MixedThe Washington PostBaron dishes his media stories, most of which involve Trump, largely chronologically. Those of us so inclined will be re-enraged, but not in any new way, about Trump’s threat and how journalism responded. It doesn’t help Baron that much of the ground he covers has already been thoroughly dissected ... I had to fight off the impulse that living through all of this had been bad enough; without any additional revelations, I didn’t relish reexperiencing it in these pages ... About two-thirds of the way through, Collision of Power becomes a memoir of aggrievement, an unexpected turn for a titan of journalism who stood up to some of the darkest forces in American history ... Too often, he portrays himself in his own book as uncharitable and finger-pointy.
