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Publishers Say 'Fact-Checking Too Costly'

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the time-to-write-my-memoirs dept.

Mr. Ghost writes "Members of the book publishing industry say that profit margins are too small to fact check "non-fiction" books. Instead they rely on the "honesty" of the authors submitting the book. This has come to a head with the revelation from the author of "Million Little Pieces" that he lied about the accounts in his memoirs."

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  1. Wait a minute, this is Slashdot by pHatidic · · Score: 5, Funny

    Shouldn't the headline read Publishers Admit Wikipedia is More Accurate Than Books?

  2. Too costly by ewg · · Score: 5, Funny

    I didn't even have time to fact-check this reply!

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  3. Well, if it's costly, it's clearly bad... by Nato_Uno · · Score: 4, Funny

    Filing taxes is a big pain, too, so maybe I'll just give that one a miss this year and see how that turns out...

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  4. Re:Well by TubeSteak · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hopefully people like Oprah will at least fact-check stuff before hanging their credibility out to dry.

    Maybe they'll spell check too

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  5. Re:AI people have a job to do.... by Repton · · Score: 5, Funny

    Already exists --- we just have to ask google.

    For example: "Global warming is true" --- 774 results. "Global warming is false" --- 352 results. Case closed!

    (in other controversial results, evolution wins by 76,000 to 21,000 and Santa Claus is clearly real.)

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  6. Re:Publishers aren't perfect. by TubeSteak · · Score: 4, Funny

    I don't believe you.

    Cause my father taught me not to believe everything I read on Slashdot.

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  7. Re:Ha! by FiberOPtic · · Score: 3, Funny

    "when it was more important to be right and honest than to sell tons of books/magazines/newspapers?"

    Think of the poor shareholders ...

    think

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  8. Re:Oprah? by geminidomino · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Money has a strong influence on the weak minded."
    --Oprah-Wan Kenobi.

  9. Re:Who really gives a fuck? by geminidomino · · Score: 4, Funny

    If you had read it, you'd feel duped too.

    This is slashdot. Even if you haven't read it, you'll feel duped in 48 hours.