https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-lLB!,w_1100,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8473d444-03f8-411d-ac9e-2776d47a25e2_2048x1366.jpeg Gavin Newsom (Benjamin Fanjoy/Getty Images) The New York Times placed Gavin Newsom’s new book on its Best Sellers list even as the outlet acknowledged that Newsom used “bulk sales” to sell tens of thousands of copies of his memoir, Young Man in a Hurry. The Times has cited such sales to disqualify Republican politicians from the list, the Free Beacon’s Collin Anderson reports. At the center of the controversy is a scheme in which Newsom offered to send a copy of the book to supporters who contributed “ANY AMOUNT,” even “a few bucks,” to his PAC. The California Democrat later disclosed in a recent campaign finance report two January payments to Porchlight Book Company—a Milwaukee-based business that specializes “in moving books in bulk”—totaling more than $1.5 million for “books at cost.” The money paid for 67,000 copies of Young Man in a Hurry—nearly three-quarters of the 91,000 copies Newsom’s team said the book had sold as of March 4. The Times went on to place Newsom’s book on its March 15 Best Sellers list for nonfiction in the number four spot. Included underneath the book was a small “dagger” icon, which the Times says “indicates that some retailers report receiving bulk orders.” Times spokeswoman Danielle Rhoades Ha also acknowledged in a statement that “when the Times has reason to believe that sales of a book include a mix of organic and bulk sales, the book’s best-seller ranking is accompanied by a dagger,” adding, “That’s what we did with the Newsom book.” It’s not an ideal situation for Newsom, but it could have been worse: In 2015, the Times refused to place Ted Cruz’s debut book on its Best Sellers list “despite the fact that the book has sold more copies in its first week than all but two of the Times’ bestselling titles,” accusing the Texas Republican of “strategic bulk purchases,” Politico reported. Rhoades Ha did not answer a question about why the Times included Newsom’s book on the list with an accompanying “dagger” rather than excluding it altogether. But we have a few ideas! READ MORE: New York Times Puts Gavin Newsom on Best Sellers List Despite ‘Bulk Sales’ It Has Used To Disqualify Conservatives