"The Amateur" to debut at Number One on the New York Times bestseller list
A book only the media could ignore.
by John Hayward
05/23/2012
Edward Klein’s new book about President Obama, The Amateur, has
already made some news, particularly with regard to allegations that an
ally of Obama’s offered the odious Reverend Jeremiah Wright a $150,000
bribe to keep his mouth shut during the 2008 presidential campaign. And
the title of the book is a quote from Bill Clinton, who was said to be
urging his wife to challenge Obama for the Democrat nomination in 2012.
That’s pretty sensational stuff, but the media has been studiously ignoring Klein’s book. NewsBusters
noted on Tuesday that none of the mainstream media networks have
interviewed Klein on the air, or offered a serious discussion of his
work. ABC News very briefly mentioned the “amateur” quote from Clinton
on their website, but that’s about it.
Needless to say, that’s very different from the way the mainstream press treats provocative books about people they dislike.
It looks like the public hasn’t been ignoring Klein’s book, however,
because Regnery Publishing (around whose metaphorical water cooler we
HUMAN EVENTS writers gather) announced today that The Amateur will debut at Number One on the New York Times nonfiction list for June 3rd.
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