Misinformation campaign/consipiracy by respected authors

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I apologize in advance if this theory has already been presented, but every time I see a new instructional poker book I wonder if it isn't part of some massive misinformation campaign instigated in some dark room back in the 70's. I picture world-class players sitting around going...

"So, what should we write about this year?"

"I dunno, what types of plays should we tell the fish to concentrate on?"

"Hmm, well, we've already told them to bet big on the button - that's the steal position - we drilled that into them. They've already go that one."

"Well, we could go into long dissertations on calculating pot-odds. That'll keep em busy for a while. What about next year?"

The total misinformation campaign by top poker authors. It would be a great long con. If you think this has ever happened, what books would you nominate as being part of a conspiracy?