-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 Postnewsroom in 2013, after nearly a dozen years leading The Boston Globe. Just seven months into his new job, Baron received explosive news: 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 an