Publishers Say 'Fact-Checking Too Costly'

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."

Comments

Re:Well

[NitsujTPU]

and that her ass doesn't look big in those jeans (when it does)?

Don't tell that to Jennifer Lopez. She paid for a little extra junk in her trunk.

Re:Who really gives a fuck?

[operagost]

And, if you don't think the truth is important, you won't care the the Bush White House is trying to get a NASA scientist to shut up about global warming:

Here's another acronym for your next tattoo: WTHDTHTDWA?

(What The Hell Does This Have To Do With Anything?)