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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."

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  1. Prostitute Schedule for Jan. 30 at the MBOT in SF by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
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    I kid you not.

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  2. Re:Well by NitsujTPU · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    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.

  3. Re:Who really gives a fuck? by operagost · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    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?)

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