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Ann Coulter's book Godless is the #1 Non-Fiction book on the NYT best-seller list.

Fiction, Non-Fiction. Whatever.

However, it appears that professional journalists and experts have some problems with her work. The National Society of Newspaper Columnists have awarded her a "Sitting Duck" Award

The award, typically doled out in an ironic fashion, came with a statement from the society that Coulter received the prize "for cheapening political discourse in America."

"We award the Lame Duck reluctantly, because we know Ms. Coulter is desperate for any kind of attention," the society added.

According to a celebrity newsgroup, "Ann Coulter was mentioned and criticized several times by speakers at the National Society of Newspaper Columnists (NSNC) conference here. Then she received the NSNC's ultimate mention and criticism -- winning the annual Sitting Duck Award for easiest column target."

Also, the NY Post hired John Barrie, inventor of the plagarism detection software iThenticate, to evaluate her book and the last 12 months of her column. He found what he has called "textbook plagarism" in both her columns and in her book - whole passages stolen from LA Times, Planned Parenthood and the Heritage Foundation, among others.

Ironic, considering Coulter's public excoriation of the New York Times in 2003 during the Jayson Blair scandal

UPDATE Media Matters did more research, and listed how Ann Coulter used the plagarism scandal at the Times to score points.

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