The Enemy of the People, Jim Acosta
The Enemy of the People, Jim Acosta
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The Enemy of the People
A Dangerous Time to Tell the Truth in America

Bestseller

Author: Jim Acosta

Narrator: Jim Acosta

Unabridged: 10 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 06/11/2019


Synopsis

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. 

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.

About Jim Acosta

Jim Acosta is CNN's chief White House correspondent, currently covering the Trump administration. He previously reported on the Obama administration from the White House and around the world. He regularly covers presidential press conferences, visits by heads of state, and issues impacting the executive branch of the federal government.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Beth on June 17, 2019

If you've ever wondered if the journalists covering this current administration find it as mind-boggling, disturbing, and downright batshit crazy as many of the rest of us do, this book will answer your question. Jim Acosta's spars with press secretaries and Individual 1 himself are legendary, and h......more

Goodreads review by Phil on June 16, 2019

Words can never express the gratitude of the nation for reporters like Jim Acosta. He is a top shelf journalist . His advice to young journalists: "Do your job and tell the truth." To be clear, his book is commentary. His job is reporting.......more

Goodreads review by Jim on July 09, 2019

This book could be titled American Horror Story, subtitled with an update to the 2004 Daily Mirror headline: How Can 62,984,828 People Be So Dumb? But Mr. Acosta calls it like the journalist he is: the hate-filled, physically threatening, dangerous to the remaining shreds of a faux democracy spew fr......more

Goodreads review by Chris on June 16, 2019

Jim Acosta will be remembered by history as central to the narrative of President Donald Trump's war on the free press. That makes "The Enemy of the People" an essential work of contemporaneous journalism regarding the Trump administration. Let's get this out of the way upfront. Is Acosta an irritati......more

Goodreads review by Wayne on June 19, 2019

I’m normally not a reader of political non fiction books. Especially ones that are negative in tone, I’ve always found them to be a bit tacky. That being said, I’ve watched the President of the United States of America shout “fake news” instead of intelligently defend his record every time a news st......more