PanThe Washington Post\"Even a half-witted political memoir would grapple with such a disconnect—perhaps by acknowledging some fault in the boss, or perhaps by comparing his low points with those of other presidents. Yet The Briefing isn’t a political memoir, nor is it a work of recent history, nor a tell-all, or tell-anything. Rather, it is a bumbling effort at gaslighting Americans into doubting what they have seen with their own eyes ... On the larger question of Trump’s mendacity . . . uh, what mendacity? Twisting language into the incomprehensible—and meaningless—was a special talent of Spicer the press secretary and also clearly of Spicer the memoirist.\
Megyn Kelly
MixedThe Washington PostKelly introduces us to a number of compelling characters ... It all comes with a twist of media irony, because this is a story told by a Fox News stalwart, though it didn’t air — and perhaps couldn’t have aired — on Fox News itself ... There are times when Kelly all but smacks the reader in the face with her scoop-preservation strategy ... Surely Kelly had her reasons for punting the story beyond the election. The threats against her were serious, and so were her efforts to counter them...Even so, journalists present stories when they’re relevant.
