I seem to recall a similar situation a few weeks before Palin’s book came out... there was some reporter who wrote about what a huge bomb the book was proving to be. An all-out financial disaster for the publisher, etc. Went on tv, spreading this line. Obviously tryng to ‘create’ this narrative, for the willing and corrupt media to broadcast, which they dutifully did. However, they got swamped over by facts and reality, when the book proved a blockbuster.
The corruption in the media truly knows no bounds. You can’t believe a word they report.
No doubt. Now with apologies to the late Mary McCarthy:
"Every word they say is a lie, including "and" and "the"...