Laura Ingraham: Right-Wing High Priestess of Hate

Media is a Plural by Rory O'Connor | Jun. 9, 2008 (Opinion)

Laura Ingraham is ... different. Not only is Ingraham younger than many other conservative radio personalities (at 45, she's more than a decade from Limbaugh's cohort), and the only female among them, but she also brings to the airwaves a snarky brand of aggressive humor fused with an attack-dog sensibility that she expresses with a chalk-on-gravel voice. Her goal is not to assert her own glory, but to rip apart her enemies, which include everyone from ... Full Story »

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by Dennis A. Abbott - Oct. 1, 2008

Not much here that's new for a well-read liberal audience, but hopefully the book title will help it sell to those who will learn from it. Well-written, but not concise. As a book excerpt it's not organized in the same way as an opinion piece or special report. I got an impression of rambling, probably because the single theme was illustrated in different ways: Ingraham is a clever talker and effective conservative propagandist. Oddly, O'Connor doesn't compare her to Coulter.