The newspaper quotes a journalist who says the book "has the feel of a ginned-up right-wing effort to smear anybody who is seen by the right as politically threatening.”

What the Times doesn’t mention is that Klein is anything but a right-wing hatchet man. In fact, he’s the former editor in chief of The New York Times Magazine, the former foreign editor of Newsweek and has written several best sellers, including "The Kennedy Curse” and "Farewell, Jackie.”

Klein, in fact, has never worn a right-wing label until he penned this book on Hillary.

The Times reports that NewsMax has taken a leading role in promoting the Hillary book.

But Hillary Clinton – and those touting her as a likely Democratic candidate for president in 2008 – do have cause for concern over Klein’s book.

The Times also reported:

"The book also has a patron in NewsMax.com, a Web site operated by a company that Mr. [Richard] Scaife has a stake in. The site has been offering the book free with subscriptions or renewals to NewsMax magazine.

"'Hillary has good reason to be worried about this book,' the Web site says. 'Publishing insiders say the book and its revelations could destroy her bid to run for the presidency in 2008.’

"'Promoting the book has less to do with ideology and more to do with generating business,' said Christopher Ruddy, president and chief executive of NewsMax Media Inc. Mr. Ruddy said Mr. Scaife was not involved in its day-to-day decisions.

"He noted that the company made money from book sales generated on the site and predicted that the book would be popular not just among Mrs. Clinton's opponents, but also readers of sensational publications who are fascinated by her celebrity.

"’The people who buy tabloids with Hillary on the cover are buying it because they are intrigued by her, not necessarily because of the politics,’ Mr. Ruddy said.”

But the Times coverage failed to note some important points: