I admire Katy Tur’s honesty and her persistent reporting of the facts despite being attacked as spreading “Fake News.” For over 500 days, Katy Tur covered the Trump Campaign. She filed over 3,800 live reports from 40 states and countless Trump rallies during the 2016 Election season. Katy Tur knows Trump better than most reporters. On Election Night, when Florida was called for Trump essentially sealing the victory for President, Katy Tur thinks, “They [the American voters] decided that this menacing, indecent, post-truth landscape is where they want to live for the next four years.” (p. 4)
Initially, Katy Tur figured she would be covering the Trump Campaign for about six weeks. No one took Trump seriously at the beginning. But before too long, Tur realized that something strange was happening. Following the wild debates, the ups and downs of the primaries, and Comey Factor, Katy Tur predicted Donald Trump would win the Election. “The Trump campaign was the most unlikely, exciting, ugly, trying, and all-around bizarre campaign in American History. It roiled American and with it, my little life. I won’t pretend to explain it. I will tell you what I saw.” (p. 6)
Katy Tur saw plenty and it’s all here between the covers. Journalism is just the first draft of History. This first draft reveals and highlights the events that brought us to this sad place. Did you think Trump would win? GRADE: B+
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
AUTHOR’S NOTE xi
Prologue 1
1. “Katy Hasn’t Even Looked Up Once at Me.” 7
2. “You’ll Never Be President!” 21
3. “I Had to Grab Katy and Kiss Her.” 41
4. “She’s Back There, Little Katy.” 63
5. “Katy, It’s Donald.” 89
6. “Find That Asshole Tur!” 109
7. “Pop the Trunk. I’m Going to Run for It.” 131
8. “Look at Those Hands. Are They Small Hands?” 143
9. “Be Quiet. I Know You Want to, You Know, Save Her.” 169
10. “Donald Trump Doesn’t Lose.” 197
11. “Grab’em by the Pussy.” 219
12. “There Something Happening, Katy.” 255
Epilogue 283
Acknowledgements 287