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August 14, 2008
'It's A Best Seller'
That anti-Obama book appears to be climbing the best seller charts for some reason.
Why?
Because far-right barons like Mellon-Scaife buy up thousands of copies in order to artifically inflate book sales. They've been doing this for years.
And -- surprise! -- the barbecue media refuses to report this.
Filed under: Barack Obama || Far-right
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Posted By Bob Cesca | August 14, 2008 11:17 AM
Comments
Dan Abrams dropped the ball on this last night. I wanted to throw a shoe through the TV.
I still can't believe that people are willing to believe that the SBVF(u)T were telling the truth.
Posted by: ConstanceRifle ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.bobcesca.com/nav-commenters.gif)
at August 14, 2008 11:35 AM
Oh, also...on Amazon, the number of 1 stars outweighs the number of 5 stars, so that's encouraging.
Posted by: ConstanceRifle at August 14, 2008 11:39 AM
Bob, maybe I missed something earlier, but where is your attribution for the Mellon-Scaife deception about sales of the book?
Posted by: yeah right at August 14, 2008 11:56 AM
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/13/us/politics/13book.html?_r=1&ref=books&oref=slogin
4th paragraph down
And it's been known for years that Scaife buys conservative books in bulk...it's why any of Ann Coulter's books became best-sellers.
Posted by: ConstanceRifle at August 14, 2008 12:40 PM
>>Bob, maybe I missed something earlier, but where is your attribution for the Mellon-Scaife deception about sales of the book?
ConstanceRifle linked to one source. Meanwhile, this is SOP for the far-right. They do it with all of their books. I first read about this practice in David Brock's book THE REPUBLICAN NOISE MACHINE.
Posted by: Bob_Cesca at August 14, 2008 1:25 PM
Veritas Nihilum Vincet
Truth Conquers Nothing
It's all about the noise, the spin, the soundbite.
I fear we fight a losing battle, equipped with the weakest weapons - truth, reason and facts - against the most powerful - bias, fear and habit.
/my zippo works and I know how to make butter
Posted by: cousinavi at August 14, 2008 4:34 PM
