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Stelter, Brian, author.

Hoax : Donald Trump, Fox News, and the dangerous distortion of truth / Brian Stelter.

First One Signal Publishers/Atria Books hardcover edition.

New York : One Signal Publishers/Atria, 2020.

ix, 350 pages ; 24 cm

The CNN correspondent examines Donald Trump's controversial relationship with the Fox News network and discusses the tensions at the network between Trump loyalists and the few remaining journalists.

President Donald Trump watches over six hours of Fox News a day, a habit his staff refers to as 'executive time.' In January 2020, when Fox News began to downplay COVID-19, the President was quick to agree. In March, as the deadly virus spiraled out of control, Sean Hannity mocked "coronavirus hysteria." Stelter tells how Trump has exploited the leadership vacuum at the top to effectively seize control of the network. He exposes the media personalities who, though morally bankrupt, profit outrageously by promoting the President's propaganda and radicalizing the American right. -- adapted from jacket

Trump, Donald, 1946-

Fox News.

Television and politics -- United States.

Television broadcasting of news -- Objectivity -- United States.

Truthfulness and falsehood -- Political aspects -- United States.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-338) and index.

Prologue. "Batshit crazy" ; "We surrendered" ; "Profit machine" ; " Unforgivable" -- The creation. "Everybody can be bought" ; "An invisible hand" ; "Mayor of Crazytown" ; "People don't care if it's right" ; "Planet Trump" ; "I thought you were my friend" -- The candidate. "He's out of control" ; "Me too" ; "Business suicide" ; "If I stay here, I'm going to get cancer" ; "I'm a newsman" ; "Is this really happening?" ; "Loyalty is good" -- The commander. "Self-brainwashing" ; "The crowds were much, much smaller" ; "You're getting much better" ; "The bandwagon" ; "I want the O'Reilly lighting" ; "It's going to be a catastrophe" ; "You should be talking to Fox, okay?" ; "Stench" ; "Tell Sean to knock it off" ; "Wardrobe enforcer" ; "It's all so complicated" ; "Anti-journalism" ; "Why all these lies?" ; "Willing to be accomplices" ; "Out of bounds" ; "We print money in the basement" -- The cult. "Fake freak" ; "Clueless" ; "Shadow chief of staff" ; "Desperate" ; "Executive Time" ; "Don't be a baby" ; "No one can stop us" ; "Fix this" ; "Prostitutes" -- The control freak. "Hate-for-profit racket" ; "Iceberg problem" ; "They'll fire me" ; "The times ahead will test all of us" ; "They owe you an apology" ; "What do you think?" ; "You're going to be called on, Sean" ; "The truth will always matter" -- The crisis. "Complicit" ; "Trump will never forgive you" ; "Democracy at risk" ; "Heat kills this virus" ; "Don't rock the boat" ; "The flu is so much worse" ; "Hazardous to our viewers" ; "No reason to go backwards" ; "I've been watching you" ; "Looking for a new outlet" -- Epilogue.

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