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Michael Wolff Says CNN Is Doing White House’s Bidding

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“Did you misrepresent yourself in order to gain access?”
It seems author Michael Wolff is getting a little testy over questions about the veracity of his new book, “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House.”
Wolff has faced criticism from just about every political perspective, ranging from “The View” co-host Meghan McCain to New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman, and now, CNN’s Michael Smerconish is questioning him.
The CNN anchor took issue Saturday morning with Wolff, accusing the writer of misrepresenting himself at the start of his project in order to curry favor and gain access to the nascent administration. Smerconish presented emails from Wolff in which he allegedly promised to “humanize” President Donald Trump.
Smerconish, seeming to mimic emails the “Fire and Fury” author may have sent to the White House, asked Wolff:
“Did you misrepresent yourself in an effort to gain access? And the email trail that I have seen thus far, I think, raises that as a legitimate question — ‘Hey, I like Donald Trump. Hey, I want to humanize Donald Trump. I’m the guy who can change perceptions. I’m the guy who can combat the liberal, negative media bias about him.’”
And it was certainly a legitimate question.
After all, just a few days ago, Wolff told NBC News’s Savannah Guthrie he said “what was ever necessary to get the story,” and he told MSNBC’s Katy Tur that if his book “makes sense to you, if it strikes a chord, if it rings true, it is true.”
Alas, Smerconish’s very logical questions were — in Wolff’s mind — nothing more than White House talking points.
“You’re doing the work of the White House to discredit this book. The White House wants to discredit this book,” Wolff, clearly agitated, shot back at the CNN anchor.
That still didn’t convince Smerconish that Wolff’s methods were OK.
“I know that when I write emails seeking interviews, my word choice is to say, ‘I will treat the individual with dignity and respect,” he explained. “I never go so far as to say, ‘let me humanize,’ ‘you know I like the person.’”
Wolff, for his part, had nothing else to say, other than encouraging viewers to buy his book.
Watch the contentious interview below.

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