Michael Jason Overstreet talked about his book 71 Days: The Media Assault on Obama (BookSurge Publishing; February 23, 2009). He chronicled the media coverage of presidential candidate Barack Obama from the Democratic convention until the election. He emphasized what he termed sloppy journalism that was misleading. He also talked about what led him to write the book and about the process of self-publishing the book. He was interviewed at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles.