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The Enemy of the People: A Dangerous Time to Tell the Truth in America

by Jim Acosta

A White House correspondent’s account of reporting amid political conflict

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A White House correspondent’s account of reporting amid political conflict

Jim Acosta’s account combines his experience covering the Trump White House with an examination of the conflict between the administration and the press. He describes reporting under public attack and threats, and recounts encounters with White House officials and aides. The book also takes up the language of “fake news,” disputes surrounding the Mueller investigation, and the role of the First Amendment in debates over journalism and democracy. Its perspective is that of a correspondent working inside this political confrontation, linking the pressures of daily coverage to broader questions about media, government, and truth.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in first-person accounts of White House reporting.
  • Readers exploring the relationship between political power, journalism, and the First Amendment.
  • Readers interested in U.S. political events during the Trump administration.

Themes

Political communication and the pressWhite House reportingFreedom of the press and the First AmendmentTruth, misinformation, and public trust

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Book overview

A New York Times bestseller.

From CNN's veteran Chief White House Correspondent Jim Acosta, an explosive, first-hand account of the dangers he faces reporting on the current White House while fighting on the front lines in President Trump's war on truth, featuring new material exclusive to the paperback edition.

In Mr. Trump's campaign against what he calls "Fake News," CNN Chief White House Correspondent, Jim Acosta, is public enemy number one. From the moment Mr. Trump announced his candidacy in 2015, he has attacked the media, calling journalists "the enemy of the people."

Acosta presents a damning examination of bureaucratic dysfunction, deception, and the unprecedented threat the rhetoric Mr. Trump is directing has on our democracy. When the leader of the free world incites hate and violence, Acosta doesn't back down, and he urges his fellow citizens to do the same.

At Mr. Trump's most hated network, CNN, Acosta offers a never-before-reported account of what it's like to be the President's most hated correspondent. Acosta goes head-to-head with the White House, even after Trump supporters have threatened his life with words as well as physical violence.

From the hazy denials and accusations meant to discredit the Mueller investigation, to the president's scurrilous tweets, Jim Acosta is in the eye of the storm while reporting live to millions of people across the world. After spending hundreds of hours with the revolving door of White House personnel, Acosta paints portraits of the personalities of Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Stephen Miller, Steve Bannon, Sean Spicer, Hope Hicks, Jared Kushner and more. Acosta is tenacious and unyielding in his public battle to preserve the First Amendment and #RealNews.

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