Salena Zito

Zito at the Conservative Political Action Conference in 2017

Salena Zito is a Pennsylvania-born American political journalist and author who is a reporter for the Washington Examiner and a contributor to The Washington Post. She was previously a columnist for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and the New York Post and a CNN contributor.

Other reporters have frequently accused Zito of misrepresenting Republican Party officials as swing voters and of fabricating quotes in her reporting. On at least three occasions, Zito has plagiarized content from other writers, including Wikipedia.

Donald Trump praised The Great Revolt (2018), which she co-authored with Brad Todd. Zito's 2025 book about the attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Pennsylvania, Butler, debuted at #1 on The New York Times Best Seller list, and Zito sold the movie rights to Pensé Productions.

Awards

In 2024, Zito received the Media Research Center Bulldog Award.

Books

References

  1. ↑ Uberti, David (June 19, 2017). "Drive-by journalism in Trumplandia". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved May 18, 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 Matthews, Dylan (September 5, 2018). "The Salena Zito controversy, explained". Vox. Retrieved February 26, 2025.
  3. ↑ Zito, Salena (September 4, 2018). "The Twitter trolls attacking my work are all wrong". New York Post. Retrieved February 26, 2025.
  4. ↑ Feinberg, Ashley (August 30, 2018). "Take Salena Zito Neither Seriously Nor Literally". HuffPost. Retrieved February 26, 2025.
  5. ↑ Matthews, Dylan (September 5, 2018). "The Salena Zito controversy, explained". Vox. Retrieved February 26, 2025.
  6. ↑ Bedard, Paul (July 17, 2025). "Salena Zito's Butler debuts at No. 1 on New York Times bestseller list". Washington Examiner. Retrieved July 23, 2025.
  7. ↑ Notheis, Asher (July 17, 2025). "Zito's book on Trump assassination attempt will be a movie". Washington Examiner. Retrieved July 23, 2025.
  8. ↑ Harper, Jennifer (May 7, 2024). "Inside the Beltway: Media Research Center gives awards to the 'great American truth-tellers'". The Washington Times. Retrieved May 18, 2025.
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