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Airhead - The Imperfect Art of Making News (Hardcover)
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THE TIMES & DAILY MAIL TOP 100 BOOKS OF SUMMER 'A WONDERFULLY
SANE BOOK FOR OUR UNHINGED TIMES' Simon Schama The insightful,
hilarious and engrossing memoir from one of our most eminent TV
broadcasters, Newsnight's Emily Maitlis, as she takes you behind
the scenes of the biggest news stories in recent years. 'A
deliciously funny book about the high-wire act of broadcasting and
the madness that surrounds it' The Times ___________ The things
that are said on camera are only part of the story. Behind every
interview there is a backstory. How it came about. How it ended.
The compromises that were made. The regrets, the rows, the deeply
inappropriate comedy. Making news is an essential but imperfect
art, and it rarely goes according to plan. I never expected to find
myself wandering around the Maharani of Jaipur's bedroom with Bill
Clinton or invited to the Miss USA beauty pageant by its owner,
Donald Trump. I never expected to be thrown into a provincial Cuban
jail, or to be drinking red wine at Steve Bannon's kitchen table or
spend three hours in a lift with Alan Partridge. I certainly didn't
expect the Dalai Lama to tell me the story of his most memorable
poo. The beauty of television is its ability to simplify, but
that's also its weakness: it can distil everything down to one
snapshot, one soundbite. Then the news cycle moves on. Airhead is
my step back from the white noise. Before and after the camera
started rolling, this is what really happened. ___________ A TIMES
BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Smart, funny and brilliantly told stories about
what goes on behind the scenes of television news. A joy' Elizabeth
Day 'Emily is a superb writer' The Sunday Times 'Maitlis paints a
vivid picture of the intensity and unpredictability that come with
her assignments . . . Her writing is excellent: precise, economical
and accessible' Guardian 'Revelatory, riveting and frequently
hilarious. A joy from beginning to end' James O'Brien 'Emily has a
style that would make you enjoy her report on the end of the world.
Absolutely irresistible' Jeremy Vine
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