Brian Stelter

Brian Stelter provides a blow-by-blow account of what on inside Fox News during the critical period from 2020 - late 2023. He was able to take advantage of the internal Fox material that was released as a result of the Dominion lawsuit and the investigation of the January 6th committee. Although much had already appeared in news accounts, the account in this book provides significant additional details. In addition, it puts everything conveniently together in an easily understood timeline. The focus is on the leadup to the 2020 election, the events leading to January 6th, and the defenestration of Tucker Carlson. Remarkably, the book is able to include and explain events that occurred just a few weeks before publication.… (mer)

My headline is not a shot at Mr. Stelter or his book. It is simply an honest assessment about a book that simply didn't need to be written. If, by November 2024, there is anyone in the United States of America who didn't know that Fox News lied and promoted the Big Lie (about the 2020 election), then that person must have been on the International Space Station. There is just nothing ground-breaking or newsworthy that would compel someone to spend $30 on a book that only reiterates facts that have been known since 2021 (or earlier)… (mer)