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Originally Posted by dissention

I think that's my favorite lie from Coultergeist. It's such an absurd and pointless one that it's truly funny.

Couric didn't call him an "airhead"? I could have sworn that she did, and not just once. But of course she was using someone else's quote (which she didn't fully quote, by the way)...so that makes it OK, right?

[dissention]

Originally Posted by Brwn_eyes0511

Couric didn't call him an "airhead"? I could have sworn that she did, and not just once. But of course she was using someone else's quote (which she didn't fully quote, by the way)...so that makes it OK, right?

No, Katie Couric never called Reagan an "airhead." The actual quote from the 9/27/99 Today transcript is:

Good morning. The Gipper was an airhead. That’s one of the conclusions of a new biography of Ronald Reagan that’s drawing a tremendous amount of interest and fire today, Monday, September the 27th, 1999.

She attributed it to Edmund Morris, doll, the man who wrote the biography on Reagan. And Sean Hannity, that pillar of integrity, even said the same thing on that very date, 9/27/99 on his show:

Welcome back to Hannity & Colmes. I’m Sean Hannity. Coming up, the authorized biography of Ronald Reagan calls him, quote, an airhead. And it is upsetting a lot of the former president’s supporters.

She also claimed on page 134 of Slander that the New York Times called Bush an "airhead" in a piece that ran on 3/12/00, but that's another lie.

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Originally Posted by dissention

No, Katie Couric never called Reagan an "airhead." The actual quote from the 9/27/99 Today transcript is:

Good morning. The Gipper was an airhead. That’s one of the conclusions of a new biography of Ronald Reagan that’s drawing a tremendous amount of interest and fire today, Monday, September the 27th, 1999.

She attributed it to Edmund Morris, doll, the man who wrote the biography on Reagan. And Sean Hannity, that pillar of integrity, even said the same thing on that very date, 9/27/99 on his show:

Welcome back to Hannity & Colmes. I’m Sean Hannity. Coming up, the authorized biography of Ronald Reagan calls him, quote, an airhead. And it is upsetting a lot of the former president’s supporters.

She also claimed on page 134 of Slander that the New York Times called Bush an "airhead" in a piece that ran on 3/12/00, but that's another lie.

I was aware of her using the quote from Edmund Morris' book. Do you happen to notice the difference in approach as to the way it was used on the Today show and how it was used on Hannity & Colmes? "The Gipper was an airhead" were the opening remarks. Not to mention it was incorrectly quoted, leaving out the word "apparent" which can make a world of difference. As it did in the case of Mr. Morris' quote, which he brought to task whenever he appeared on the Today show saying that it was "brutal and grossly unfair. I did not call him an airhead." He explained that he had simply written that based on his first impression of meeting Reagan.

Also it is important to note that Hannity & Colmes did not consistently open their shows with the same inane assertion.

Coulter: So for the Today show to be opening three days in a row, Ronald Reagan was an airhead, I'm sorry, that's dishonest.

Couric: It was one day. And also, just for your information it, was one day.

Coulter: No, you said it one day. Matt Lauer said it another day.

Couric: No, it was just one day, and we'll get the transcripts for you

Let's go to NEXIS! Answer: Two days, three times (plus once on "Later Today"). Couric said it on Sept. 27, 1999. The next day, as charged, Lauer opened the show by talking about "the author's assertion that Reagan was a great president but an airhead." NBC's Jamie Gangel repeated the "airhead" charge without the "apparent" later that day in a Today interview with ex-President George H.W. Bush. The winner: Coulter on points. She was closer to the truth than Couric, who picked this particular fact fight and was wrong. ... The account in Coulter's book (which doesn't make the "three days" charge) appears to be completely accurate

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for all those interested in seeing part of the "cat fight" in question...

HERE IT IS!

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Originally Posted by Brwn_eyes0511

for all those interested in seeing part of the "cat fight" in question...

HERE IT IS!

Did someone say "catfight?"

[Brwn_eyes0511]

Originally Posted by seeker007nmss

Did someone say "catfight?"

The one taking the chunk out of the other's skin...HAS TO BE COULTER!

[dissention]

Originally Posted by Brwn_eyes0511

"The Gipper was an airhead" were the opening remarks.

The Gipper was an airhead. That’s one of the conclusions of a new biography of Ronald Reagan that’s drawing a tremendous amount of interest and fire today

Originally Posted by Brwn_eyes0511

Not to mention it was incorrectly quoted, leaving out the word "apparent" which can make a world of difference.

Hannity never used the word "apparent."

Coming up, the authorized biography of Ronald Reagan calls him, quote, an airhead.

Originally Posted by Brwn_eyes0511

Let's go to NEXIS! Answer: Two days, three times (plus once on "Later Today"). Couric said it on Sept. 27, 1999. The next day, as charged, Lauer opened the show by talking about "the author's assertion that Reagan was a great president but an airhead." NBC's Jamie Gangel repeated the "airhead" charge without the "apparent" later that day in a Today interview with ex-President George H.W. Bush. The winner: Coulter on points. She was closer to the truth than Couric, who picked this particular fact fight and was wrong. ... The account in Coulter's book (which doesn't make the "three days" charge) appears to be completely accurate

You make such a fool out of yourself.

Not once did anyone from the Today show call Reagan an "airhead," but you're too blind to see it.

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Originally Posted by dissention

The Gipper was an airhead. That’s one of the conclusions of a new biography of Ronald Reagan that’s drawing a tremendous amount of interest and fire today

Exactly! But they opened WITH "The Gipper was an airhead..."

Hannity never used the word "apparent."

Coming up, the authorized biography of Ronald Reagan calls him, quote, an airhead.

But read how Hannity phrased his statement and how Couric did. You don't see bias there?

You make such a fool out of yourself.

Not once did anyone from the Today show call Reagan an "airhead," but you're too blind to see it.

Why is that? Because I quoted facts and transcripts? I see.

Morris didn't call Reagan an airhead but the Today show did -- and not just once. Also note that Ms. Couric introduced Coulter as a "telebimbo" -- quoting someone else, of course.

[dissention]

Originally Posted by Brwn_eyes0511

Exactly! But they opened WITH "The Gipper was an airhead..."

Actually, she opened with "Good morning. The Gipper was an airhead. That’s one of the conclusions of a new biography of Ronald Reagan that’s drawing a tremendous amount of interest and fire today, Monday, September the 27th, 1999." There was no bias, she clearly attributed it to the book that Edmund Morris was there to promote and she never personally called Reagan an "airhead" as Coultergeist likes to say.

Originally Posted by Brwn_eyes0511

But read how Hannity phrased his statement and how Couric did. You don't see bias there?

Hannity never used the word "apparent." He said the same thing Couric did; that Morris called him an "airhead."

You sure are thick.

Originally Posted by Brwn_eyes0511

Why is that? Because I quoted facts and transcripts? I see.

Because you quoted transcripts that obviously show that no one on the Today show called him an "airhead."

Originally Posted by Brwn_eyes0511

Morris didn't call Reagan an airhead but the Today show did -- and not just once.

Then why did Hannity state that Morris called Reagan an "airhead"?

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Originally Posted by dissention

Actually, she opened with "Good morning. The Gipper was an airhead. That’s one of the conclusions of a new biography of Ronald Reagan that’s drawing a tremendous amount of interest and fire today, Monday, September the 27th, 1999." There was no bias, she clearly attributed it to the book that Edmund Morris was there to promote and she never personally called Reagan an "airhead" as Coultergeist likes to say.

She attributed it to the book AFTER saying "The Gipper was an airhead." Picking up on a bias requires that you not have the bias yourself, I suppose.

Hannity never used the word "apparent." He said the same thing Couric did; that Morris called him an "airhead."

You sure are thick.

Josh, stay focused here. I'm aware of the fact that Hannity didn't use the word apparent either. But he did not say the same thing Couric did.

Coming up, the authorized biography of Ronald Reagan calls him, quote, an airhead.

Hannity makes it clear that "airhead" was a quote from Morris' book. Whereas Couric and the Today show made it seem that it was "the conclusion" of his book.

Because you quoted transcripts that obviously show that no one on the Today show called him an "airhead."

Because I quoted transcripts that prove that Couric lied on national television.

"Actually it was only one day..."

And then she quickly tries to change the subject!