Right-Wing Media: Filled With Fake Research and Fake Experts With Fake Best Sellers

Mark Levin. (Screen captured from video)

Conservative radio host Mark Levin claimed in a C-SPAN interview that "no groups buy my books" but at the time he said that, the Senate Conservatives Fund PAC had been doing so for months.

By Oliver Willis
Appearing on C-SPAN's Book TV on January 5, Levin responded to a caller's accusation that outside organizations purchase his books and give them away in order to push them higher on bestseller lists by claiming that "no groups buy my books," and described the accusation as a "lie."

But in the last quarter of 2013, the Senate Conservatives Fund PAC spent $427,000 to buy copies of Levin's 2009 book, Liberty and Tyranny, which they distributed to donors who gave them $25 or more to elect conservative candidates.

Four days after the C-SPAN appearance, in response to a Politico story that detailed the purchases, Levin explained on Facebook that, "The Senate Conservative Fund (SCF) has been using the paperback version of the book in recent months to encourage donations in support of conservative candidates."

The conservative movement has often engaged in bulk-buying books by conservative authors and elected officials, which has contributed to the success of those books on bestseller lists.

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