HarperCollins' new right-wing division to "uphold a standard of intellectual seriousness"

[marmar]

:rofl:


from NY Times:



For a conservative, Adam Bellow has impeccable liberal credentials. He is a longtime resident of the Upper West Side in New York, a son of the novelist Saul Bellow and a book editor in the Manhattan-based (meaning left-wing) publishing industry.

But he has also carved out a long career as one of the leading conservatives in the book business, known for his editing of authors like David Brock, Dinesh D’Souza and the former governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin.

In January, Mr. Bellow, 53, will take charge of a new line at HarperCollins, called Broadside Books, dedicated to publishing titles of a conservative bent, that HarperCollins is set to announce on Monday.

“I am a conservative in a liberal industry,” Mr. Bellow said on Friday. “And I’ve always considered it to be my function as an editor to bring news from the outside world — which is to say, reality — to the New York political cocoon.” .........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/27/harpercollins-to-start-conservative-imprint-broadside-books/?partner=rss&emc=rss

[Buns_of_Fire]

1. How much editing does a coloring book need? nt

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[KamaAina]

3. So Regnery isn't good enough for them anymore?

:eyes:

Also note that HarperCollins is a tentacle of the Murdoch/News Corp. empire. :puke:

[Initech]

4. Right wing + intellectualism = divide by zero error

[Solly Mack]

5. Snort

[malaise]

6. OK then

:rofl: