Coulter has been on Hardball 8 times since June of 2002, and you are telling
me matthews just forgot. Not hardly, he just did not want to admit he has had her
on 8 times in little over a year.
Here is what Matthews said on his show hardball, notice the typo, it says
book
instead of book. Matthews was referring to joes book, the person who transcribed
the show put her book instead of your book.
Show: HARDBALL
Date: 08/22/03
MATTHEWS: Yes. By the way, there’s something inaccurate in her book. There is something
inaccurate in her book, because you said that she was on my show, HARDBALL, eight times.
I would be surprised if she was on once.
CONASON: No, that’s what Nexus shows, Chris. You’ll have to correct it with them.
MATTHEWS: No, no, no.
CONASON: That’s what it shows.
MATTHEWS: She’s not.
CONASON: That is what it shows. She’s been on your show - and you know.
MATTHEWS: Eight times? On one book - eight times on a book?
http://www.msnbc.com/news/957014.asp
Now look at what joe said about it today in his journal.
Aug. 25, 2003 | For Chris Matthews, eight strikes
Last Friday evening, I made my second “Hardball” appearance in a single week to talk about my new book, “Big
Lies.” While I appreciated the invitation to return from host Chris Matthews, that segment -- which included a
right-wing radio talker named Dennis Prager who hasn’t read the book – got testy after Matthews challenged me
on an issue of fact.
He insisted that I was wrong to say that Ann Coulter had appeared on his show eight times to promote “Slander:
Liberal Lies About the American Right":
“By the way, there's something inaccurate in book. There is something inaccurate in book, because
you said that she was on my show, ‘Hardball,’ eight times. I would be surprised if she was on once.”
Not only did she appear on “Hardball” eight times between the publication date in June 2002 and the following
January to help promote her book – as the Nexis database clearly shows -- but she made three appearances
within the first two weeks after Slander’s publication. It’s a subject to which I plan to return tomorrow. (And I
understand that Coulter will be on Hardball tonight. I bet she’s sorry she missed me last week. Well, maybe Chris
has looked up the record, found that little “surprise,” and will correct himself.)
http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2003/08/25/matthews/