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Collision of Power: Trump, Bezos, and THE WASHINGTON POST
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"A closely observed, gripping chronicle of politics and journalism during a decade of turmoil." — The New York Times Book Review Politics. Money. Media. Tech. …It's all here in Collision of Power. " All the President's Men for a new generation." — Town & Country Marty Baron took charge of The Washington Post newsroom in 2013, after nearly a dozen years leading The Boston Globe . Just seven months into his new job, Baron received explosive Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, would buy the Post , marking a sudden end to control by the venerated family that had presided over the paper for 80 years. Just over two years later, Donald Trump won the presidency. Now, the capital's newspaper, owned by one of the world's richest men, was tasked with reporting on a president who had campaigned against the press as the "lowest form of humanity." Pressures on Baron and his colleagues were immense and unrelenting, having to meet the demands of their new owner while contending with a president who waged a war of unprecedented vitriol and vengeance against the media. In the face of Trump's unceasing attacks, Baron steadfastly managed the Post 's newsroom. Their groundbreaking and award-winning coverage included stories about Trump's purported charitable giving, misconduct by the Secret Service, and Roy Moore's troubling sexual history. At the same time, Baron managed a restive staff during a period of rapidly changing societal dynamics around gender and race. In Collision of Power , Baron recounts this with the tenacity of a reporter and the sure hand of an experienced editor. The result is elegant and revelatory―an urgent exploration of the nature of power in the 21st century.
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"Too often, he portrays himself in his own book as uncharitable and finger-pointy."
"Making an engrossing debut, Baron recounts in candid detail his more than eight-year tenure as executive editor of the Washington Post ..."
"Baron turns out to be good at both ..."
"Serves as a reminder throughout of how fragile democracy is, and how the social media era has made it easier to commandeer public opinion."
"But like Robert Caro's biographies, they should appeal to anyone interested in power: how it operates, and how it is lost ..."
"Less a traditional memoir than a closely observed, gripping chronicle of politics and journalism during a decade of turmoil ..."
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