Posted on 07/13/2015 8:11:32 AM PDT by VinL
I think it was a lot earlier. Like 1980 but there’s no question they hit a whole other level in 2008.
On the 80 thing I would cite the actions the MSM of the day took to crucify Reagan throughout the 80s including their backflips over Iran Contra and the various actions Ronnie took against muslims.
Yes they are FAR worse today. But they have been very very in the tank for decades.
It definitely happened with Hillary’s books. A lot of them went into storage for six months, and then emerged at the $2.99 book deals later. You even had libraries buying in bulk with her book, and there a dozen copies sat on some new-book shelf area...with no one ever checking it out.
Sans-Culotte, I’m sure both Obama and Hillary’s books received bulk sales, especially the latter. I think Obama’s book legitimately sold as there was interest in him.
Hillary’s most recent book was a publishing disaster. It reached No. 1, mostly because the distribution was massive. Most of them were ultimately returned to the publisher and shredded in massive amounts. It sold 85,000 in the first week. By week 10 it was selling fewer than 10,000 copies. It had an initial print run of 1,000,000. To sell only 250,000 books on an initial print run of 1,000,000 probably should have gotten someone at S&S fired.
Typo, it should read by week 10 Hillary’s book was selling fewer than 5,000 copies a week.
Who cares about these silly lists? Only fans are going to buy it and they are going to like it or not. *shrug*.
For the NYT, the bulk sale was to Amazon.com and the company admits that it purchased several thousand volumes to distribute to Cruz sycophants, albeit for a nominal fee. Thus the NYT is right in saying that Cruz’s book rating is from that and other bulk sales to Barnes & Noble, Walmart, Sam’s Club and other right-wing facist groups.
(sarcasm)
The media silence on this overt bias is sad.
NY Times - All The News That’s Fit to Print*
*Excludes news favorable to conservatives
I just got my copy delivered. A bulk purchase of 1.
I bought a copy, Amazon even had it delivered with Prime for free on Sunday.
Amazon speaks. The matter is resolved.
While I never believed the NYT, Cruz’s publisher also could not be considered unbiased on the matter.
Did not slow em down when they were helping hawk Jim Wright’s book.
They did? I have no idea.
Did I check my facts, no.
Good enough for the Slimes good enough for me.
Bump
Interesting. Thanks for sharing the info.
BuckeyeTexan, glad to do it.
“The Times is presumably embarrassed by having their obvious partisan bias called out.”
I’m surprised Amazon did it. Since Amazon took away my right to buy a flag on their website.
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