Simon and Schuster’s Accountability
Writing in the Jerusalem Post, CAMERA’s Andrea Levin takes publishing giant Simon and Schuster to task for its overlooked role in Carter’s new book:
In the controversy over Jimmy Carter’s error-ridden new book Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid, the role of publisher Simon and Schuster has been largely ignored. The assumption, evidently, is that the company producing, promoting and profiting from a supposedly non-fiction history on a contentious topic, bears no responsibility for the book’s accuracy – or falsity. Indeed, Simon and Schuster makes no pretense of assuring the factual merit of its product or of planning to redress errors.
Vice President of Corporate Communications Adam Rothberg told Publishers Weekly when asked whether S&S will change the book: “We’re going to stick with the president’s version.”
In a Jan. 16 correction, the Boston Globe acknowledged that Carter’s “version” of the West Bank barrier’s route — that it is entirely on Palestinian territory — is incorrect.
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