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On September 9th, 2009 at 3:32 pm, lgm said:

A common phrase in liberal blogs is: “Klein reads Coulter so you don’t have to.”

I see that paradigm working in your “contributions” here. TPM and KOS think so that you don’t have to.

On September 9th, 2009 at 3:32 pm, lgm said:

In any case market forces determine which books to review.

To what market are you referring? Are you still clinging to this faulty argument because I doubt you mean the general concept of a free market.

I’m curious how you manage to disassociate “best seller” from “market forces” in your reasoning.

the real reason they don’t review conservative books but do review liberal books is because liberals are too stupid and lazy to read a book,

Could be. In any case market forces determine which books to review. A common phrase in liberal blogs is: “Klein reads Coulter so you don’t have to.”

As for the Coulter section. Ann’s argument about Drudge’s record vs. NBC is fairly amusing. How many spurrious links has Drudge posted and taken down without a peep? How many editorials does he post as fact? And, frankly, if Ann Coulter was treated the same way Elizabeth Edwards was treated on The Today Show…she wouldn’t be Ann Coulter. It’s a part of the performance. It’s the express reason for going on The Today Show. If Matt Lauer sat there and told her she was awesome and that her book was sensational, she’d probably burst into flames.

The savvy business man looks to expand his market, not stifle a successful product.

Precisely why most of the outlets of the mainstream media are in the process of going broke. They are ideologically driven, not profit driven.

LGM cannot see this because he has only unexamined opinions.

Liberal + examined opinions = Conservative.

On September 9th, 2009 at 9:36 am, lgm said:

They don’t review Coulters’s books for the same reasons they don’t review professional wrestling on TV: it’s fake.

That’s a poorly constructed strawman, not a thinking person’s argument. It’s not even an original strawman as you’ve used the wrestling canard previously.

Why are you still here? You’re clearly just phoning it in now.

Thinking people are not the ones interested in Coulter’s books.

You make statements about “thinking people” but seem to have trouble reconciling the difference between your opinion and something you can prove.

The silence is market driven, not ideological.

…Says the guy who often makes hostile comments about free market principles and seems to often fail to comprehend them.

Your statement doesn’t even make much sense. The article points out several authors, including our hostess, who remain best sellers for several weeks. Conservative authors succeed in the market much more than liberal authors despite a lack of coverage in the MSM.

For the MSM to define their decision as “market driven” would be for them to assume that the vast majority of their market is liberal. I know you would like to believe with your whole heart that this is true, but you know that it is not. To support a “market driven” argument, you would effectively be admitting that the MSM has a liberal bias.

Why wouldn’t a news producer wish to tap a larger market and include these conservative authors? The savvy business man looks to expand his market, not stifle a successful product.

If you have no facts to back up your arguements, you are only voicing an unexamined opinion.

Audacity of Dope. Ranked 445th in sales.

Dreams of my Commie Father. Ranked 294 in sales.

Change We can Believe in, or Not. Ranked 13,662 (!). (Pffft!).

Culture of Corruption. Ranked 13 in sales. YOU GO GIRL!

On September 9th, 2009 at 9:36 am, lgm said:

They don’t review Coulters’s books for the same reasons they don’t review professional wrestling on TV: it’s fake.

I think you are watching the wrong TV channel. Turn it over to the UFC.

The people interested in book reviews are thinking people. Thinking people are not the ones interested in Coulter’s books. The silence is market driven, not ideological.

On September 8th, 2009 at 11:51 pm, Elm Creek Smith said: #801801

Writing a book does not entitle the author to an appearance on any show.
No, ziggy, but having a book at the top of the non-fiction best seller list for weeks on end (not one or two) is newsworthy. The networks along with the rest of the MSM have decided that we, apparently, don’t need to know about these books and authors. The reason for this should be apparent even to you.

ECS

I am glad that you agree with me.

The books have become bestsellers without being touted in certain places. That being the case, then why does it matter if the Authors appear on a certain show, or not? Obviously, these books are known . . . because, they are on the bestseller lists.

As for newsworthiness, should every book in every category be touted by every media outlet? Should every bestselling music artist in every music category be touted by every media outlet?

No sh!t, sherlock.

Now here’s my million dollar question: if conservatives are the holders of truth, freedom, success and the American way, why don’t we own any of the networks or large presses?