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''Slander: Liberal Lies About the American Right'' is a book by conservative columnist Ann Coulter criticizing "the left's hegemonic control of the news media".〔("Ann Slanders" ) ''Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting'' (FAIR), November/December 2002〕 The book was a #1 New York Times best seller in 2002, holding the #1 spot for eight weeks. ==Comments about the ''New York Times''== ''Slander'' accuses the news media of unfairly criticizing conservatives, and cites the ''New York Times'' as a prime example. In an interview with George Gurley of the ''New York Observer'' shortly after the publication of ''Slander'', it was mentioned that Coulter actually had friends and acquaintances who worked for the ''Times'', namely restaurant critic Frank Bruni and correspondent David E. Sanger. Later in the interview, she expressed amusement at her recollections of the ''Times gratuitousness in publishing two photos of George H. W. Bush throwing up at a diplomatic meeting in Japan, then said: "Is your tape recorder running? Turn it on! I got something to say...My only regret with Timothy McVeigh is he did not go to the ''New York Times'' Building." Gurley told her to be careful, to which she responded "You’re right, after 9/11 I shouldn’t say that". By way of context, during an interview earlier in June 2002 with Katie Couric to promote the same book, Coulter expressed frustration about "constant mischaracterization" through being misquoted. "The idea that someone can go out and find one quote that will suddenly, you know, portray me — just dismiss her ideas, read no more, read no further, this person is crazy... is precisely what liberals do all the time". When asked by John Hawkins, the web manager of a right-wing blog, through a pre-written set of interview questions if she regretted the statement, Coulter replied by saying: "Of course I regret it. I should have added, 'after everyone had left the building except the editors and reporters.'" Lee Salem, the president of Universal Press Syndicate, which distributes Coulter's column, later defended Coulter by characterizing her comments as satire. The subject came up again when Coulter appeared on the Fox News program ''Hannity & Colmes''. Alan Colmes mentioned Salem's claim, and said to her that remarks like saying "Timothy McVeigh should have bombed ''The New York Times'' building" were "laughable happy satires, right?" He then said that Coulter was "actually a ''liberal'' who is doing this to mock and parody the way conservatives think." She replied, "Well, it's not working very well if that were my goal. No, I think the Timothy McVeigh line was merely prescient after ''The New York Times'' has leaped beyond — beyond nonsense straight into treason, last week". She was referring to a ''Times'' report that revealed classified information about an anti-terrorism program of the U.S. government involving surveillance of international financial transactions of persons suspected of having Al-Qaida links. Colmes continued in the same vein when he responded, calling her remarks "great humor", and that it "belongs on ''Saturday Night Live''. It belongs on ''The Daily Show''."〔 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Slander: Liberal Lies About the American Right」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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