sexual act of teabagging...
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I've read the book and it gives me a new perspective on...
Submitted by jawebster1 on Wed, 06/29/2011 - 3:30am.
Liberals. I've always known something was wrong with them but I couldn't quite put my finger on it until now. Liberals are childlike in that they are oftentimes almost exclusively controlled by their emotions. Logic and common sense are concepts that are "thrown out the window" by many of them. Thus, their mob-like behavior when they get riled up. They love to chant, call people (they disagree with) names and sometimes when their emotions have been risen to a certain "high pitch", they will bite off the finger of an innocent "Tea Party" member. Last night, in a public park, a Liberal exhibited mob-like behavior by pouring a drink down the back of Glenn Beck's wife and then said that it was an accident. This was done after screaming "I hate Conservatives" in Glenn's face.
Ann Coulter and Sean Hannity were the first to give
Submitted by gmaniac1 on Wed, 06/29/2011 - 5:14am.
me a true insight on modern liberalism. They sure will not give the truth about what they represent. If they did they would never get elected!
I use to listen to Paul Harvey and read Bill Buckley prior to that... when I was a younger lad;)
Makes me wonder
Submitted by HockeyKid on Wed, 06/29/2011 - 7:39am.
if the captains of the Times will ever wake up one morning, read their own headlines, and say, "Crap. How the heck did we end up completely on the wrong side of history?"
Hey, a guy can dream, can't he?
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
It seems to me...
Submitted by HelenS on Wed, 06/29/2011 - 8:40am.
It seems to me that there is a pandemic of arrested development going on, and much as I hope that some of these synaptically atrophied troglodites might grow a brain stem at some point, I fear that in this case arrested actually means halted it its tracks never to be used again.
Me - "The libs/dems of today are the Quislings of former years - the cowards who would vote a fraud into office in exchange for handouts from the devil."
I just read this yesterday
Submitted by GW on Wed, 06/29/2011 - 10:27am.
It's an essay about Sweden and the 'arrested development' that occured there over the course of three generations.
http://mises.org/daily/2190
Oh my goodness,
Submitted by HelenS on Wed, 06/29/2011 - 10:57am.
That is so depressing! And just this week I read that in Sweden, at pre-schools, children are going to be discouraged from using gender-specific language and stereotypes. They're actually going to try to re-wire the little brains of little children so that any "typical boys" or "typical girls" are going to all be "typical children".
I sure hope Sweden becomes a graphic illustration of how catastrophic the ridiculous end of socialism is and a warning to any that have a glimmer of perception left to learn from their demise!
Me - "The libs/dems of today are the Quislings of former years - the cowards who would vote a fraud into office in exchange for handouts from the devil."
Ain't nothin' typical about
Submitted by Beukeboom on Wed, 06/29/2011 - 11:19am.
Ain't nothin' typical about that nonsense.
I just look at the Amazon sales.
Submitted by wizardjr on Wed, 06/29/2011 - 9:03am.
Who cares what dead tree media has to say?
and BTW... thank goodness for Regnery Press, without them conservative authors might still be wandering in the Wilderness, now they are in high demand
If they didn't even read it
Submitted by ForeverOnTheRight on Wed, 06/29/2011 - 9:07am.
If they didn't even read it was it like sunshine to a vampire? If they opened the book and read it, would it destroy them? Or where they just too chicken to read it, would reality bite?
Seems like many of the
Submitted by Beukeboom on Wed, 06/29/2011 - 10:16am.
Seems like many of the reporters, editors, writers, reviewers, et al at the NYT have just grown fat and lazy. Too much efford to actually pick up the hardcover book and actually READ it.
"Turning pages is so hard. Can't someone just read it to me? No? Okay, leave it where it is over there and I'll type up a review over here."