MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House,’ Michael Wolff’s account of President Trump’s early tenure, sold more than four million copies, spawned a TV deal, prompted the president to threaten legal action and led to the ouster of Stephen K. Bannon from the White House and Breitbart News. On Tuesday [5-29-19], Mr. Wolff returns with a sequel, ‘Siege: Trump Under Fire.’ Author and subject seem well-matched: A pair of acid-tongued gossipmongers fixated on the foibles of New York’s elite, Mr. Wolff and Mr. Trump are gifted storytellers who are unafraid to punch back. But the similarities extend in less flattering ways. ‘Fire and Fury,’ which portrayed a president with a strained relationship to the truth, raised questions about Mr. Wolff’s own adherence to the facts. Minor errors cropped up; anecdotes were denied. On ‘Saturday Night Live,’ Fred Armisen, in Mr. Wolff’s thick glasses and bald pate, dismissed questions about the book’s accuracy.”
–Michael M. Grynbaum, “Michael Wolff Talks ‘Siege,’ Trump, Journalism and His Definition of Truth,” The New York Times online, May 30, 2019