[Nettime-bold] Re: Antisemitische Publikation

[Peter Haefner <peter.haefner@bigfoot.com>]

On 30 Mar 2000, at 22:45, Andrea Mayer-Edoloeyi wrote:

> sorry for posting in German, but I am not able to
> translate right now .... reason for posting is that I read on
> nettime that amazon is norminated for a price

You're a little late on that one :-) Amazon caved in, took the editorial 
comment off and posted a correction.

Found this the other day on a PR list, where some folks remembered 
their profession and unleashed some viral action ...

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I just received the following from my contact at the Cleveland office of 
ADL:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


Contact:  Myrna Shinbaum 212-885-7747

AMAZON.COM AND BARNES & NOBLE.COM RESPOND TO ADL'S 
CONCERNS ON  PROTOCOLS BOOK

New York, NY, March 28, 2000...The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) said
today that Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.com have agreed to 
prominently place
on their Web sites ADL's statement that The Protocols of the Learned 
Elders
of Zion is an anti-Semitic Czarist forgery. ADL said the online booksellers
would state that they do not endorse the views expressed in the book or
the publisher's description should one appear, which Amazon.com has 
had
instituted for some time.

Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director, issued the following
statement:

        We are pleased that Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.com have
responded positively to our concerns and those of the public, and have
instituted ways to alert their customers to the fact that the Protocols
of the Learned Elders of Zion is a forgery. Since we are not in the 
business
of banning books, no matter how reprehensible they may be, we sought 
and
achieved the best solution to inform book buyers. Both Amazon.com and
Barnes & Noble.com have demonstrated corporate responsibility and we 
commend
them for it.

Following is ADL's statement on the Protocols which will appear on
Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.com:
        "From the Anti-Defamation League: The Protocols of the
Learned Elders of Zion, circulated by the Czarist secret police at the
turn of the 20th century, is plainly and simply a plagiarized forgery. The
Protocols has been a major weapon in the arsenals of anti-Semites 
around
the world, republished and circulated by individuals, hate groups and
governments to convince the gullible as well as the bigoted that Jews
have schemed and plotted to take over the world."

    In addition, Barnes and Noble bookstores will no longer
shelve The Protocols under "Judaica," but under "World History."

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ciao
Peter
-- 
Nur weil Du nicht paranoid bist, heisst das noch lange nicht,
dass man nicht hinter Dir her ist.'
 - Anonym


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