They were criticized years ago for taking their bestseller list from carefully selected bookstores.
The smaller list that appears under the bestsellers has been called Other Liberal Books That Didn’t Make It. A great line, but I’m not sure the person who said it would want to be attributed here.
Sad fact about most of the book publishing industry is that they like the list and the list likes them. Birds of a feather. You always needed the Times to get a book sold in any numbers.
I can see those books being excluded from the list, but in what way is Alex Jones' book being sold in a different way than "The 30 Day Drag Race Diet Book"?