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Michael Wolff (born August 27, 1953) is an American journalist, as well as a columnist and contributor to USA Today, The Hollywood Reporter, and the UK edition of GQ. He has received two National Magazine Awards , a Mirror Award , and has authored seven books, including Burn Rate (1998) about his own dot-com company , and The Man Who Owns the ...
- He’s been working in the media since the ’70s. The 64-year-old grew up in New Jersey, the son of an advertising executive father and a newspaper reporter mother.
- He’s no stranger to charges of stretching the truth. Wolff has contended with claims against his stories’ accuracy for years. The now-defunct media review publication Brill’s Content said 13 different subjects in his of his 1998 book “Burn Rate” disputed Wolff’s account of them and accused him of inventing or changing quotes: “And none of those quoted recalls Wolff taking notes or recording the discussions, some of which took place three years ago.”
- He resists traditional labels. Wolff has resisted the traditional journalist label as well as that of a media critic. A New Republic profile of Wolff said he’s uninterested in the working press and makes himself the center of the story by fixating on moguls and power players in media, tech or politics.
- He’s been a vocal critic of the media. Wolff has taken aim at everyone from Rupert Murdoch to Politico in his time as a media columnist, but he’s most recently fed into the narrative that the media “is obsessed with Trump,” and vice versa.
Sep 19, 2023 · Now Michael Wolff Performs an Autopsy on Fox News. In “The Fall,” Wolff predicts the collapse of Rupert Murdoch’s cable network and recounts the recent tumult there through a barrage of ...
Sep 12, 2021 · Why Our Monsters Talk to Michael Wolff In his new book, the author of “Fire and Fury” continues his specialty: teasing out stories from men in power. Writer at work: Michael Wolff does not...
Jul 12, 2021 · Wolff’s method is essentially the same as in “The Final Days” and many other inside stories about highest-level politics: He uses lots of detailed off-the-record interviews with aides to...
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Jun 29, 2021 · Michael Wolff, the journalist who revealed the chaos in Trump’s administration in his book Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House, is back with a third expose of the former president’s...
Sep 25, 2023 · Michael Wolff’s ‘The Fall’ is a dishy look at the decline of Fox News. Wolff offers his typically no-holds-barred look at the powerful personalities at the top of the network. Review by...
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