Breaking the News: Exposing the Establishment Media's Hidden Deals and Secret Corruption

Breaking the News: Exposing the Establishment Media's Hidden Deals and Secret Corruption

by Alex Marlow
Breaking the News: Exposing the Establishment Media's Hidden Deals and Secret Corruption

Breaking the News: Exposing the Establishment Media's Hidden Deals and Secret Corruption

by Alex Marlow

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Overview

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

From the editor in chief of Breitbart News, a firsthand account of how the establishment media became weaponized against Donald Trump and his supporters on behalf of the political left.

Alex Marlow was just a twenty-one-year-old UC Berkeley student when renowned media mogul Andrew Breitbart hired him as his first employee. Breitbart began mentoring Marlow on how to fight the culture war one headline at a time and to remain resilient in the face of personal attacks.

Now, in this eye-opening and timely book, Marlow explains how the establishment press destroyed its own credibility with a relentless stream of “fake news” designed to smear Donald Trump and his supporters while advancing a leftist agenda. He also reveals key details on how our information gatekeepers truly operate and why America’s “fake news” moment might never end.

Breitbart—and Trump—began banging the drum about “fake news” during the 2016 election, and it resonated with millions of voters because they intuitively knew the corporate media was willing to say or write anything to achieve their political ends. It’s a battle cry that continues to this day. Alex and his team of researchers elucidate the stunning details of the key “fake news” moments of the Trump era and take a deep dive into some of the right’s favorite media targets: from Bloomberg, CNN, The Washington Post, and The New York Times to the tech elite in Silicon Valley. Deeply researched and eye-opening, Breaking the News rips back the curtain on the inner workings of how the establishment media weaponizes information to achieve their political and cultural ends.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781982160746
Publisher: Threshold Editions
Publication date: 05/18/2021
Pages: 368
Sales rank: 177,372
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.40(d)

About the Author

Alexander Marlow is the New York Times bestselling author of Breaking the News. He serves as editor in chief of Breitbart News Network, where he started as Andrew Breitbart’s first employee at the age of twenty one. He is also a national talk radio host and podcaster. Alex has been on the cover of Time and Newsweek, named in Forbes’ 30 Under 30, and called “perhaps the most significant media figure in America.”

Table of Contents

Preface vii

Introduction: Throw Your Body on the Gears 1

Chapter 1 The Rise of Breitbart and the Fake News Hall of Shame 5

Chapter 2 Meet the Press 40

Chapter 3 Mob Rule Media: The New York Times in the Age of Woke 54

Chapter 4 NBC "News" and the Corporatization of Mass Media 87

Chapter 5 Beijing Bloomberg 112

Chapter 6 Sleeping Giants and the Cancellation of MAGA 128

Chapter 7 Mostly Peaceful Riots: The Story of Black Lives Matter 146

Chapter 8 Cheat by Mail and the True Story of the 2020 Election 156

Chapter 9 The Trump Virus 177

Chapter 10 The Masters of the Universe 207

Chapter 11 A Time to Heal 235

Conclusion 247

Acknowledgments 251

Notes 253

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