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Originally posted by taxwonk
My issue with Maher is that he doess things like make the Cheney comment not in spite of the fact that it will offend, but because of it.
He doesn't court controversy to spark debate, but to drive ratings. The big difference between him and Jon Stewart is that while stewart can get sanctimonious at times, he doesn't go out of his way to hurt people.
That's what I meant when I called Maher amoral.
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And in this way, he and Coulter are the same. I think Coulter is pretty much a joke hack and everything she says is calculated to drive attention in order to keep her relevant to sell her product. She's actually very good at it and has big balls to say the things she does without apology, but there is very little substance coming from her these days.
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