Media Snake Oil: Ann Coulter Runs Amok; Is There No Accountability Standard?

As Ann Coulter once more runs amok, throwing any form of responsibility, reason, and propriety carelessly adrift as she assails widows of 9/11 victims who dare to criticize an institution the controversial author puts above all criticism and denunciation, the Cheney-Bush wing of the Republican Party, it is time to ask a simple and basic question:
Is there any accountability for personalities who irresponsibly assail and operate in a manner inconsistent with decency or reality?
The above question prompts reflection toward an interesting interview involving Bill Moyers and David A. Keene, chairman of the American Conservative Union, on the former's PBS weekly television series. Moyers had interviewed Keene during the ACU's convention.
Keene pursued a lofty demeanor during his interview with Moyers, denouncing negative politics and stating that his organization believed in elevating dialogue and engaging in an election process in which issues are paramount and inflammatory invective discouraged.
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