Most books are not subject to the same vigorous fact-checking process that stories published by established news organizations are. But the allegations, particularly the most explosive ones, should be viewed with a skeptical eye, especially until other news outlets attempt to re-report them.

In fact, most of them may very well prove to be entirely accurate. There is no question that a number of the anecdotes and claims printed in “The Fall” will hold water. That’s not to say that everything Wolff prints is mistaken. And his bestselling “Fire & Fury” even contained outright factual errors. Critics have chided him in the past for sloppy or unethical reporting practices. Wolff has a history of printing claims that end up being strongly disputed by the subjects themselves. More simply put: Wolff may not be the most reliable narrator. And so much more.īut, when reading and reporting on the book, journalists and the public at large would be smart not to mistake Wolff’s word for the word of God. Suzanne Scott feared she would lose her job as chief executive of Fox News amid the Dominion lawsuit, he reports. Murdoch, he writes, initially thought he could settle the massive Dominion Voting Systems lawsuit for a mere $50 million (he settled, ultimately, for $787.5 million).

Wolff reports that Rupert Murdoch holds immense disdain for Sean Hannity, calling the primetime host an offensive slur, and even pondered firing him. In the forthcoming book, a copy of which CNN obtained in advance of its release, Wolff makes a number of shocking and explosive claims. On Wednesday evening, at a swanky party in a townhouse in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village, Michael Wolff will celebrate his forthcoming book about Fox News, titled “The Fall: The End of Fox News and the Murdoch Dynasty.” The anticipated 320-page work, which will hit shelves next week, is poised to generate voluminous chatter and headlines - and leave newsrooms with a predicament.

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