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The speaker mentioned writing the hardcover edition and then adding material about Tucker Carlson for the paperback edition because Carlson had become the biggest star by that time. He later noted that he felt he wrote the initial version too soon, missing major subsequent events like the riot and the Dominion case.
I wrote the hardcover edition of Hoax and then when it was time to do the paperback, I felt like things had really changed. And I added all this material about Tucker because Tucker by then was the bi...
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The speaker mentioned writing the hardcover edition and then adding material about Tucker Carlson for the paperback edition because Carlson had become the biggest star by that time. He later noted that he felt he wrote the initial version too soon, missing major subsequent events like the riot and the Dominion case.
I wrote the hardcover edition of Hoax and then when it was time to do the paperback, I felt like things had really changed. And I added all this material about Tucker because Tucker by then was the biggest star.
I wrote hoax too soon. I ended hoax in September of 2020, right before the story got great. Right before the big lie, right before the riot, right before the Dominion and the Smartmatic case.