{"product_id":"media-madness-howard-kurtz-9781621577263","title":"Media Madness: Donald Trump, the Press, and the War Over the Truth","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"The mainstream media's obsessive hatred for President Trump outruns his anti-media fixation by a country mile, argues this evenhanded and incisive study of press relations with the Trump administration.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e-\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"'Defiance Disorder' Another new book describes chaos in Trump's White House\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003eAshley Parker\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e According to the media, Donald Trump could \u003ci\u003enever\u003c\/i\u003e become president. Now many are on a mission to prove he \u003ci\u003eshouldn't\u003c\/i\u003e be president. The Trump administration and the press are at war--and as in any war, the first casualty has been truth. Bestselling author Howard Kurtz, host of Fox News's \u003ci\u003eMedia Buzz\u003c\/i\u003e and former \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e columnist, offers a stunning expos\u0026amp;eacute of how supposedly objective journalists, alarmed by Trump's success, have moved into the opposing camp. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKurtz's exclusive, in-depth, behind-the-scenes interviews with reporters, anchors, and insiders within the Trump White House reveal the unprecedented hostility between the media and the president they cover. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMedia Madness\u003c\/i\u003e, you'll learn: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e Why White House strategist Steve Bannon told Trump he is in danger of being impeached \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e How the love-hate relationship between the president and Morning Joe hosts--Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski--turned entirely to hate \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e How Kellyanne Conway felt betrayed by journalists who befriended her--and how she fought back\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eHow elite, mainstream news reporters--named and quoted--openly express their blatant contempt for Trump \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e How Bannon tried to block short-lived Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci--and why Trump soured on him\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eHow Ivanka and Jared Kushner aren't the liberals the pundits want them to be--and why Trump tried to discourage them from joining the White House \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhy Trump believes some journalists harbor hatred for him--and how some liberals despise his voters\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow Trump is a far more pragmatic politician than the press often acknowledges (and how the press dismisses his flip-flops when he flops their way) \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eWhat Trump got wrong about Charlottesville--and how Steve Bannon predicted the debacle \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow the media consistently overreached on the Russian \"collusion\" scandal \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhy Trump actually likes journalists, secretly meets with them, and allows the press unprecedented access\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhy Reince Priebus couldn't do his job--and the real reason he left the White House \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow Sean Spicer privately berated journalists for bad reporting--and why he and Kellyanne Conway were relentlessly attacked by the media\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNever before has there been such an eye-opening, shocking look at what the White House and the media think about each other. It's not pretty. But it also makes for the most important political book of the year.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Howard Kurtz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1621577260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781621577263\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Regnery Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/29\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/05\/2018","brand":"Howard Kurtz","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43979413717247,"sku":"9781621577263","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2a18be03-e9f8-471a-b517-5c88809efdc9.jpg?v=1683245409","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/media-madness-howard-kurtz-9781621577263","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}