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[WillyT]

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Malkin and several other bloggers accused politically moderate columnist and blogger Andrew Sullivan of making bogus fund-raising claims. Shortly thereafter, Sullivan created a parody Malkin Award for "cliché-ridden writing from the left and right intended to insult."<7>

Malkin occasionally posts hate mail she received, which often consists of racist or sexist epithets.<8>. According to Malkin, she has been labelled an "Aunt Thomasina and a sellout and a race traitor" by Asian-American liberals. Critics have also referred to her as "an Asian Ann Coulter," to which Malkin has responded "I'm not Asian, I'm American, for goodness sake. I would take the comparison to Ann Coulter as somewhat of a compliment. I have a lot of respect for Ann Coulter." <9> Others have accused her of "bleaching her skin," etc. After the announced arrest of alleged spy, Leandro Aragoncillo, Michelle writes on her website, "If it means now that the White House will be applying extra scrutiny to naturalized Americans of Filipino descent working at the top levels of government and in the military, well, yes, I support that. It's obviously overdue."<http://michellemalkin.com/archives/003676.htm[br />
In November of 2004, the Norfolk, Virginia-based Virginian-Pilot ceased running Malkin's nationally syndicated column. Fellow columnist Bronwyn Lance Chester explained, “I think habitually mistakes shrill for thought provoking and substitutes screaming for discussion…She’s the worst of what’s wrong with punditry today. She adds absolutely nothing to genuine political discourse.”

Soon after the beating of atheist religion professor Paul Mirecki by men reportedly avenging his criticism of creationism and "intelligent design", Malkin published speculation that Mirecki had fabricated the event, although newspaper photos showed him with obvious signs of physical injury.

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Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Malkin

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