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Jordan Peterson: Critics complain over 'misleading' book cover quotes
Two journalists say quotes used on a Jordan Peterson book jacket misrepresented their reviews.www.bbc.co.uk
He's great isn't he.
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He's great isn't he.
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Jordan Peterson: Critics complain over 'misleading' book cover quotes
Two journalists say quotes used on a Jordan Peterson book jacket misrepresented their reviews.www.bbc.co.uk
Gosh. Who would'a thunk it?
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I wonder how much of a case those that have been deliberately misquoted might have against him and his publisher?
Especially if they pushed the line that by totally changing the tone of their quoted words he's harmed their reputations as it's now looking like they've endorsed his bonkers views?
Normally, as I understand it, it's pretty easy to get a positive review to plonk on the back of a book. so I'm guessing they either couldn't get more, or they specifically wanted the names of those they misrepresented on the cover.
Especially if they pushed the line that by totally changing the tone of their quoted words he's harmed their reputations as it's now looking like they've endorsed his bonkers views?
Normally, as I understand it, it's pretty easy to get a positive review to plonk on the back of a book. so I'm guessing they either couldn't get more, or they specifically wanted the names of those they misrepresented on the cover.
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I imagine he's done it as a bit of a wind-up tbh, im sure he/his publishers could have found plenty of fawning quotes from other sources given his popularity amongst conservatives but instead chose to turn a somewhat negative quote into a positive-sounding one. Doing so has got his book in the news and most likely resulted in some extra sales.
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Yeah the BBC ********, reporting negative stories about your heroes.
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Don’t really mind Peterson in comparison with those he gets tossed in with, though I think fame has ruined him a little. His work pre-fame and that shortly afterward has genuinely saved thousands if not tens of thousands of lives.
He definitely goes a little too far at times though and comes across a bit loopy but then the genuinely good psychologists do tend to be a bit damaged themselves.
He definitely goes a little too far at times though and comes across a bit loopy but then the genuinely good psychologists do tend to be a bit damaged themselves.
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Selective reporting. Not sure why liking someone makes them a "hero", any opportunity for a passive aggressive dig though eh
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He's great isn't he.
If your idea of great is someone so far down the rabbit hole they are sitting next to Alex Jones with a tin foil hat on then yeah, he's great.
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So, if I have this right...
BBC selective reporting bad. Jordan Peterson selective quoting not bad.
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Honestly, it's enough to give a guy a drinking problem sometimes...
Not sure but it would seem to be a bit ironic of those publications to complain or try to pursue him over it as I'm pretty sure they all quote people out of context quite regularly if it suits a story or clickbait headline.
Also, I'd differentiate between his bonkers political views and whatever he's saying re: psychology in books related to that, I've not read his new book but the previous one seemed fine/not bonkers, I do wonder if some of these critics haven't been able to do that.
Like if you watch old clips of him when he's talking about psychology then he's totally fine, big contrast between that and getting him talking on culture war stuff.
So, if I have this right...
BBC selective reporting bad. Jordan Peterson selective quoting not bad.
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Honestly, it's enough to give a guy a drinking problem sometimes...
I don't think he had anything to do with selecting the quotes used to promote his book, it's just a bad news story for them to report on a person they don't like.
Folks here know this really. It will the publishers marketing dept that choose what quotes go onto a cover.
I'm not sure everyone does, Murphy seems a bit confused for example.
This is quite a funny example of using bad reviews, the snuck a 2* Guardian review onto the poster of this film:
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I sometimes bump in to his videos on my trawls through Youtube. I thought he had some good points early on. But I think the hero complex that many of the youth put on him as gone to his head that now he's talking about subjects that aren't his specialist field i.e. the religious subjects. He's gotten in to some trouble over these with ill phrased comments.
I think he's a sincere person. But I think he's been overly exposed on the world stage. I doubt many of us would survive the scrutiny of the world on us.
I think he's a sincere person. But I think he's been overly exposed on the world stage. I doubt many of us would survive the scrutiny of the world on us.
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He and you are both LARPing. Settle down.
e: for content and not just being a prissy little madam:
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Peterson is a smaller brain with a louder mouth but that's actually a very fair point.
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Happens all the time on movie posters. There was a big hoo-ha about it just before the pandemic if i remember.