'So I think we actually are kind of kidding ourselves in the public by saying, 'Oh, well, there's a beauty in having something on the record. After his first book on Trump, Fear, was published two years ago, Woodward says, he started this follow-up intending to look again and more deeply at the national security team he recruited.

'With deep background, my rule is, I'm tape-recording it, I'm not going to say who gave me the information, but I'm going to use it, and I'm going to check it within an inch of its life, as much as I can, with multiple sources and documents and notes,' he continued. Woodward based the book on hundreds of hours of interviews with members of the Trump administration. The book was released on September 11, 2018.

'So if you want a press-release version of reality, run around and say, 'Let's do this all on the record,' and you're going to get B.S.' Fear: Trump in the White House is a non-fiction book by American journalist Bob Woodward about the presidency of Donald Trump. President Trump is portrayed in Bob Woodward’s new book, Fear, as an impulsive, ill-informed leader whose advisers are trying to contain him. 'I'm sorry, but let's be realistic,' he said, pointing to White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders' press briefings as an example. Woodward told Business Insider that, as some, including the president, have pushed back on the use of anonymous sourcing, claiming it is in many cases made up by the reporter, he believes journalists actually need to be using even more deep-background sources. His book was heavily dependent on sources who were cited on 'deep background' - which meant that the sources of information were in no way identified, but the information they shared could be used in his reporting. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.

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