Media Madness

"The mainstream medias 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." -Publishers Weekly "Defiance Disorder: Another new book describes chaos in Trumps White House" Ashley Parker, Washington Post According to the media, Donald Trump could never become president. Now many are on a mission to prove he shouldnt be president. The Trump administration and the press are at warand as in any war, the first casualty has been truth. Bestselling author Howard Kurtz, host of Fox Newss Media Buzz and former Washington Post columnist, offers a stunning expos of how supposedly objective journalists, alarmed by Trumps success, have moved into the opposing camp. Kurtzs 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. In Media Madness, youll learn: Why White House strategist Steve Bannon told Trump he is in danger of being impeached How the love-hate relationship between the president and Morning Joe hostsJoe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinskiturned entirely to hate How Kellyanne Conway felt betrayed by journalists who befriended herand how she fought back How elite, mainstream news reportersnamed and quotedopenly express their blatant contempt for Trump How Bannon tried to block short-lived Communications Director Anthony Scaramucciand why Trump soured on him How Ivanka and Jared Kushner arent the liberals the pundits want them to beand why Trump tried to discourage them from joining the White House Why Trump believes some journalists harbor hatred for himand how some liberals despise his voters How 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) What Trump got wrong about Charlottesvilleand how Steve Bannon predicted the debacle How the media consistently overreached on the Russian collusion scandal Why Trump actually likes journalists, secretly meets with them, and allows the press unprecedented access Why Reince Priebus couldnt do his joband the real reason he left the White House How Sean Spicer privately berated journalists for bad reportingand why he and Kellyanne Conway were relentlessly attacked by the media Never before has there been such an eye-opening, shocking look at what the White House and the media think about each other. Its not pretty. But it also makes for the most important political book of the year.