Hoax

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

De: Brian Stelter

Narrado por: Brian Stelter

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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"Author Brian Stelter energetically narrates this impassioned takedown of the incestuous relationship between President Trump and Fox News. A longtime media critic and host of CNN's 'Reliable Sources,' he reads his tell-all at a quick pace, his cadence worthy of a schooled broadcaster, his tone indignant. The author's voice reveals an unstinting sense of disappointment for Fox News' ceding of its programming to Trump; for its bullying, propaganda-spewing hosts (Hannity, Ingram, Tucker); for the the morning Trumpfest of 'Fox & Friends' and the dangerous downplaying of COVID-19. There's no doubt that with this book Stelter, who has been maligned by Fox anchors, has his day in the court of public opinion. His audiobook is a must for anyone who wants to understand Fox and its most important viewer."

Sad but true

A timely read before this presidential election!
A president that is more concerned about RATINGS than our security as a nation🇺🇸

Truly frightening time

I liked the thoroughness if Stelter’s book. He examined the direct link from Fox to Trump in a disturbing revelation of the insanity that is Trump’s presidency.

good journalism

a great insight on how and why fox news is the way it is. great spurcing aswell

finally something true about fox

I'll look into one possible future Fox News becomes a propaganda machine for one man. oh wait that already happened. a good detailed book mostly things we already knew but just how much Fox sold out the country their core beliefs their soul. and that's the good part it gets far far darker

A compelling narrative of one of the most surreal, dark, and dangerous periods in American politics

"Imagine if they were evil."

That's all I could think of at the end of the book. The Murdochs and Fox talking heads are greedy; Trump is too busy loving himself and trying to make money to be truly evil but imagine if they have craved power, like world-domination, type of power. What Fox and Trump achieved has exposed America's weakest spot, and unless we change direction, that spot soon will be targeted by someone with evil intelligence with an outcome I don't even want to consider imagining.

Whether you agree with his opinions, side of the story, or writing style, you have to appreciate the extensive and lengthy investigative effort, cultivation of sources, and the professional trust gained over decades required to put this book together.

For me, as a history and politics geek, it was a compelling narrative of one of the most surreal, dark, and dangerous periods in American politics that pushed the entire country into a crisis near its breaking point. As we all served as witnesses to history to all those events, it was weird being worried and heartbroken for what was happening while geeking out about the historical narrative of these events 25, 50, 150 years from now.

The book lies on the table facts, points, and evidence of how a media empire became an actual and factual propaganda machine that enabled Trump to achieve his personal goals while disregarding an entire country's safety and well-being.

To me, it felt more like an investigative report, newsy storytelling, and rough historical account sprinkled with Brian's opinions and points of view than a prosecution of Trump or Fox. Still, given how polarized the country is, I'm going to guess that whether or not you feel brian was intentionally prosecutorial depends on which side of the aisle you sit. I just happen to sit right in the middle of the aisles.

All and all, it was a good read with a good pace. The delivery felt pragmatic and purposeful. It also managed to be engaging and entertaining, albeit, as disclosed before, I'm a bit of a news, history, and politics nerd, so that that opinion and this review with a grain of salt.