{"product_id":"hated-by-all-the-right-people-isbn-9781638932932","title":"Hated by All the Right People","description":"\u003cb\u003e“[M]ordant, insightful, vigorously reported and, yes, deliciously entertaining . . . as much a work of media criticism as it is a professional biography of Carlson.” —Becca Rothfeld, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Breezy, entertaining and ultimately disquieting\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ea biography of Carlson that tracks his turn from bow-tied beau ideal of the Washington establishment into the MAGA conspiracy theorist in chief.” —\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo many, Tucker Carlson is synonymous with modern conservative politics. Carlson has been present on our screens for almost three decades and is as infamous for his bow tie as he is for his increasingly extreme right-wing views. But those who knew Carlson in his earlier days in political journalism remember a very different man—a serious and gifted writer and commentator who enjoyed debating with liberal friends and calling out conservative failures in equal measure. Now after watching Carlson turn away from measured reporting, while simultaneously gaining unparalleled power in Donald Trump’s Republican Party, most are left asking, \u003ci\u003eWhat the hell happened to Tucker? \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e staff writer Jason Zengerle’s rich and evocative character study of Carlson tells the story of how the former Fox News talking head rose through the ranks of conservative media, from his early days as a young writer at \u003ci\u003eThe Weekly Standard \u003c\/i\u003eto his current perch as one of the most powerful voices in right-wing politics. Through deep reporting and a sweeping view of the political and media landscapes over the past thirty years, Zengerle reveals how Carlson’s career offers a unique lens into the radical transformation of American conservatism and, just as importantly, the media that covers and ultimately shapes it. As conservative news outlets fight daily over who can report the most disreputable stories, and clicks and views take precedence over facts and substance, Carlson’s evolution tells the larger story of how the right has radicalized and taken the media with it.“[M]ordant, insightful, vigorously reported and, yes, deliciously entertaining . . . \u003ci\u003eHated by All the Right People \u003c\/i\u003eis as much a work of media criticism as it is a professional biography of Carlson, and Zengerle chronicles how first television, then the internet started to reward extremes, privileging provocation and punditry over somber fact-finding.” \u003cb\u003e—Becca Rothfeld, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Washington Post \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"If you’re looking for an answer to the question 'How did we get here?'—from 1990s multiculturalism and free market globalism to ICE raids and Venezuela—you could do worse than using the arc of Tucker Carlson’s career as your lens. And if you’re looking for insight into the right-wing pundit’s transformations, you’ll definitely want to read Jason Zengerle’s breezy, entertaining and ultimately disquieting \u003ci\u003eHated by All the Right People,\u003c\/i\u003e a biography of Carlson that tracks his turn from bow-tied beau ideal of the Washington establishment into the MAGA conspiracy theorist in chief.\" \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The only time I met Tucker Carlson, in 2010, he told me: ‘You need to promote yourself more.’ Carlson’s lust for fame, money, and power led him into a cesspool of bigotry and lies. Because this story is also the tale of how a new elite is destroying all that’s valuable about America, Jason Zengerle’s gripping account is both a journalistic triumph and a public service.” \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e —\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge Packer, National Book Award–winning author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Unwinding \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eand\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e The Emergency\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Jason Zengerle deftly chronicles Tucker Carlson’s ideological evolution from bow-tied libertarian into the MAGA media’s most influential voice. This nuanced biography tells the urgent story of the Republican Party’s capitulation to Donald Trump.”\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e —\u003c\/i\u003eGabriel Sherman, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of\u003ci\u003e The Loudest Voice in the Room\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“When future historians seek to understand American politics and journalism in this period, they will turn to \u003ci\u003eHated by All the Right People. \u003c\/i\u003eJason Zengerle has brought us a vivid account of the Age of Trump—and the forces that brought about, and sustained, this era.” \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—\u003c\/i\u003eJonathan Martin, \u003ci\u003ePolitico\u003c\/i\u003e columnist and coauthor of\u003ci\u003e New York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller\u003ci\u003e This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden and the Battle for America’s Future \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Jason Zengerle’s superpower is figuring out who wields power and why—and then telling those stories with unforgettable prose that you can’t put down. \u003ci\u003eHated by All the Right People \u003c\/i\u003eis arguably his best yet: a riveting, wry, disturbing portrait of the man who made the Trump Age possible.”\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e —\u003c\/i\u003eJon Favreau, Jon Lovett, \u0026amp; Tommy Vietor, Crooked Media Reads \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Jason Zengerle’s \u003ci\u003eHated by All the Right People \u003c\/i\u003eis an incisive, deeply reported account of how, and why, Tucker Carlson transformed himself from establishment Washington’s bow-tied enfant terrible into Donald Trump’s far-right Rasputin—with profound effects on the nation’s politics and culture that we’re only beginning to grasp. Anyone hoping to understand America’s radical transformation in the age of Trump needs to read this valuable book.” \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—\u003c\/i\u003eJoshua Green, author of \u003ci\u003eDevil’s Bargain: Steve Bannon, Donald Trump, and the Nationalist Uprising\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“The Tucker Carlson who emerges from this narrative is by turns charming, funny, repulsive, and base. The fascinating and subtle character study of this twisted soul alone is enough to make \u003ci\u003eHated by All the Right People\u003c\/i\u003e a rewarding read. But Jason Zengerle goes beyond that. He takes us into the worlds of elite magazine journalism and lowbrow television to tell the story of the conservative movement’s intellectual debasement, turning these institutions into a vehicle to show how the Republican Party became an instrument of populist authoritarianism in the Trump era. The result is a story that’s both highly enjoyable and deeply insightful.” \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—\u003c\/i\u003eJonathan Chait, staff writer, \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“...[W]hat emerges from [Zengerle’s] portrait is a kind of morality tale about the decline of political journalism and the rise of for-profit agitprop . . . A richly detailed portrait of Tucker Carlson and the media trends that have shaped political commentary.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“[S]mart, well-written, and well-reported . . . . the first [book] to reckon critically with probably the most interesting, important, compelling and arguably dangerous media personality of the Trump age. . . . Zengerle dissects Carlson’s media career with a shrewd scalpel.” \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e—The Guardian\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“The aptly named \u003ci\u003eHated by All the Right People \u003c\/i\u003eis neither a hit piece nor a hagiography; it is a chronology of Carlson’s ascent and descent, drawing on interviews with those who knew or worked with him. It charts the transformation of a talented young writer into what Zengerle describes as a ‘noxious talking head’.” \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e—UnHerd \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In many respects, the strength of Zengerle’s effort . . . is its restraint. In chronicling the rise of Carlson as a radical but influential voice, whose persuasive power comes in part from his mastery of demagogic oversimplification, Zengerle lets his reporting speak for itself, resisting the temptation to offer his readers easy answers where reality is complicated.” \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e—The Dispatch \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eJason Zengerle\u003c\/b\u003e is a staff writer for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a winner of the Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting and the recipient of a New America fellowship. 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