Coulter on Alter: 'Is he considered a journalist?'

Conservative author Ann Coulter showed up to her book signing at the Americans for Tax Reform headquarters 30 minutes late. "I blame it all on Human Events," she announced when she arrived. Coulter was interviewed by Human Events prior to the signing and it ran long. Thomas Winter, the paper's editor, told FishbowlDC Coulter alerted him she was going to return to her hotel to change clothes before heading to ATR. "Having a wife... I know what it's like when a woman says she's going to be somewhere as soon as she can," he said. Some 70 people showed up at the event to have Coulter sign copies of her new book Mugged. She signed all of them before heading to the "First Friday" monthly gathering of young conservatives near Capitol Hill. On CSPAN Friday morning, Coulter, known for attacking the news media, said "the entire mainstream media is pretending" her new book "doesn't exist." On her way out we asked her to name the most fair national reporter. "[Fox News'] Brit Hume," she said without skipping a beat. When asked to name the least fair reporter, she said "Everyone on MSNBC." How about one specific reporter? She named former Newsweek editor Jonathan Alter. "Is he considered a journalist? Probably not," she said. With that, Coulter exited the building, cup of wine in hand. Alter responded to Coulter's comments in an email to FBDC. He said she named him "because we appeared on television many times together before she was famous and she insisted on going on alone, and each time I owned her." Coulter must have struck a chord. Alter sent another email immediate after: "P.S: Does she even know what the word 'fair' means?" he said. "We know that if she does, she doesn't consider it a compliment. That means she must be saying something nice about me. Thanks, Ann!" Notables: TWT's Kerry Picket; GOProud Co-Founder Jimmy LaSalvia; Town Hall's Derek Hunter; Human Event's Cathy Taylor, Neil W. McCabe and Audrey Hudson; and WMAL's Chris Plante. Quotable: "So we had to sit there in the cab right next to each other in complete silence."-- Picket, describing her latest troubles flying into D.C. from Denver, Colo. at 2 a.m. She said the line to hail a cab outside of Reagan National Airport was long and when she finally flagged one down, a woman jumped the line to hop in. "I guess the New York in me came out," Picket said. The two females argued over who was going to take the cab before the driver told them he could take them both. The last time we saw Picket at a book-related event, she sported a black and blue banged up leg -- the result of a mountain biking accident.

Fishbowl

Coulter on Alter: 'Is he considered a journalist?'

Eddie Scarry

About

Subscriptions

Events

Publications

WORK SMARTER - LEARN, GROW AND BE INSPIRED.

Subscribe today!

Eddie Scarry