Tournel Henry 卍 on Nostr: So, the #NewYorkTimes #bestseller list is bogus and not actually based in sales ...
So, the #NewYorkTimes #bestseller list is bogus and not actually based in sales numbers.
The Times, which had always claimed that the list was compiled from computer sales, countered in court that its list “was not mathematically objective but was editorial content and thus protected under the Constitution as free speech.” Blatty appealed to the Supreme Court, which declined to hear the case. Thus the ruling stood that the New York Times bestseller list was “editorial content, not objective factual content” and that they had the right to exclude whatever book they wanted.
https://killzoneblog.com/2019/01/cracking-the-big-mysterybehind-the-bestseller-lists.html
.. #nyt #nytbestseller #freespeech #scotus #fakenews
The Times, which had always claimed that the list was compiled from computer sales, countered in court that its list “was not mathematically objective but was editorial content and thus protected under the Constitution as free speech.” Blatty appealed to the Supreme Court, which declined to hear the case. Thus the ruling stood that the New York Times bestseller list was “editorial content, not objective factual content” and that they had the right to exclude whatever book they wanted.
https://killzoneblog.com/2019/01/cracking-the-big-mysterybehind-the-bestseller-lists.html
.. #nyt #nytbestseller #freespeech #scotus #fakenews