A publisher abruptly recalled the "2,000 Mules" election denial book. NPR got a copy.

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▪️Dinesh D’Souza’s “2,000 Mules” election denial book was abruptly recalled. I got a copy.

▪️When told of the book’s allegations against them, one group said it was potentially “libelous.”

▪️True the Vote completely distanced itself from the book.

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A publisher abruptly recalled the "2,000 Mules" election denial book. NPR got a copy.
Due to an unspecified "publishing error," the conservative publisher Regnery recalled the book version of Dinesh D'Souza's widely debunked election denial film "2,000 Mules." Here's what's inside.
9:53 AM · Sep 8, 2022

https://www.npr.org/2022/09/08/1121648290/a-publisher-abruptly-recalled-the-2-000-mules-election-denial-book-npr-got-a-cop

For months, the conservative provocateur Dinesh D'Souza teased that the book version of his widely debunked film "2,000 Mules" would provide compelling new evidence that the 2020 election was "stolen." The film has been repeatedly promoted by former President Donald Trump, who even hosted a screening at his Mar-a-Lago resort.

Then, just before the book's scheduled release - and after copies had already arrived in stores - D'Souza's publisher, Regnery, abruptly pulled the book from shelves and delayed the e-book release, citing an unspecified "publishing error." Regnery is a division of Salem Media Group, which reduced its quarterly earnings estimate because of the delay. On Twitter, D'Souza blamed Regnery for the recall.

"Somehow a significant error got missed by the publisher," he said.

But not every copy of the book got recalled.

After traveling in Los Angeles traffic to more than a half-dozen booksellers, NPR found a copy of the "2,000 Mules" tucked into a shelf of the "Current Affairs" section at a Barnes & Noble in the San Fernando Valley.

The book does not appear to suffer from an obvious production error which might explain the delay; a misaligned photo, incorrect page numbers or blank pages.

The book does, however, regurgitate the content of the film "2,000 Mules" including misleading claims, which have been thoroughly debunked by fact-checkers and critics across the political spectrum. Former Attorney General Bill Barr called the film's underlying premise "indefensible."

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[dchill]

1. I'm going with "indefensible."

Agreeing with Bill Barr. I hope it's not habit-forming.

[gratuitous]

2. They lied about the reason for the recall? The nation reels in shock!

Will the Republic survive the reality-shattering news that Dinesh D'Souza may not be the most truthful and honest man to ever walk the earth?

[Brother Buzz]

3. Unspecified "publishing error" my ass!

[JHB]

7. Well, they'd planned on publishing it didn't they?

That was an error. Q.E.D.

[Brother Buzz]

9. OK, that works for me!

[Hekate]

4. You go, NPR!

[exboyfil]

5. So a book got out into the wild and the factual claims were published

I wonder if that is sufficient justification to support a libel claim in court? The discovery emails for the reason for pulling the book would be fascinating in of itself even if you couldn't get a significant judgement.

I wonder if Regnery will just walk away from this now. Did D'Souza get any advance. Also you would think some heads would roll at Regnery to allow it to get to this point (potentially libelous statements published and distributed).

[ZonkerHarris]

6. The movie people are throwing dinesh under the bus...

"True the Vote had no participation in this book, and has no knowledge of its contents," said Brian Glicklich, a representative for the group, in an emailed statement. "This includes any allegations of activities of any specific organizations made in the book. We made no such allegations. The book reflects the views of the author, not of True the Vote, Catherine Engelbrecht, or Gregg Phillips."

So there's libel in there for sure.

[underpants]

8. The film has a map of Moscow not Atlanta? Oh and this round table

Long chunks of the "2,000 Mules" film consist of roundtable discussions with D'Souza's "fellow podcast and radio hosts" at the conservative Salem Media, including Sebastian Gorka, Larry Elder, Charlie Kirk and Dennis Prager.

In a brief parenthetical comment, D'Souza writes that conservative commentators Mike Gallagher and Hugh Hewitt "declined to participate."

[nolabear]

10. "Oops! We published actionable bullshit!"

Sorrysorrysorrysorrysorry!!

[kwolf68]

11. D'Souza is a loser

That guy has peddled unadulterated bullshit for too many years to count now. He's a two-bit hack, a propagandist, but he tells the Riech Wing what they want to believe so he cashes in on that cottage industry.

[Grins]

12. From the link:

“The book reflects the views of the author, not of True the Vote, Catherine Engelbrecht, or Gregg Phillips."

I don’t think so. They’re up to their eyes in this elephant ‘plopper.’

[Samrob]

13. Let the law suits begin! nt