Franken Airs Complaints About His Publisher’s Sentinel Last week on his Air America radio show Al Franken criticized Sentinel for their forthcoming Ed Klein book THE TRUTH ABOUT HILLARY and discussed his larger misgivings with Penguin — which publishes Franken’s own books through Dutton. Franken points to parent company Pearson’s stated ethos: “Our values: In everything we do, we aspire to be brave, imaginative and decent,” and he comments, “This is not a decent book.” For his own books, Franken says, “Dutton holds us to a very high standard.” But, he maintains, “It appears that their right-wing imprint doesn’t have […]
