She Sells Books

by digby

I thought it was awfully odd that Chris Matthews would have Ann Coulter on his show for the full hour, using the excuse that “she sells books” and calling her “a brilliant writer” of all things. (Brilliant plagiarist and fantasist, would be more accurate.) Sure, she probably generates some ratings, but the cost is fairly high for MSNBC which just came off a big controversy with Don Imus. Everything about the booking of that crazy woman just seemed off.

Mediabloodhound notices that Coulter and Matthews have something interesting in common, which Matthews fails to disclose on his show, but which might just explain why Matthews is so willing to use his show as an hour long infomercial for Coulter’s genocidal ravings. It’s entirely possible that Matthews(like George W. Bush) may have a habit of unthinkingly parroting arguments people have made to convince him to do something, when they weren’t meant for public consumption. Who told Matthews “say what you will, she sells books?”

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