June 12, 2011

Why UK's Daily Mail Got Cold Feet on 'Dreams' Fraud

By Jack Cashill
More than three months after the release of my book Deconstructing Obama, I am still waiting for the first serious review in a print publication of consequence, mainstream or conservative.  The United Kingdom's Daily Mail -- more specifically its sister publication, The Mail on Sunday -- got very close to breaking the most consequential literary fraud of our time but got cold feet at the last minute for reasons that had almost nothing to do with my book. I write this now not to chastise the Mail but to encourage its editors to pursue a story that remains as relevant as it did two months ago and to thank them for making good on the article they commissioned. I will also explain what chilled their feet. The Mail editors first contacted me at the end of March and asked me to write a 1500-word piece.  They were helpful throughout and very encouraging.  For those not familiar with the controversy, the first paragraph of my unpublished article, shaped with the Mail's...(Read Full Article)