The New York Times refusal to list Senator Ted Cruz's book, A Time For Truth, last Sunday on its best seller list caused it quite a bit of criticism and embarrassment when it came up with no proof to back up its claim that the book's sales were due in part to bulk sales. Apparently the Times' could only tolerate just so much well deserved mockery because today their BizDay editor, Kate Phillips, tweeted that they were relenting on their fake objection and would be placing Cruz's book on their best seller list for nonfiction. The problem is that Phillips' tweet started out rather snarkily as you can see below. However, that snark invited a swarm of amusing snark attacks in reply:
So much for our left-wing conspiracy. The very latest NYT Best Seller List for Nonfiction incl. 'A Time for Truth' by Ted Cruz at No. 7.
— katephillips (@katephillips) July 15, 2015
Phillips walked into a massive snark attack on twitter in reply to her snark:
Is this a reversal of the Times' stance? Or is it your stance that bulk sales have stopped?
So what was the “overwhelming preponderance of evidence” that kept you all at first from including Sen. Cruz’s book?
"Well . . . we're not lying anymore, so ... something, something Right-Wing Conspiracy - or something"
@katephillips Normal for books excluded from NYT bestsellers for alleged bulk purch. in wk 1 to then do so awesome they're included wk 2?
@katephillips Translation: "We got caught & were publicly embarrassed, so we reversed course with our tail between our legs." Whatever.
Exit question: Will there be a paperback edition of A Time For Truth with a bonus chapter about how the New York Times tried to keep it off its bestseller list? If so, please include some of the entertaining tweets in reply to Kate Phillips.
