Costco removes Dinesh D’Souza’s new book, DENIES political motive…

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Costco is denying political motive in removing Dinesh D’Souza’s new book about America from store shelves. But when giving a reason for doing so, it doesn’t add up:

WND – Big-box wholesaler Costco pulled Dinesh D’Souza’s new book, “America: Imagine a World Without Her,” just after the nationwide release of the companion movie, but Chief Financial Officer Richard Galanti told WND the decision was not motivated by political considerations.

The book, heavily critical of Barack Obama, was officially released June 2. A corporate decision to return the books was issued July 1, just as it is about to debut on the New York Times bestseller list.

Galanti confirmed to WND the “pull order” was in effect and that D’Souza’s book is in the process of being removed from Costco stores this week, with the goal to have all copies of D’Souza’s book out of Costco stores nationwide and shipped back to the vendor no later than July 15.

He said the decision to pull D’Souza’s book was not political but was based solely on sales, arguing Costco’s national goal is to market books that show up on the New York Times bestseller list.

The book will make the New York Times list July 13.

Galanti could not explain why Costco book buyer Pennie Clark Ianniciello decided to pull the book just as D’Souza’s movie was being released and the national marketing campaign on the book and movie switched into high gear.

The movie “America,” which has been given a rare “A+” CinemaScore by audiences, opened in 1,105 theaters nationwide to roughly $4 million over the five-day July 4 holiday weekend.

This bestseller excuse is bullcrap. If a book isn’t selling, then pulling it makes sense. But as this report points out, it obviously is selling because it will make the bestseller list by July 13.

No, this has all the markings of political targeting. After all, Costco’s founder is a big Obama supporter, even endorsing his economic policies. How dumb can one be?

And sure, Costco has the right to sell whatever they want. And I have the right to boycott them and call them liberal a-holes.

 
Meanwhile, D’Souza is also encountering problems with Google and has sent them a letter demanding they fix a problem in their search that is redirecting people to D’Souza’s old movie:

HOLLYWOOD REPORTER – Lawyers representing Dinesh D’Souza’s newest film, America, have fired off a letter to Google demanding that the search engine correct problems that they say are hampering the ability of consumers to figure out where the movie is playing.

The letter claims that Google has been confusing America with 2016: Obama’s America, which was D’Souza’s first movie and has been out of theaters for two years, while Lionsgate released America on July 2 and it is currently playing in about 1,100 theaters nationwide.

Google, according to the letter, has been “misdirecting many users who mistakenly believed the film was not playing in theaters. We understand this was brought to your attention for correction five days ago, yet the problem persists.”

The letter, obtained exclusively by The Hollywood Reporter, was sent Monday to Google chief legal officer David Drummond and comes from AmericaFilm LLC.

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