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On 28 Jul 2006 08:03:04 -0700, "musea" <tomhendricks474@cs.com> wrote:

>The last Musea club message was an e-mail to, and a response from,
>Jerome Weeks,
>the book reviewer for the Dallas Morning News. It challenged him to be
>fair in his coverage and consider reviewing indie publications.
>
>One of my readers, McGinnis' from the
>ULA, Underground Literary Alliance, followed up with his own letter to
>Weeks
>suggesting some indie publications worthy of reviews.
>
>Weeks responded with a clear message. No indie publication will ever
>get reviewed in his or any major  newspaper or national magazine
>because of legal fears.
>I think this ban of small publishers is against fair trade and against
>the law.
>Here is Weeks response to McGinnis. What are your thoughts?
>___________
>Mr. McGinnis:
>I'm sorry, but it's the policy of The Dallas Morning News -- and every
>major
>daily newspaper I know of, every national magazine -- not to review
>self-published or print-on-demand books. It's out of my hands. Our
>legal
>department has advised strongly against it.
>This is why: If we print a review of a book that has libelous material
>in
>it, we open ourselves to a lawsuit -- we helped spread the libel. If
>that
>book comes from an established publisher, it has been vetted by their
>legal
>department, so such a likelihood is considerably lessened. Even if a
>possible libel gets through, their vetting process is our defense. We
>can't
>be expected to vet every film, every book, ever music CD we review.
>Moreover, if someone is keen on going to court for damages, who are
>they
>likely to sue -- us or the big media conglomerate in New York?
>Now, consider an 'independently published' book. We have no defense
>whatsoever. No one has vetted the work. In all likelihood, no one has
>even
>edited it. And in the case of a libel suit, who will be the probable
>target
>-- the author, who has no money, or us?
>On the other hand, a feature story is a possibility.
>Thanks for writing.
>Jerome Weeks
>Book columnist
>The Dallas Morning News
>___________
>
>Tom Hendricks
>ed. of the 14 year old zine Musea
>
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>"This is why: If we print a review of a book that has libelous material
>in it, we open ourselves to a lawsuit -- we helped spread the libel. If
>that book comes from an established publisher, it has been vetted by their
>legal department, so such a likelihood is considerably lessened. "

The Dallas Morning News: the organization that will fire its employees
if interviewed.  They sure show their disrespect for FREE SPEECH.

And yet publishers publish that clearly insane Republican blonde bimbo
witch Nazi  Ann Coulter's libel book after book...and she's made death
threats against President Bill Clinton, mocked widows of 9-11 victims,
and have committed plagiarism time after time after time...but it's
all legal if you are wearing a small black dress and have had your
Adam's apple removed like Mann Cunter did.  America deserves the puke
they elect.