MSNBC’s Katy Tur Loves Wolff’s ‘Compelling,’ Error-Riddled Book

MSNBC anchor Katy Tur is determined to believe author Michael Wolff’s roundly criticized account of the inner workings of President Donald Trump’s White House — even though Wolff refuses to release the interview tapes to back up his error-ridden book.

Wolff’s “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House,” took liberal elements of the mainstream media and Democratic politicians by storm, thanks to his allegations that Trump is regarded by his aides as mentally unfit.

When Tur noted factual errors riddled the book and pressed Wolff to release his interview tapes to prove that his claims are true, he declined to do so. Nevertheless, Tur called it a “compelling” book that “reads true.”

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“Here’s the thing about the book — and I read it. A lot of the stuff did read as — did feel true. There were a lot of factual errors as well,” Tur told Wolff.

Noting she also wrote a book about Trump and used great care in fact-checking her work, Tur asked Wolff why he wouldn’t “produce the evidence” needed to defend himself against critics who are “questioning” his credibility because of his book’s errors.

“I’m not in your business. My evidence is the book. Read the book,” Wolff replied. “If it makes sense to you, if it strikes — if it rings true, it is true.”

Unconvinced, Tur asked Wolff why he couldn’t “make it abundantly clear where you heard the stories, where your attribution is, in order for people to feel some comfort in trusting what you write?” The tapes, Tur said, could help clear up “anxious” Americans’ doubts about Trump and his fitness to serve as president.

“And this book is very compelling and there’s a lot of it that reads true, that feels true,” Tur said. “But we are living in a time right now where everybody is so anxious about this president. They’re so anxious about what he’s going to do next.”

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But Wolff doubled down on his book and dismissed the “so-called errors” it contained.

“The so-called errors that you’re talking about are the kind of minuscule errors that … I think you’re going to find in any book, including yours,” Wolff told Tur. “I am up to a particular kind of scrutiny because I am threatening the president of the United States. Bring it on, is what I say.”

At the interview’s conclusion, Tur praised Wolff for writing such a “fascinating book,” saying, “Congratulations on the book and congratulations on the president hating it.”

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