BOOKS THAT AUTHORED THE CREDIBILITY GAP

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CREST [1]

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General CIA Records [2]

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CIA-RDP91-00587R000100030081-1

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December 22, 2016

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March 8, 2011

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Publication Date:

May 5, 1985

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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/08: CIA-RDP CH1~_AGu TRIBL'.\E iLR!ICLF 4Pr..kFM 5 May 1985 - S~LTt Books that authored the credibility gap These are some of the books that have rekindled the credibility debate in publishing: - * '~ * EXCERPTED ? "Katharine the Great: Katharine Graham and the Washington Post," by Deborah Davis, was killed after one prin- ting by Harcourt Brace Jovano- vich. Another promising book, its publisher nominated it for an American Book Award and had given the author a $35,00(, ad- vance. er' revealed among oth r things that Was in on y~~t editor Ben Bra ee as col- laborated with the CIA. and tthat -Deer Throat, o ent Richar er. As it turned Ft e publisher never as e ~?i~ s e a mterviewe e a t. Davis. however sued the pu i cn`orfor 6 million a11egin~ breach of contract. In Novem- ber, she set a or $100,000, ac- cording to published reports. ? `-Poisoning for Profit: The Mafia and Toxic Waste in Amer- ica," by University of Delaware professors Alan A. Block appeared to Frank F. Scarpitti, alink with the mob the nation's largest handler of hazardous waste, Waste Management Inc., headquartered in Oak Brook* The company filed a $60 million libel action against publisher William Morrow & Co., but with- drew the suit in March without comment. Morrow, however, was slapped with 'a $5 million libel suit-as was"author Jody Powell-for four paragraphs in Powell's 1984 book, "The Other Side of the Story. A Navy admiral and cam ai wor cer for rest ent Reagan during the 1980 campaign char es a was libeled v Pow- w o a se v accuse m o vin on the federal overn- ment an supervising an es Iona e o era ion a ainst the Carter camp 4c x ~c do x EXCERPTED Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/08: CIA-RDP91-00587R000100030081-1