Ann Coulter: Plagiarist

"Godless" author Ann Coulter has been accused of plagiarism by the New York Post. An expert ran the text of her best selling crib job through his cheating software program and discovered numerous passages she apparently lifted, without approbation, from sources such as Planned Parenthood, the San Francisco Chronicle, and the Portland Press Herald. He also found numerous instances of plagiarism in her weekly columns. It appears Ms/Mr Coulter's favorite writing tool is Google.

"Just as Coulter plays free and loose with her citations in 'Godless,' she obviously does the same in her columns," Barrie said.

The Post quotes John Barrie criticizing other aspects of her work:

Meanwhile, many of the 344 citations Coulter includes in "Godless" "are very misleading," said Barrie, who holds a Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley, where he specialized in pattern recognition.

"They're used purely to try and give the book a higher level of credibility - as if it's an academic work. But her sloppiness in failing to properly attribute many other passages strips it of nearly all its academic merits," he told The Post.

Coulter, a best selling author, extremist pundit, and celebrity vote fraudster, is a favorite of once esteemed news shows as "Today," "Good Morning America," and "America Morning." This revelation that Ms. Coulter has perpetrated a fraud should be a wake up call for such "news" organizations.