{"product_id":"without-compromise-the-brave-journalism-that-first-exposed-donald-trump-rudy-giuliani-and-the-american-epidemic-of-corruption-9781645036531","title":"Without Compromise: The Brave Journalism That First Exposed Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani, and the American Epidemic of Corruption","description":"\u003cb\u003eA collection of groundbreaking investigations by Wayne Barrett, the intrepid, muckraking \u003ci\u003eVillage Voice \u003c\/i\u003ejournalist who exposed corruption in New York City and beyond.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eWith piercing moral clarity and exacting rigor, Wayne Barrett tracked political corruption in the pages of the\u003ci\u003e Village Voice\u003c\/i\u003e fact by fact, document by document for 40 years. The first to report on the scams and crooked deals that fueled the rise of Donald Trump in 1979, Barrett went on to expose the shady dealings of small-time slum lords and powerful New York City politicians alike, from Ed Koch to Rudy Giuliani to Michael Bloomberg. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWithout Compromise\u003c\/i\u003e is the first anthology of Barrett's investigative work, accompanied by essays from colleagues and those he trained. In an age of lies, fog, and propaganda, when the profession of journalism is degraded by the White House and the industry is under financial threat, Barrett reminds us that facts, when clearly accumulated, are our best defense of democracy. \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeaturing essays by: \u003c\/b\u003eJoe ConasonKim Phillips-Fein Errol LouisGerson BorreroTom RobbinsTracie McMillanPeter NoelAdam FifieldJarrett MurphyAndrea BernsteinJennifer GonnermanMac Barrett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWayne Barrett \u003c\/b\u003e(1945-2017) was a celebrated investigative journalist. He spent much of his 40-year reporting career at the \u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e, where he became, in the words of the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \"dreaded if not loathed\" by public officials for his relentless exposure of such major political figures as Ed Koch, Rudy Giuliani, and Donald Trump. After his departure from the \u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e, he became a fellow at Type Media Center, then known as The Nation Institute. He is the author of four books, including \u003ci\u003eTrump: The Greatest Show on Earth \u003c\/i\u003e(1992) and \u003ci\u003eRudy: An Investigative Biography of Rudolph Giuliani\u003c\/i\u003e (2000). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eEileen Markey \u003c\/b\u003eis an assistant professor of journalism at Lehman College of the City University of New York and a veteran NYC policy reporter who learned the power of facts and the joy of digging for them from Village Voice muckraker Wayne Barrett. She has written for, among others, \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Beast\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCity Limits\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Daily News\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, WNYC New York Public Radio, \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Village Voice\u003c\/i\u003e. She's lectured widely on the role of religion in radical social movements. Markey is increasingly interested in archives and the role of public memory in shaping allegiances.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bold Type Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50510589198610,"sku":"9781645036531","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4c21e791-9faa-4692-bfd0-e52977162bd9.jpg?v=1730929472","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/without-compromise-the-brave-journalism-that-first-exposed-donald-trump-rudy-giuliani-and-the-american-epidemic-of-corruption-9781645036531","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}