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Media Madness: Donald Trump, the Press, and the War Over the Truth
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First edition cover
Author Howard Kurtz
Subject Presidency of Donald Trump
PublishedJanuary 29, 2018
Publisher Regnery Publishing
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint, e-book, audiobook
Pages256
ISBN 978-1-62157-726-3

Media Madness: Donald Trump, the Press, and the War Over the Truth is a book by Howard Kurtz, released on January 29, 2018. The book details Donald Trump's ongoing fights with the news media during the first year of his presidency. [1] [2] [3]

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References

  1. Parker, Ashley. "'Defiance Disorder': Another new book describes chaos in Trump's White House". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
  2. Blake, Aaron. "This new Trump book could do even more damage than Michael Wolff's. Here's why". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
  3. Cullen, Terence (October 20, 2017). "Trump admitted sending Spicer to argue crowd size was wrong: book". Daily News. New York. Retrieved January 22, 2018.