Hoax: Donald Trump, Fox News, and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth

Bol Partner

"Kijk voor de meest actuele informatie over COVID-19 op de website van het RIVM.INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER &;A thorough and damning exploration of the incestuous relationship between Trump and his favorite channel.&; &;The New York Times &;A Rosetta Stone for stuff about this presidency that doesn&;t otherwise make sense to normal humans.&; &;Rachel Maddow MSNBC &;Stelter&;s critique goes beyond salacious tidbits about extramarital affairs (though there are plenty of those) to expose a collusion that threatens the pillars of our democracy.&; &;The Washington Post The urgent and untold story of the collusion between Fox News and Donald Trump from the New York Times bestselling author of Top of the Morning. While other leaders were marshaling resources to combat the greatest pandemic in modern history President Donald Trump was watching TV. Trump watches over six hours of Fox News a day a habit his staff refers to as &;executive time.&; In January 2020 when Fox News began to downplay COVID-19 the President was quick to agree. In March as the deadly virus spiraled out of control Sean Hannity mocked &;coronavirus hysteria&; as a &;new hoax&; from the left. Millions of Americans took Hannity and Trump's words as truth&;until some of them started to get sick. In Hoax CNN anchor and chief media correspondent Brian Stelter tells the twisted story of the relationship between Donald Trump and Fox News. From the moment Trump glided down the golden escalator to announce his candidacy in the 2016 presidential election to his acquittal on two articles of impeachment in early 2020 Fox hosts spread his lies and smeared his enemies. Over the course of two years Stelter spoke with over 250 current and former Fox insiders in an effort to understand the inner workings of Rupert Murdoch's multibillion-dollar media empire. Some of the confessions are alarming. &;We don't really believe all this stuff&; a producer says. &;We just tell other people to believe it.&; At the center of the story lies Sean Hannity a college dropout who following the death of Fox News mastermind Roger Ailes reigns supreme at the network that pays him $30 million a year. Stelter describes the raging tensions inside Fox between the Trump loyalists and the few remaining journalists. He reveals why former chief news anchor Shep Smith resigned in disgust in 2019; why a former anchor said &;if I stay here I&;ll get cancer;&; and how Trump has exploited the leadership vacuum at the top to effectively seize control of the network. Including never before reported details Hoax exposes the media personalities who though morally bankrupt profit outrageously by promoting the President&;s propaganda and radicalizing the American right. It is a book for anyone who reads the news and wonders: How did this happen?"

Bol

The instant New York Times bestseller that reveals **the collusion between Fox News and Donald Trump—**with explosive new reporting covering the election and the January 6 riot. As the nation recovers from the Trump presidency, many questions remain: Why was the COVID-19 pandemic so grossly mishandled? How did we get so politically polarized? What caused white nationalist groups to come out of the shadows, and are they here to stay? The answers lie the twisted story of the relationship between Donald Trump and Fox News. Through firsthand accounts from over 250 current and former Fox insiders, CNN anchor and chief media correspondent Brian Stelter unlocks the inner workings of Rupert Murdoch’s multibillion-dollar media empire. The confessions are shocking: “We don’t really believe all this stuff,” a producer says. “We just tell other people to believe it.” Stelter completes the story of the Trump years and looks toward the future of the network that made him. Hoax is a book for anyone who reads the news and wonders how we got here, and what happens next.