 Apparently Pro-Kerry fanatics
of the hacker variety have taken it upon themselves to sabotage major bookstore
chains carrying the "swift boat" book with various hacks. A Borders
bookstore forum had to be shut down after employees openly admitting to
and encourged various means of sabotage in a blatant attack on free speech
(Click here to access a Google cache of the Borders forum
for the details). Previous, similar attacks are outlined in this article
below from August 10th involving Barnes and Noble.
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- Pro-Kerry Hackers Attack Barnes and Noble?
- And Now Amazon, too?
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- (Originally Posted August 10, 2004)
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- Yesterday we reported that the Barnes & Noble website
carried an altered cover of the hot new anti-Kerry book, Unfit For Command
(Regnery, 2004 -- a Human Events sister company). The title had been changed
from Unfit For Command to Fit for Command. Likewise, the Kerry photo on
the jacket was been changed to feature a pro-Kerry war photo worthy of
a John Wayne movie. (Barnes & Noble has since fixed the error. No explanation
has been given.)
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- Now it appears pro-Kerry gremlins have invaded Amazon.com,
too.
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- Amazon, thought by many to be the top (and unbiased?)
online purveyor of books, has either been hacked, or has oddly changed
an important practice. Amazon's Editorial Review section generally leads
with a note from the publisher, and then continues with other published
book reviews. Except in the case of Amazon's top-selling (#1 on Amazon's
bestseller list) Unfit for Command, where, as of this morning, harsh words
from an out-of-context quote by Sen. John McCain are now positioned as
the lead "Editorial Review."
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- McCain made the divisive statement in response to a TV
advertisement created by a Swift Boat organization, not to the book, which
he has not yet even had an opportunity to acquire. Yet Amazon (or the hacker?
or a pro-Kerry employee?) has positioned Sen. McCain's quote in such a
way as to make potential readers erroneously assume McCain is commenting
on the book.
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- Regnery Publishing's president, Marji Ross, reacting
to the McCain "review" said, "This is unheard of. I can't
believe Amazon would lead with a partial quote from a news interview --
particularly one that had nothing to do with Unfit for Command. I can only
assume someone hacked into their site, or that an unauthorized change was
made by a rogue employee." Ross continued, "I don't think it
is physically possible for Sen. McCain to even have a copy of the book
yet."
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- Calls to Amazon had not yet been returned at press time.
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- http://humaneventsonline.com.edgesuite.net/unfit_amazon.html
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