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Contents 1 Liberal tag 2 For further reference 3 Criticism 4 WikiProject class rating

[edit] Liberal tag

Ann Coulter, Michelle Malkin, Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh are all labelled as "conservative" in the first paragraph of their articles, while Frank Rich (and Molly Ivins, Maureen Dowd, Krugman) are not labelled as "liberal". Why is this? WBcoleman 09:41, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

The wikipedia articles on Ann Coulter, Michelle Malkin, Sean Hannity, and Rush Limbaugh thoroughly detail the conservative views of those individuals. And I believe all of them proudly call themselves "conservative". Nothing in the Frank Rich article indicates that he has liberal views other than the unsupported labeling of him in the very first sentence. I will remove the label from the paragraph and if anyone wants to reinsert it, please provide evidence in the article itself that he is in fact a "liberal columnist".Hal Raglan 19:05, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

i have provided some evidence of liberal bias over the years.--Crt101 20:14, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

The point of this article is to be a bio, not to kiss his ass.

Well to avoid original research, what you should really be looking for is evidence that he is considered liberal by reliable sources, or that he considers himself to be and says so. That is certaintly the case with Limnaugh and the others you have mentioned in regards to them being called conservative in their articles. As for the other side of the political spectrum, note that people such as Michael Moore are clearly labeled as liberal in their articles because they are considered to be so by others and they proudly label themselves so. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.172.155.139 (talk) 06:09, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] For further reference

He's the subject of a cover article in the current issue of the Harvard alumni magazine. AndreasKQ 14:10, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Criticism

I removed this "While listining to his Book "the Greatest Story Ever Sold", one has to wonder what story he is talking about on the first CD it is easy for any informed individual to pick out at least 3 deceptive statements I would advise the remainder of the world there is no such thing as a partial, or half truth an inaccurate statement due to lack of personal knoledge, or intentional lie in part is a lie in entierty."

It was tacked on to the Colbert section although due to the lack of quotes I think this was wikipedia editor's opinion and not Colbert's (the typos support this I think). If this is, in fact, a quote please provide a source. Thanks ^_- Perfect Passive Participle 03:44, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

Also I think we should include Colbert's status as a satirist alongside his quote, so as to give it some context. If that makes the criticism section weaker I know Ann Coulter's new book includes some negative remarks about Frank Rich. Given that her book is little more than Coulter quoting herself for 200 pages it shouldn't be hard to find an online source for these comments. (are text sources ok for wikipedia? I'm new >.>). Perfect Passive Participle 03:48, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

I think the Colbert section of "Criticisms" should probably go, given that he is a satirist and presumably not making the criticisms in earnest. Replacing this with Coulter (bless you for actually reading her) would be a good idea CAVincent 04:51, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject class rating

This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 15:30, 9 November 2007 (UTC)