A thief as well as a liar

Ann Coulter, plagiarist.

Coulter's response, from her July 5 column:

Once considered a legitimate daily, the Post has been reduced to tabloid status best known for Page Six's breathless accounts of Paris Hilton's latest ruttings, and headlines like "Vampire Teen — H.S. Girl Is Out for Blood." How crappy a newspaper is the Post? Let me put it this way: It's New York's second-crappiest paper.

Maybe the Post's constant harassment of me is an attempt to shake me down for protection money like they did with billionaire businessman Ron Burkle. I have sold a LOT of books — more books, come to think of it, than any writers at the New York Post.

No mention of its proof of her plagiarism. After all, we can't have her readers figuring out that they've been conned. Especially since, as usual, she has no substantive response to offer, only content-free vitriol to spew.

Editor and Publisher notes in its discussion of Coulter's plagiarism that "[T]he Post could hardly be "reduced to tabloid status" since it is, in fact, a tabloid."