"publishers weekly" wrote of "news junkie" that "while there's a lot of lying admitted to in this scrappy memoir, from leopold's hiding of his criminal past to his playing of sources to get his scoops, it's (probably) not an untruthful memoir—indeed, it might become required reading for aspiring journalists." the book was on the los angeles times' bestsellers / paperbacks list on june 11, 2006 and july 16, 2006.