If the NY Times Bestseller List can deny reality, when it’s simply a matter of math, what else are they willing to fudge?

Pretty much anything and everything.

New York Times snubs Mark Levin, removes new book from #1 best-selling spot despite being top seller

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Levin’s staggering sales put him number one on the Times’ best seller’s list for hardcover nonfiction for the book’s first two weeks, but the newspaper dropped Levin one spot this week, despite the book’s sales being through the roof.

Who did the Times’ put above Levin? Progressive darling scientist Neil deGrasse Tyson and his latest book, “Astrophysics for People in a Hurry.” The book, which has been on the best selling list for 11 consecutive weeks, has been in the list’s top five since its release, but was topped by Levin’s book when it finally hit shelves.

However, according to Levin, his book is still the best-selling nonfiction book according to Nielsen BookScan, which tracks book sales. In fact, Levin said on his radio show last week that Nielsen shows his book as the number one best-selling hardcover nonfiction book by more than 2,500 sales.

“That’s not a minimal amount,” Levin said Wednesday.

The Times’ process for selecting the books that go on their bestsellers list — and then choosing the rank of those books — is indeed secretive. They maintain their process is fair, objective and not politically biased, but Levin isn’t the first author to be snubbed by the Times.

Just this year alone, two books that go against the Times’ political leanings have been allegedly snubbed from their bestselling lists. First, a nonfiction book about abortionist Kermit Gosenell, who is now in prison, was left off the list in February despite being the fourth best-selling book at the time. Then a book mocking Democrats, which had completely blank pages, that sold more than 60,000 copies in a single week was also left off the Times’ list.

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