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

· Simon and Schuster
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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.

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2.8
74 reviews
Ashley Furin
October 23, 2020
My loyalties are to the truth, not any particular party. With that in mind, I began this book in the same way I begin all books of this genre... with an open yet skeptical mind. My skepticism increases or decreases depending upon whether or not an author's claims stand up to scrutiny and fact-checking. Unfortunately, this book turned out to be a total flop for those of us who expect non-fiction books to be well non-fictional. This book only served to provide additional evidence of how detached from reality the mainstream media is... and that's a fact I didn't need to read this book to realize.
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Agent Waldheim
September 2, 2020
So, in todays political world, when top network stories are written by those that never leave their desk or even ask those that are the focus of their story to come in for an interview, never really talking ti anyone and questioning their alternative view point... No, today's we write books on subjects that are repeat over and over and over again, just a droning subject that bounces off the walls withing the office space never once getting to the bottom of reality, some call it, ECHO CHAMBER, some just call it what it is, B. S. and im not saying Brian Stelter, How can you call this writing superb and factual when neither apply, there was absolutely no foot work done here, this entire book is resourced and referenced for the internet intirely without once verifying the sources outside of liberal leaning, Trump hating fact checking sites... "THIS BOOK IS TRASH AND WILL BE END UP WHERE TRASH BELONGS, THE NATIONAL ENQUIRER OR CNN, ONE I. THE SAME AS FAR AS INTEGRITY...! BURN IT..CJK/o92o2o
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Patti Byars
September 20, 2020
One man's opinion from an opposing network, who has been proven time and time again to distort the truth. The so open to unity democratic rhetoric only divides in the name of truth. Look to keep the poor, poor and trying to control them. All while getting rich off their backs.
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About the author

Brian Stelter is the New York Times bestselling author of three books: Top of the Morning, Hoax, and Network of Lies. Previously, Stelter was a media reporter at The New York Times, the chief media correspondent for CNN Worldwide, and the anchor of Reliable Sources. He is currently a special correspondent for Vanity Fair and a Walter Shorenstein Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy. Stelter is a producer on the Apple TV+ series The Morning Show, which is inspired by his first book Top of the Morning. He also executive produced the HBO documentary After Truth: Disinformation and the Cost of Fake News. He lives in New Jersey with his wife and two children. Follow him on Twitter @BrianStelter.

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