Friday, March 18, 2011

Ann Coulter, One Toke Over The Line

I picked up this amazing story from Cynthia Boaz's Facebook page. It seems that Ann Coulter has been arguing that radiation is "good for you."

In a column called "A Glowing Report On Radiation," Coulter wrote that many scientists have been studying the effects of radiation and have found that, as she put it, "at some level--much higher than the minimums set by the U.S. government--radiation is good for you," and actually reduces the risk of cancer.

She repeated this assertion to a skeptical Bill O'Reilly, who told her that, even if there was scientific discussion going on about the effects of radiation, it was the media's job to be "responsible" and "err on the side of caution" about radiation. "You have to report the worst-case scenario," he said, adding that there is a clear scientific consensus that "some radiation will kill you."

Coulter said she disagreed, and said that the scientific consensus has changed, but that the media are not reporting it.

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