[ClearCase_guy]

You have a point, but I hope you don't go too far with it. I know people who aren't too willing to say that the Allies landed at Normandy on D-Day. You weren't there, so how do you know? The only thing you can go by is news accounts, and we all know they make mistakes, so maybe we didn't do anything on D-Day after all.

It's a popular thing they teach in college nowadays (not the D-Day thing -- the "how can you really know anything" thing).

Ann Coulter's books are heavily researched and footnoted. When she says something, its verifiable. When michael Moore says something, he is expressing a viewpoint which is (as he says) as much designed for "comedy" as it is for truth.

So, yes, we cannot escape the author's point of view, but some people try hard to have a view that reflects the truth, and others just want to convince people of their viewpoint.

[SmokyGeo]

Ann Coulter's books are heavily researched and footnoted. When she says something, its verifiable. When michael Moore says something, he is expressing a viewpoint ....

Actually, there are plenty of sources that Ann doesn't quote because they don't support her point of view. The ones she quotes are verifiable, but you don't have any way of knowing from her bibliography or her notes what is out there that disproves her points.