Discussion Questions
We'll add publisher questions if and when they're available; in the meantime, use our LitLovers talking points to help start a discussion for Unbelievable … then take off on your own:
1. Why was Katy Tur, a self-described "political novice," chosen from the NBC press pool to cover the Donald Trump campaign?
2. Why did her bosses tell Tur the campaign stint would last "six weeks, tops." What did she begin to see and understand about the campaign and Trump's supporters that many missed? What were your own predictions when he first announced his candidacy?
3. Talk about Trump's treatment of Tur? Why did he single her out? What was his attitude toward her?
4. What revelation most surprised you in Tur's account?
5. What was life like on the press trail, physically and mentally? How would you hold up under such a grueling schedule?
6. Tur writes that "Trump is crude, and in his halo of crudeness other people get to be crude as well." What does she mean by that observation?
7. Has this book changed or confirmed your attitude toward the media? Have you come away with a different attitude or new understanding of the media's role in political coverage?
8. How would you describe both candidate and President Donald Trump's relationship with the media?
(Questions by LitLovers. Please feel free to use them, online or off, with attribution. Thanks.)
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