Aussie Book Sellers Begin Banning Ronan Farrow Book Under Pressure From AMI’s Dylan Howard
Former National Enquirer Editor in Chief Dylan Howard—whose alleged efforts to shield accused sexual assaulters Harvey Weinstein and Donald Trump from negative publicity are detailed in Pulitzer Prize-winning New Yorker writer Ronan Farrow's just-published bestseller Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators—is succeeding in threatening booksellers with lawsuits to prevent its sale in Howard’s native Australia.
On Tuesday, Farrow tweeted that “Some Australian outlets—Booktopia, Amazon Aus—caved and banned it due to frivolous legal threats free speech group @PENamerica called a ‘reprehensible attempt at censorship’ from AMI’s Dylan Howard. Thanks to all complaining and defending the free press.”
Farrow added: “I’m sorry to all the Australian readers to whom this story is important too. I hope you can import or buy from an independent bookseller, and avoid outlets that yield to these kinds of intimidation tactics."
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