BENGHAZI!! - Bookstore owners told to return "THE EMBASSY HOUSE" stock to S&S

[kpete]

FRI NOV 08, 2013 AT 01:19 PM PST
BENGHAZI!! - Bookstore owners told to return "THE EMBASSY HOUSE" stock to S&S
by my pet rock

Hi everyone. I am a (very) long-time dkos user, but this is my first diary. I lurk - a LOT - and since I have the mic for a sec I just wanna say HI everybody! Love your work, thanks for the links, I spam them all over facebook.

Now - let's get down to business. Say you work for a bookstore, or know someone who does. They'll periodically get emails from different publishers informing you of their GREAT DEALS!! on books you'll never be able to make money on anyway, since Amazon will have them for 40% off before they're even published - but I digress.

Now let's say you've been giggling over popcorn as this whole "THEN I TOTALLY RAMBO'D MY BUTT OVER THAT FENCE AND I DID THIS BRUCE LEE MOVE AND LIKE ALL THE AL QAEDAS JUST FELL DOWN DEAD" business that 60 minutes got themselves into. You've been enjoying scrolling the rec list, and seeing that priceless freeze-frame of Lara "O_O wut" Logan pulling an attempted CYA.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/11/01/1252324/-Ooops-60-Minute-Benghazi-Source-Is-A-Liar
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/11/08/1254090/-CBS-retracts-bogus-Benghazi-report-apologizes-for-airing-false-claims

What could be a better gift to you on a day already filled with such wonders? How about this email direct from Simon & Schyster Schuster (h/t to user PsychoSavannah for pointing out CBS's huge conflict of interest in respect to S&S) explaining that, oopsie, we need you to send all them books back right meow plz.
http://www.dailykos.com/comments/1254090/51833875#c25

In light of information that has been brought to our attention since the initial publication of THE EMBASSY HOUSE (HC: 978-1-4767-5113-9; eBook E: 978-1-4767-5115-3), Simon & Schuster/Threshold Editions is suspending the publication and sale of this book in all formats, and are recommending that booksellers do the same.
To arrange for a call tag of the recalled product, please contact us:
• In the US, please call toll free 1.800.xxx.xxxx M-F 8:30AM – 6PM Eastern Time
• In Canada, please call toll free 1.800.xxx.xxxx M-F 8:30AM – 6PM Eastern Time

Booksellers should return stock to :
US -
Simon & Schuster
xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Camp Hill, PA 17011

Canada-
Simon and Schuster Canada
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Georgetown Ontario L7G 4R9

Thank you.

Just thought I'd share the joy. And some popcorn!

http://www.dailykos.com/blog/my%20pet%20rock

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. I don't think I've ever heard of something like this happening before.

It's interesting, considering how many stupid, crazy, false, or flat-out libelous books get published all the time. Obviously CBS/Simon & Schuster felt they had to do some industrial-strength ass-covering.

[Cal Carpenter]

13. The book Fortunate Son (about GWB) was recalled after publishing (albeit for very different reasons)

Another press decided to publish it anyway.

From wiki

Soon after the book's release, The Dallas Morning News reported that Hatfield was a paroled felon who had been convicted in 1988 of paying a hit man $5,000 to murder his former boss with a car bomb. It was also revealed that Hatfield pleaded guilty to embezzlement in 1992. Hatfield at first denied the allegations when his publisher confronted him, but he eventually owned up to his criminal history.

Bush stated, regarding Hatfield:
“ Obviously if he's a convicted felon, his credibility is nothing, but his credibility was nothing with me to begin with because his story was totally ridiculous... ”

Hatfield stated in a later interview that the book had been "carefully fact-checked and scrutinized by lawyers" before the Bush campaign brought pressure to bear, as publicly stated by St. Martin's Press.[1]

Due to the revelations of Hatfield's criminal past, and the damage to his credibility, in October 1999, Hatfield's publisher, St. Martin's Press, recalled 70,000 copies of Fortunate Son and left an additional 20,000 books in storage. Even so, the book had already reached the New York Times bestseller list. The book was later republished by Soft Skull Press.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortunate_Son_%28Hatfield%29

Yay for Soft Skull Press!

[frylock]

18. excellent documentary on that episode..

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0002TT07I

[RainDog]

15. It happened for a David Barton book

http://www.csmonitor.com/Books/chapter-and-verse/2012/0813/The-Jefferson-Lies-is-recalled-by-publisher-Thomas-Nelson

That was in 2012. Both historians and ministers said Barton was a liar in his claims.

Barton is a christofascist who was mentioned as a Senate candidate for the tea baggers not too long ago. He wrote a book making claims that this is a Christian nation and, as religious right wingers do, lied his ass off in defense of his blatantly false claims.

His opus was recalled after scholars pointed out the shoddy revisionist lying sack of shit that was that book.

...and this is a guy the tea baggers think is a good candidate for public office.

the reason they think this is because Barton is cozy with Raphael Cruz, Sarah Palin, and other such hucksters who claim god wants the military to overthrow the U.S govt. and allow the fundamentalists to loot the treasury because they're all godly...

...apparently lying your ass off is a godly trait to the religious right.

[malaise]

2. That lil' British mercenary & CBS have fugged up royally

All that's left now is a call from the Breitbart posse or Gaffney.

[47of74]

3. Ahem.

[kimbutgar]

4. Isn't Simon& Shuster owned by Murdoch?

I love that he lost money on that Benghazi lie! Will faux report the book being withdrawn? I doubt it.

[gopiscrap]

6. are you kidding..you know they'll

sell that book for a dime a piece in some back woods country and then report record sales.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. No, Simon & Schuster is owned by CBS.

Which is why this wicket became so sticky.

[kimbutgar]

9. There is a big publshing company owned by Murdoch I thought it was Simon & Shuster but cbs

Makes it karmic payback for bowing to right wing lies. I never trusted them again after firing iDan Rather for telling the truth about bush's Texas guard duty.

[magical thyme]

8. it was a cross-marketing deal...

and a wonderful example of why mega-corps should not be allowed to be that.

CBS used its right arm -- 60 minutes -- to promo the story to promo the book by CBS's left arm, Simon & Schuster.

Now that its turned out to be a pile of steaming Creative Bull Shit, CBS is taking a double hit.

[loudsue]

11. That is so very well put!!! Best summary I've seen of why the Fairness Doctrine should be

reinstated. Prime example!!!

[malaise]

22. DUzy

[gopiscrap]

5. Ha ha motherfuckers couldn't wait to trash Obama

this serves 'em right. Hope they eat lots of crow and humble pie!!!

[ZRT2209]

10. couldn't wait to trash Obama and make money in the process

[gopiscrap]

14. yup, greedy shitheads

[TroglodyteScholar]

12. Can't even get it on Amazon

Still comes up in the search, but with no info and a broken link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1476751137/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1384019697&sr=1-1&keywords=the+embassy+house

[libdem4life]

16. When it's CBS, you Can't Be Sure. Love some of the others...Cock and Bull Story...Complete BS

Poster children for the new yellow journalism...muckrakers...make it up as you go.

To quote Rush as he was broadcasting on national and foreign services radio, being filmed on television: "The media shouldn't be choosing the candidates" or some similar CBS.

[RainDog]

17. so Rush is a source of quotes?

since when does Rush not try to choose candidates and trash women by calling them sluts - yeah, he's the go-to guy for professional journalism...

[libdem4life]

20. Guess I needed the sarcasm thingy.

[RainDog]

21. I guess n/t

[calimary]

25. Love this! We've got a whole new way to view those three letters!

And unlike their post-Rather reporting, this much-deserved new understanding of what CBS stands for - is all based on truth.

I too lost confidence in CBS News over what they did to Dan Rather and Mary Mapes. But it was also typical of what was done to anyone trying to tell the truth in public about dubya. Media people lost their jobs all over the country for trying to do so, at publications large and small. Photographers too. Remember when no one was allowed to photograph the flag-draped coffins coming home from Iraq? Nobody dared report on the REAL cost of that war. Their own cowardly necks were at risk if they did. Not once was the nation allowed to honor the dead troops from Iraq when their bodies were returned to Dover AFB. NO coverage whatsoever was allowed. Lazy chickenshit SOBs bush and cheney couldn't be bothered to go to Dover AFB to greet the caskets. Heaven forbid America should see the real cost of this war! Had to perpetuate the PNAC illusion that this was a fucking cakewalk that would last no more than six weeks and all that surefire Iraqi oil money would pay for so the almighty American taxpayer wouldn't have to be troubled any. And let's all not forget, either - that was one of the FIRST things President Obama did once he'd been sworn in. He got his ass to Dover AFB to meet the returning caskets. Didn't matter that it was in the middle of the night. He went when they were scheduled to arrive, and the cameras and microphones were there, too - freely informed and invited by the White House.

[libdem4life]

27. Absolutely. And I wish/hope that Delta Airlines Honor Guard You Tube works its way up to wherever

it can be helpful. Whoever that incredible ceremony doesn't reduce to a moist eye, isn't watching. Every American ... especially the media and politicians ... should be honored to watch. (reposted)

Every casket means an entire family and community has lost a light...but our PNAC pals are busy with the "cha-ching".

Good for Obama and good rant.

[hue]

19. Send them back before Rand Paul plagiarizes them if he hasn't done so already.

[calimary]

26. DUzy!

[Blue Owl]

23. Bunghazi

[Arugula Latte]

24. I have an idea where you can put those books, Simon & Schuster

You can shove them ... well, you know ...