Salena Zito

Zito at the Conservative Political Action Conference in 2017

Salena Zito is a Pennsylvania-born American political journalist and author[1] 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.[2]

Other reporters have frequently accused Zito of misrepresenting Republican Party officials as swing voters and of fabricating quotes in her reporting.[2][3][4] On at least three occasions, Zito has plagiarized content from other writers, including Wikipedia.[2]

Donald Trump praised The Great Revolt (2018), which she co-authored with Brad Todd.[5] 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,[6] and Zito sold the movie rights to Pensé Productions.[7]

Awards

In 2024, Zito received the Media Research Center Bulldog Award.[8]

Books

  • Zito, Salena; Todd, Brad (2018). The Great Revolt: Inside the Populist Coalition Reshaping American Politics. Crown Forum. ISBN 978-1-5247-6368-8.[9]
  • Zito, Salena (2021). It's Complicated: How Our Nation Is Coming Together and Falling Apart. Creators Publishing. ISBN 978-1949673364.
  • Zito, Salena (2025). Butler: The Untold Story of the Near Assassination of Donald Trump and the Fight for America's Heartland. Center Street. ISBN 978-1546009146.

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.
  9. ↑
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