Wal-Mart shelves Jon Stewart's book (pulls it off shelves!)

[UpInArms]

http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7BAC2747F4%2DC0C7%2D437E%2DBC75%2D93C2BEE166B9%7D&siteid=mktw

NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Wal-Mart Stores, the huge retailing company, won't be selling copies of television star Jon Stewart's best-seller, "America (The Book)" in its stores.

The Associated Press reported that Wal-Mart decided to take this action because Stewart's book contains naked bodies with the superimposed heads of Supreme Court justices.

Sharon Weber and Karen Burk, Wal-Mart (WMT: news, chart, profile) spokeswomen, were unavailable immediately to comment on the report, which also appeared Thursday afternoon on CNN.

Stewart is the host of "The Daily Show," a popular nightly comedy program that is shown on Viacom's Comedy Central cable channel (VIAB: news, chart, profile). (Viacom is also a significant investor in MarketWatch Inc., the publisher of this report).

The show has gained a solid reputation for its topical humor and has commanded Madison Avenue's attention because of Stewart's ability to attract a solid core of affluent young viewers every night.

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[prodigal_green]

1. It's still number one on the NYT bestseller list.

[takumi]

2. I understand that it will still be available on-line (walmart.com)

[theorist]

3. Hmmm...I wonder how they feel about _The O'Reilly Factor for Kids_. n/t

[Moderator]

4. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=920285


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