Wow! An Fascinating New Book On The Election Of Donald Trump!
NBC News Reporter Katy Thur has released the story of the 2016 presidential campaign – from her unique position on the inside of all the action!
As one review on Amazon states:
“In the spring of 2015 Katy Tur was living large as an NBC correspondent in London. She had a French boyfriend with whom she was going on a Mediterranean vacation in July. However on a home trip to New York, of a sudden, the powers that be at NBC/MSNBC drafted her to cover the nascent Trump campaign. All the parties involved thought it would be a short term assignment. Little did they know it would last for 17 months and lead to a Cronkite Award for Excellence in Political Journalism for Tur.”
The book’s back cover says it all:
“Called “Disgraceful,” “third-rate,” and “not nice” by Donald Trump, NBC News correspondent Katy Tur reported on—and took flak from—the most captivating and volatile presidential candidate in American history. Tur lived out of a suitcase for a year and a half, following Trump around the country, powered by packets of peanut butter and kept clean with dry shampoo. She visited forty states with the candidate, made more than 3,800 live television reports, and tried to endure a gazillion loops of Elton John’s “Tiny Dancer”—a Trump rally playlist staple.”
“From day 1 to day 500, Tur documented Trump’s inconsistencies, fact-checked his falsities, and called him out on his lies. In return, Trump repeatedly singled Tur out. He tried to charm her, intimidate her, and shame her. At one point, he got a crowd so riled up against Tur, Secret Service agents had to walk her to her car.
None of it worked. Facts are stubborn. So was Tur. She was part of the first women-led politics team in the history of network news. The Boys on the Bus became the Girls on the Plane. But the circus remained. Through all the long nights, wild scoops, naked chauvinism, dodgy staffers, and fevered debates, no one had a better view than Tur.”
And yes, President Trump has already tweeted that the book is “fake news!”
Regardless of how you feel about the 2016 presidential election, this memoir is a great insider’s look at the process….and remember, it was all about one thing: taking over America’s most powerful rental property!
Here I am outside the White House, which is just being rented for four years – maybe more – and then someone else will move in…click here to see some of the more notorious inhabitants from America’s past:
Bravo to Katy Tur for her book!
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johnrieber 
So White House is guarded by guys I. Balaclavas? Haha
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I’m on hold for this at my library and can’t wait to read it! Katy Tur represents everything that is right about the media!😊
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Looks like a good ‘insider’ read, John.
Don’t be too sure he won’t get in again though… 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Pete, it’s an “upside down” world right now and anything is possible!
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