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Cindy Sheehan Claims Photos Falsely Implied Her Book Signing was a Flop
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| November 29, 2005
| E&P Staff
Posted on 11/29/2005 9:47:01 AM PST by West Coast Conservative
Antiwar activist Cindy Sheehan and her book publisher are upset about Associated Press and Reuters photos that allegedly presented a misleading impression of her book signing last weekend in Texas.
Sheehan, whose soldier son was killed in Iraq, gained wide fame last summer in an antiwar protest near President Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas, and then in a march in Washington, D.C. She returned to Crawford last week for a Thanskgiving protest. Her new book, Not One More Mother's Child, had just been published, and her publisher organized a book signing in a large tent in Crawford on Saturday.
Photos of the event, carried widely on the Web, and then picked up by conservative blogs, seemed to imply that the book signing was a bust. The photos showed Sheehan looking dejected, sitting at a table, with no one in the tent except for a couple of photographers. The AP caption simply read: Anti-war activist CindySheehan waits for people to show up at her book signing near President Bush's ranch on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2005 in Crawford, Texas.
The Washington Post, which carried Evan Vucci's AP photo, noted that at a protest the same day Sheehan had addressed a crowd of only about 100. In the morning, the Post observed, Sheehan signed copies of her new book, being published this week, for an even smaller crowd, although it cited bad weather as a possible factor.
But in a statement today, Sheehan accused right-wing sites of spreading a false story that nobody bought my book at Camp Casey on Saturday. That is not true, I sold all 100 copies and got writer's cramp signing them. Photos were taken of me before the people got in line to have me sign the book. We made $2000 for the peace house.
Her publisher, Arnie Kotler at Koa Books, meanwhile released a letter to her supporters, charging that AP and Reuters posted photos - I can't imagine why - of Cindy sitting at the book table between signings, rather than while someone was at the table. And now the smear websites are circulating an article, with these photos, that Cindy gave a signing and nobody came. It's simply not true
. the benefit books igning in Crawford, Texas on November 26, 2005 was well attended and a huge success.
AP has not yet responded to a request for comment.
TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: antiamericanprotest; attentionwhore; booksigning; cindysheehan; dramaqueen; liberalwhiner; traitor; vrwc
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To: West Coast Conservative
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posted on
11/29/2005 11:00:25 AM PST
by
Fintan
(My problem lies in reconciling my gross habits with my net income.)
To: GSWarrior
82
posted on
11/29/2005 11:01:53 AM PST
by
kanawa
To: george76
It was a very successful flop
83
posted on
11/29/2005 11:02:33 AM PST
by
woofie
(Hating GW Bush Never Fed a Hungry Child)
To: West Coast Conservative
Yea right, and we have some ocean front property in New Mexico for sale.
84
posted on
11/29/2005 11:03:07 AM PST
by
Dustbunny
(Main Stream Media -- Making 'Max Headroom' a reality.)
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To: Fintan
86
posted on
11/29/2005 11:07:31 AM PST
by
WolfRunnerWoman
(Communism isn't dead, it's just regrouping)
To: West Coast Conservative
If she had sold all her copies and had a boffo book signing why is she still sitting at the table all alone? Where are the pictures of the "100" people lining up for the signing? Actually, I went to Amazon to check out the book and they have the book signing pics on the site. Priceless! The book is 175 pages and a forward by John Conyers LOL, I wonder why the book isn't flying off the shelf?
87
posted on
11/29/2005 11:12:45 AM PST
by
sharkhawk
(Play me a dirge matey)
To: WolfRunnerWoman
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Maybe great minds think alike ;-) |
88
posted on
11/29/2005 11:12:52 AM PST
by
Fintan
(My problem lies in reconciling my gross habits with my net income.)
To: West Coast Conservative
"I sold all 100 copies and got writer's cramp signing them. Photos were taken of me before the people got in line to have me sign the book. We made $2000 for the peace house. "
I'm sure that will put her on the NYT bestsellers list. /sarc
To: West Coast Conservative
Hey Shindy, a picture is worth a thousand words!
Too funny : )
90
posted on
11/29/2005 11:26:26 AM PST
by
TheSpottedOwl
("President Bush, start building that wall"!)
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
I think it's actually:
"Do you want some cheese to go with that whine?"
To: West Coast Conservative
Strong indicator of a failed campaign: When you start complaining the media coverage is unfair. It's over Cindy, pack up your memories and just go away.
92
posted on
11/29/2005 11:33:19 AM PST
by
Casloy
To: West Coast Conservative
My favorite, courtesy of BOAZO:
93
posted on
11/29/2005 11:36:41 AM PST
by
quark
To: West Coast Conservative
94
posted on
11/29/2005 11:38:02 AM PST
by
commonasdirt
(Reading DU so you won't hafta)
Comment #95 Removed by Moderator
To: McGruff
Don't know if you have seen this yet. 100 copies, that ain't s**t.
Few years ago, my wife and I went to a book signing by Rachael Ray(sp?) Food network, she had more books sold in 1/2 hour than that!!!
To: Bigh4u2
Several years ago, my friend and I produced a video, "The Etiquitte of Golf" and sold about 30,000 copies, making a modest profit. When going out to sell it in public, if we sold 100 tapes at a sitting, we knew it was a bust. {But we were actually trying to make money}.
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posted on
11/29/2005 11:46:30 AM PST
by
USS Alaska
(Nuke the terrorist savages - In Honor of Standing Wolf)
To: kempo
She got "writers cramp" from signing 100 books! Well, bless her heart. Cindy the martyr!
To: West Coast Conservative
My question is who Photoshopped all those eager book recipients out of the picture? and why'd they put such a distressed look on already such a weary face?
99
posted on
11/29/2005 11:50:15 AM PST
by
azhenfud
(He who always is looking up seldom finds others' lost change.)
To: Bigh4u2
She needs a much better PR MAN to avoid snafus like that.
Hehe.
DA740
100
posted on
11/29/2005 12:23:03 PM PST
by
DA740
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