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Barnes & Noble Website Carries Altered Cover of Anti-Kerry Book
Human Events Online ^
Posted on 08/09/2004 1:45:22 PM PDT by freespirited
Will Kerry's supporters stop at nothing?
The cover of the new anti-Kerry book, Unfit for Command, set to hit shelves soon, has been given an alternative, pro-Kerry cover at the Barnes & Noble online store. The title of the book has been changed to Fit for Command, and the cover image has been changed from a close-up of a finger-pointing Kerry to a picture of Kerry in uniform with other Vietnam veterans. (The book currently sits at #7 on the Barnes & Noble Top 100 and at #2 on Amazon.)
The book, which challenges the "war hero" status of John Kerry's four months in Vietnam, was a part of a major firestorm last week as portions of the book were first revealed by The Drudge Report and a new anti-Kerry advertisement from the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth -- a "527" group of which the author of Unfit, John O'Neill, is a member -- was first reported by Human Events Online. Following the Human Events exclusive, a letter from DNC and Kerry lawyers to various TV stations attempting to intimidate them into blocking the ad from the airwaves was also exclusively revealed by Human Events Online.
Though no information on the source of the cover change has been found, the latest tactic from the pro-Kerry crowd -- whether from a computer hacker or an employee of Barnes & Noble -- can hardly be considered surprising.
[go to link to see how cover has been altered]
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To: vanagoner; ohioWfan; Mo1; Constitution Day; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; Grampa Dave; All
How come nobody is outraged that Amazon is using McCain's comment as an "Editorial Review" and places it even before the Publisher's coments? Has McCain read the book? Did he intend his comment to be an editorial review? *I* am outraged! I just went to Amazon and saw it, too. I thought maybe they had been hacked on that first page, but they still quote him when you click on "Editorial Reviews" I'm writing them!
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posted on
08/09/2004 3:21:14 PM PDT
by
Billie
To: Timesink; martin_fierro; reformed_democrat; Loyalist; =Intervention=; PianoMan; GOPJ; ...
Media Schadenfreude and Media Shenanigans PING The image at the sales link is correct again but this doctored image is still on the Barnes&Noble server:
http://images.barnesandnoble.com/images/8050000/8058622.jpg
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posted on
08/09/2004 3:26:58 PM PDT
by
weegee
(YOU could have been aborted, and you wouldn't have had a CHOICE about it.)
To: tricky_k_1972
Somewhere a pro-Kerry hacker is saying...
Doh!!!
To: LisaMalia
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posted on
08/09/2004 3:32:37 PM PDT
by
MeekOneGOP
(There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
To: weegee
B&N's behavior should come as no surprise. Check out B&N's CEO, Leonard Riggio's, FEC donations records and one can see why.
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
At least it looks like it has been fixed since I left work @ 4 cst.
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posted on
08/09/2004 3:45:38 PM PDT
by
Laura Earl
(Winner of the RKBA 10K. What's my secret? I exercise regularly, and take Trollitol every morning.)
To: mewzilla
If Barnes & Noble wants to disavow any involvement, they will need to explain why they still have the image stored on their server.
Once the deception has been discovered it should be deleted.
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posted on
08/09/2004 3:46:18 PM PDT
by
weegee
(YOU could have been aborted, and you wouldn't have had a CHOICE about it.)
To: vanagoner; Billie; All
I have just written an e-mail to Amazon expressing my (intense) displeasure with their using McCain's quote before the publisher's comments.
This is serious stuff, IMO.
However, changing the title of a book to falsify it is far more despicable than the placement of a negative quote.
It is immoral and it is illegal, and Barne's and Noble needs to pay for it.
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posted on
08/09/2004 4:12:47 PM PDT
by
ohioWfan
(BUSH 2004 - Leadership, Morality, Integrity)
To: Laura Earl
I prefer to shop at BAM, and this makes me want to read the book more than before. Have anyone heard of any hijinks from them?
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posted on
08/09/2004 4:19:42 PM PDT
by
Laura Earl
(Winner of the RKBA 10K. What's my secret? I exercise regularly, and take Trollitol every morning.)
To: ohioWfan
This is serious stuff, IMO.
However, changing the title of a book to falsify it is far more despicable than the placement of a negative quote. Oh, I know! The B&N false pic and title had been 'fixed' by the time I got to the post about mcCain's 'review' at Amazon, and no one else was addressing that one, so wanted to ping a few of you to it, too. :)
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posted on
08/09/2004 4:31:18 PM PDT
by
Billie
To: freespirited
To: Billie
Well, I'm glad you did, Billie, because I do a LOT of business at Amazon, and I don't think they want to lose it.
Hopefully they'll get my e-mail and do something.....
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posted on
08/09/2004 4:37:41 PM PDT
by
ohioWfan
(BUSH 2004 - Leadership, Morality, Integrity)
To: Howlin
And the thing that infuriated them most? After he got his film/photographs, he left. He did not stay for the memorial service for those who died.Truly is a sad commentary.
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posted on
08/09/2004 5:06:00 PM PDT
by
BobbyK
(The Truth Is Out There.)
To: freespirited
Brilliant. Thanks for the free publicity for this book. Nice going Barnes & Noble. Thanks.
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posted on
08/09/2004 5:14:24 PM PDT
by
Nachum
(Kerry spells "Fine Dining")
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posted on
08/09/2004 5:53:07 PM PDT
by
cpforlife.org
(am I) a part of the cure, or am I part of the disease, singing…You are, you are)
To: freespirited
Human Events had screen cap of hacked page http://humaneventsonline.com.edgesuite.net/unfit_cover.html
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To: dead
I B&N can't prove that their web site was hacked they just made the Swift Boat Vets rich!
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
To: Plutarch
That pre-botox Kerry on the book cover is frightening
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posted on
08/09/2004 9:17:05 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(geocities.com/geronl is back, or will be)
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
I just checked, and the original cover is on.
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posted on
08/09/2004 9:47:06 PM PDT
by
Valin
(John Kerry: Dumber than Gore, more exciting than Mondale)
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