Hoax: Donald Trump, Fox News, and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth

Brian Stelter

Aug 2020 · Simon and Schuster · Narrated by Brian Stelter

About this audiobook

The instant New York Times bestseller that reveals the collusion between Fox News and Donald Trump—with explosive new reporting covering the election and the January 6 riot.

As the nation recovers from the Trump presidency, many questions remain: Why was the COVID-19 pandemic so grossly mishandled? How did we get so politically polarized? What caused white nationalist groups to come out of the shadows, and are they here to stay?

The answers lie the twisted story of the relationship between Donald Trump and Fox News. Through firsthand accounts from over 250 current and former Fox insiders, CNN anchor and chief media correspondent Brian Stelter unlocks the inner workings of Rupert Murdoch’s multibillion-dollar media empire. The confessions are shocking: “We don’t really believe all this stuff,” a producer says. “We just tell other people to believe it.”

Stelter completes the story of the Trump years and looks toward the future of the network that made him. Hoax is a book for anyone who reads the news and wonders how we got here, and what happens next.

Ratings and reviews

CNN straight up lies so why would anyone believe anything in here. Do I believe everything from Fox, no. But I do remember ex-CNN employees talking about fake news at CNN long before Trump ever mentioned it and long before he became president!

Excellent, comprehensive chronicle of the "Faux News" station and their hyperbolic, ultra right-wing, Trumpster-pandering antics. Desperately want to buy several more copies and give them to my brothers who have drank the Kool-Aid and don't watch anything else… but unfortunately, I know it wouldn't do any good. 😔

this is fake new straight up. Probably just want to get Get woke then Go Broke anyway this fake new just like mainstream media.

About the author

Brian Stelter is the New York Times bestselling author of three books: Top of the Morning, Hoax, and Network of Lies. Previously, Stelter was a media reporter at The New York Times, the chief media correspondent for CNN Worldwide, and the anchor of Reliable Sources. He is currently a special correspondent for Vanity Fair and a Walter Shorenstein Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy. Stelter is a producer on the Apple TV+ series The Morning Show, which is inspired by his first book Top of the Morning. He also executive produced the HBO documentary After Truth: Disinformation and the Cost of Fake News. He lives in New Jersey with his wife and two children. Follow him on Twitter @BrianStelter.