Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History

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7 hours, 46 minutes Called disgraceful, third rate, and not nice by Donald Trump, NBC News correspondent Katy Tur reported on and took flak from the most captivating and volatile presidential candidate in American history.Tur lived out of a suitcase for a year and a half, following Trump around the country, powered by packets of peanut butter and kept clean with dry shampoo She visited forty states with the candidate, made than 3,800 live television reports, listened to endless loops of Elton John s Tiny Dancer a Trump rally playlist staple.From day 1 to day 500, Tur documented Trump s inconsistencies, fact checked his falsities, and called him out on his lies In return, Trump repeatedly singled out Tur He tried to charm her, intimidate her, and shame her At one point, he got a crowd so riled up against her, Secret Service agents had to walk her to her car.None of it worked Facts are stubborn So was Tur She was part of the first women led politics team in the history of network news The Boys on the Bus became the Girls on the Plane but the circus remained Through all the long nights, wild scoops, naked chauvinism, dodgy staffers, and fevered debates, no one had a better view than Tur Unbelievable is her darkly comic, fascinatingly bizarre, and often scary story of how America sent a former reality show host to the White House It s also the story of what it was like for Tur to be there as it happened, inside a no rules world where reporters were spat on, demeaned, and discredited Tur was a foreign correspondent who came home to her most foreign story of all.FROM THE RECIPIENT OF THE 2017 Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism Free Download [ Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History ] By [ Katy Tur ] – kino-fada.fr Prologue Trump Victory Party New York Hilton Midtown 10 59 P.M Election Day I m about to throw up I so wish she had said I think I m gonna barf, but we can t have everything NBC reporter Katherine Bear Katy Tur was not alone in feeling that way In fact, a wave of nausea has been crisscrossing the nation ever since November 8, 2016, a date that will live in infamy, trapped in a seemingly endless back and forth sloshing Tur hadreason for gastrointestinal distress than most She Prologue Trump Victory Party New York Hilton Midtown 10 59 P.M Election Day I m about to throw up I so wish she had said I think I m gonna barf, but we can t have everything NBC reporter Katherine Bear Katy Tur was not alone in feeling that way In fact, a wave of nausea has been crisscrossing the nation ever since November 8, 2016, a date that will live in infamy, trapped in a seemingly endless back and forth sloshing Tur hadreason for gastrointestinal distress than most She had been assigned to the Trump campaign for the duration of the seemingly endless electioneering season Seeing this guy elected president of the United States would turn your stomach too if you had been seeing what he was really like for over 500 days.Image by Sasha Arutyu...If you paid attention to the 2016 campaign, you had to notice Katy Tur She was a veteran but virtually unknown NBC correspondent assigned to the Trump campaign in its early days when his presidential run was considered to be littlethan a joke Tur s fame grew as Trump gained momentum, and the Donald s angry yet weirdly flirtatious treatment of her as she sat in the centrally located pen which housed the press at every rally soon turned her into the embodiment of fake news itself and a If you paid attention to the 2016 campaign, you had to notice Katy Tur She was a veteran but virtually unknown NBC correspondent assigned to the Trump campaign in it...Is there a not sure I really want to read category Maybe I ll just buy it to support her and then read it in ten years when we have started to heal the damage.I listened to an audio version, that was narrated by the author.Katy s book is very funny She took advantage of a great opportunity to cover a presidential candidate, who many thought had no chance to win Not a great assignment I am glad I chose the audio version Great listen.Last week I was driving to work when a woman in an SUV ran a red light and plowed into the side of my car I suffered minor injuries, but my car was totaled While I was recuperating from the crash, I read James Comey s book, A Higher Loyalty And then, because apparently I hadn t suffered enough trauma that week, I read Katy Tur s book, which recounts her experiences as a reporter following Donald Trump on the presidential campaign trail from 2015 to 2016 Tur attended dozens of Trump Last week I was driving to work when a woman in an SUV ran a red light and plowed into the side of my car I suffered minor injuries, but my car was totaled While I was recuperating from the crash, I read James Comey s book, A Higher Loyalty And then, because apparently I hadn t suffered enough trauma that week, I read Katy Tur s book, which recounts her experiences as a reporter following Donald Trump on the presidential campaign trail from 2015 to 2016 Tur attended dozens of Trump rallies, suffered harassment from him, and repeatedly felt threatened by Trump supporters Reading the Comey and Tur books back to back was like getting hit by a car all over again feelings of shock, nausea, and pain, followed by depression and anxiety The Trum...I expected to like thisthan I did The book needed a better editor It seemed scattered At times, there wasabout Katy, her background and her career than about the Trump campaign I didn t really need to know about her parents and their careers in broadcasting.I think this book probably had a much bigger wow factor when it first came out But now, we ve all been living the horror of Trump as president for almost 2 years Nothing surprises me any We know the stories There s not I expected to like thisthan I did The book needed a better editor It seemed scattered At times, there wasabout Katy, her background and her career than about the Trump campaign I didn t really need to know about her parents and their careers in broadcasting.I think this book probably had a much bigger wow factor when it first came out But now, we ve all been living the horror of Trump as president for almost 2 years Nothing surprises me any We know the stories There s not anything new about Trump s candidacy In fact, every day there continue to be new revelations What was interesting is when she talked to the followers and was discerning what they found appealing about him But even that has lost its novelty I ve been dealing with my Facebook friends that are Trump supporters and no longer h...Even though I zipped through this book,I didn t tremendously warm to Katy Tur as a person She is tough, even a little ruthless and doesn t mind pushing aside personal relationships to pursue her career goals That being said, if she were a man, I think she would have received a clap on the back for her bare faced ambition, so I don t want to be critical of her on that front She does offer a fascinating behind the scenes look at covering Donald Trump during the 2016 electio...For people who followed the 2016 election closely which was probably most of the U.S and probably the world much of the material in this book will not be new However, the perspective from which it is told brought to light things I d never even considered while following the presidential campaigns That journalistic perspective, the life of an on the ground reporter, was really fascinating and my favorite part of reading this The rest of it was a bit infuriating because the reality of the 2016...Katy Tur was a philosophy major in college, but you don t find out about this in the book About her love life, drinking habits, food at campaign rallies, and the strange story of her reporter parents we get this While it s a charming book centered around the travails of this spunky, ace reporter, this wasn t the behind the scenes bombshell I was expecting I learned very little about the inside workings of the Trump campaign or off the record shenanigans I did learn about the gonzo chaos of Katy Tur was a philosophy major in college, but you don t find out about this in the book About her love life, drinking habits, food at campaign rallies, and the strange story of her reporter parents we get this While it s a charming book centered around the travails of this spunky, ace reporter, this wasn t the behind the scenes bombshell I was expecting I learned very little about the inside workings of the Trump ca...There is a man at my job who voted for the Trump, henceforth known as Cheeto Dust or Orange After Cheeto Dust s victory, said man put up and keeps putting up pictures of the Orange on the boards in the break room Normally, this wouldn t bother me that much free speech But this man also takes down any picture that is anti Orange This anger me It should be equal or not at all.Needless, the women in the break room and quite a few men are mad about this We haven t filed a formal grievence There is a man at my job who voted for the Trump, henceforth known as Cheeto Dust or Orange After Cheeto Dust s victory, said man put up and keeps putting up pictures of the Orange on the boards in the break room Normally, this wouldn t bother me that much free speech But this man also takes down any picture that is anti Orange This anger me It should be equal or not at all.Needless, the women in the break room and quite a few men are mad about this We haven t filed a formal grievence yet because the man in question isn t all bad, and we all are rooting for his grandkid.So, what does this book have to do with that story...

Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History
  • English
  • 10 July 2019
  • Audiobook
  • 0062694855
  • Katy Tur
  • Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History