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

Katy Tur

Sep 2017 · HarperCollins

About this ebook

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

“Compelling… this book couldn’t be more timely.” – Jill Abramson, New York Times Book Review

From the Recipient of the 2017 Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism

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.

Katy 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 more than 3,800 live television reports, and tried to endure a gazillion 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 Tur out. He tried to charm her, intimidate her, and shame her. At one point, he got a crowd so riled up against Tur, 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. Unbelievable is a must-read for anyone who still wakes up and wonders, Is this real life?

Ratings and reviews

Another left-wing demorat slant fairy-tale that has no factual truth. This book should be in the entertainment section of all libraries as it is pure written opinion of the author. Enjoy this book most by throwing it in your fireplace and watching it burn.🔥

This book is an Excellent read! I couldn't put it down, I read it in about 9 hours, I like Katy Tur, she is very down to earth, I admire the no mincing of words and telling it like it is, I watch her on TV daily, so while I was reading I could hear he voice. I feel like she was in front of me telling me this crazy story and when she was scared I felt her fear! Fantastic detail. I loved it!

An amazing book!!!! I wish it would become part of school curriculum. America needs to know the truth and also needs to stand up for itself against bullies that threaten our democracy. I hope the news can continue to find truthful ways to reveal the true threat Trump is to our freedoms and constitution so that we really can make America great again because in this moment we are moving backwards without a true leader of the free world.

About the author

Katy Tur is a correspondent for NBC News and an anchor for MSNBC. Tur is the recipient of a 2017 Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism. She lives in New York City.