By Charles Halton on Monday, 4 February 2008 at 7:49 am

A little bit ago I pointed out a negative review that the Baker Publishing Group spun into a positive one for use in online promotions. I thought that I would check back with the Baker site and I’m happy to report that they have apparently deleted the redacted review from the page (accessed 6:52am 2.4.2008).  I think this was the right thing to do.


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Comment by Kevin P. Edgecomb

Made Monday, 4 of February , 2008 at 3:48 pm

Oh, poo! That’s a shame. I thought it was hilarious! It was a perfect example of the kind of creative editing utilized in news reports, etc, to make a quoted person say what one wants them to say, rather than what they do. Like the movie blurbs in ads that show “Stupendous!” cut from “Stupendous Flop!” and such things.

Comment by jake

Made Monday, 4 of February , 2008 at 9:52 pm

I did a search for Snopes and awilum.com came up. Am I at the right website?

Comment by Charles Halton

Made Monday, 4 of February , 2008 at 10:52 pm

You are indeed Jake, but the only internet rumors that we discuss are Bible and ANE :)

Comment by Alan Lenzi

Made Tuesday, 5 of February , 2008 at 7:11 pm

According to one source, Kevin Edgecomb responded to this post as follows (and I quote):

“Oh, . . . it was . . . kind of . . . them to . . . do . . . that.”

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