First published 2023
After Joe Biden's decisive 2020 election win, Fox News faces its biggest crisis. The network's anchors panic as their false narratives about Trump and rigged voting systems backfire spectacularly. Brian Stelter exposes how Fox swapped truth for lies, fueling dangerous misinformation that led to violence. The $787 million Dominion settlement drags the network's secrets into court, revealing Tucker Carlson's private hatred of Donald Trump and Sean Hannity's disdain for his own colleagues. With multiple lawsuits pending and the 2024 election approaching, Fox's future hangs in the balance alongside the Republican Party itself. Stelter combines investigative reporting with shocking behind the scenes revelations to show how media manipulation threatens democratic institutions. This urgent examination reveals the concrete ways news networks damage public trust and offers readers a clear understanding of what must change to protect democracy.
Genres: american-fiction, political-science, non-fiction, 21st-century, journalism
Vibes: suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: investigative-reporter, media-bias
Setting: Fox News
Period: 2020 Election
384 pages · ebook · Atria/One Signal Publishers
Content warnings: violence