Print publications like The Guardian obtained an advanced copy, while New York magazine secured the right to a published excerpt. Nevertheless, Wolff said at the time that he stood by “absolutely everything” in the book.ĭespite the apparent errors, when it was released last January, “Fire and Fury” served as endless fodder for media outlets – particularly on cable news channels, including CNN, where panels poured over much of Wolff’s reporting. For instance, Politifact noted Wolff suggested in the book that Trump didn’t know who former House Speaker John Boehner was in 2016, when in fact Trump had previously tweeted about his tendency to cry. Parts of “Fire and Fury” were disputed by some of the subjects involved, and fact-checking organizations like Politifact said the book contained factual errors. The whole episode was not unfamiliar for Wolff. Wolff declined to comment to CNN, but told The New York Times his source was “impeccable” and that he had “no doubt about the authenticity” of the documents he relied on for his reporting. “The documents that you’ve described do not exist,” Carr said in a curt statement to media outlets, including CNN, who inquired about the claim. But Peter Carr, the spokesperson for the Special Counsel, quickly knocked the report down.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |