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In fact, as many commentators pointed out, the New York Times, like most American newspapers, covered Earnhardt’s death on its front page the day after he was killed, in an article beginning “Stock car racing's greatest current star and one of its most popular and celebrated figures, Dale Earnhardt, crashed and was killed today." Her “correction” in the paperback edition removes the sentence “It took the New York Times two days to deem Earnhardt’s name sufficiently important to mention it on the first page,” but the passage still strongly implies that the NYT didn’t cover Earnhardt’s death until three days later.

In fact, as many commentators pointed out, the New York Times, like most American newspapers, covered Earnhardt’s death on its front page the day after he was killed, in an article beginning “Stock car racing's greatest current star and one of its most popular and celebrated figures, Dale Earnhardt, crashed and was killed today." Her “correction” in the paperback edition removes the sentence “It took the New York Times two days to deem Earnhardt’s name sufficiently important to mention it on the first page,” but the passage still strongly implies that the NYT didn’t cover Earnhardt’s death until three days later.

Among the other inaccuracies were Coulter’s claim that “In 1993 [[Al Gore]] saw busts of Washington and Franklin and asked, ‘Who are these guys?’ The story was carried only by [[USA Today.]]” (in fact, the account had been repeated in several papers, including the New York Times, and Al Gore was referring not to busts of Washington and Franklin, but to busts of John Paul Jones and Marquis de Lafayette) and her reference to “[[Katie Couric]], berating [[Arlen Specter]] about [[Anita Hill]] ten years after the hearings. . ." when in fact, this “berating” consisted of Couric asking Specter a single question about a discussion of the [[Clarence Thomas]] hearings in his upcoming book where he accused Anita Hill of ‘flat out perjury.’”

Among the other aolleged inaccuracies liberals charge Coulter with is the claim that “In 1993 [[Al Gore]] saw busts of Washington and Franklin and asked, ‘Who are these guys?’ The story was carried only by [[USA Today.]]” The account had been repeated in several papers, including the ''New York Times'', yet numerous liberal sources calim Al Gore was referring to busts of John Paul Jones and Marquis de Lafayette although the [[Media Research Center]] has video of the occasion available online. <ref>Media Research Center,[http://www.mediaresearch.org/videobias/gore/welcome.asp Gore Gaffe Videos #2] "During January 17, 1993 pre-Inaugural tour of Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's home, shown live by C-SPAN, Al Gore asks of busts of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin and Marquis de Lafayette: "Who are these people?" Also along on the tour: wife Tipper as well as Bill and Hillary Clinton."</ref>

 

Her reference to “[[Katie Couric]], berating [[Arlen Specter]] about [[Anita Hill]] ten years after the hearings. . ." when in fact, this “berating” consisted of Couric asking Specter a single question about a discussion of the [[Clarence Thomas]] hearings in his upcoming book where he accused Anita Hill of ‘flat out perjury.’”

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