randyrasa's review against another edition
3.0
A detail-rich and thoroughly-reported dissection of the codependent relationship between Fox News and the Trump presidency, with anecdotes aplenty that demonstrate the substantial damage inflicted on the nation. It was a failure of leadership, a failure of morality, and a failure of professionalism all around. The book often delves deep into inside-baseball details that are important, but are of less interest to those not in the biz.
jupiterheathen's review against another edition
5.0
An essential read going into this year's election cycle. Want to understand why it's popular to disparage science, reason, and to gaslight people for the advancement of a conservative agenda?
It's also unfortunate how a book like this would automatically be dismissed as fake news but this mentality has been carefully fostered since 1996.
It's also unfortunate how a book like this would automatically be dismissed as fake news but this mentality has been carefully fostered since 1996.
bhgold1711's review against another edition
4.0
A good repackaging of prior reporting
I have enjoyed watching Brian Stelter on TV and social media over the years, which is what led me to buy this. And it is a good book, but for the most part, I do not think it broke any new ground. Brian does a good job of connecting the dots and the lines between Trump and Fox, and exposing the hypocrisy at Fox, but at the end of the day, I don’t think this is a groundbreaking piece of reporting.
I have enjoyed watching Brian Stelter on TV and social media over the years, which is what led me to buy this. And it is a good book, but for the most part, I do not think it broke any new ground. Brian does a good job of connecting the dots and the lines between Trump and Fox, and exposing the hypocrisy at Fox, but at the end of the day, I don’t think this is a groundbreaking piece of reporting.
miguelf's review
4.0
Another Trump book that one goes in with a very low bar in terms of expectations, simply because the subject is so well known especially when hearing about the ties between the administration and Fox News. Also, no offense to Brian Stelter: he seems competent but we aren't dealing with Walter Cronkite here. However, Stelter does a pretty decent job in showing just how insidious this twisted relationship is between these two dysfunctional entities and how the American public is so worse off because of it. If there was ever an Exhibit A of the reason the fairness doctrine or something that resembles it need to come back into law, this should be it. To think that major policy decisions over the past 4 years and likely 4 more have been dictated by the whims of such ill-informed, narcissistic, hateful and petty personalities is abhorrent and terrifying in equal measures.
randyrasa's review against another edition
3.0
A detail-rich and thoroughly-reported dissection of the codependent relationship between Fox News and the Trump presidency, with anecdotes aplenty that demonstrate the substantial damage inflicted on the nation. It was a failure of leadership, a failure of morality, and a failure of professionalism all around. The book often delves deep into inside-baseball details that are important, but are of less interest to those not in the biz.
lyndseyreader's review against another edition
4.0
Horrifying, as you would expect, but interesting to see the timeline of the developing relationship between Trump and Fox. If you can stomach it, I think it's a pretty important accounting.
I listened to this on audiobook and the author was an engaging narrator.
I listened to this on audiobook and the author was an engaging narrator.
saara_ilona_muu's review against another edition
4.0
We don't have cable, and we don't pay extra for the Fox package, so a lot of the content of this book was news, to me. Really disturbing, and very well researched. The only reason I didn't give it full marks is that it's pretty repetitive, but maybe that's the point. Round and round we go in this feedback loop.