Jessica Tarlov Turns Five Years of Fox News Debate Into I Disagree
Jessica Tarlov wants people to disagree better.
The liberal co-host of Fox News Channel's The Five, a weekday panel show where five hosts debate the day's news, has written a book called I Disagree, according to The Hollywood Reporter. It is her guide to arguing without breaking relationships.
The full title is I Disagree: Winning Arguments Without Losing Friends, according to the Los Angeles Times. It goes on sale on September 15. That puts it in shops one day after the interviews published on September 14.
The book is part memoir and part self-help guide. It tracks Tarlov's career and her time at Fox. It also gives practical advice for navigating family get-togethers and talking across ideological divides.
Tarlov said she became co-host of The Five four and a half years before her interview with the Reporter. That places her start in early 2022. She said the idea for the book grew after she met Columbia Journalism students after the 2024 election. The students were struggling with how to have difficult political conversations, and that exchange helped spark the project.
The publisher describes I Disagree as a guide to staying true to one's values, finding common ground and communicating with others. Tarlov laid out some of that thinking herself in a Fox News opinion piece headlined "I'm Jessica Tarlov, and sometimes I get it wrong," published on September 14, according to Fox News. The piece focuses on accepting error as a first step towards better debates.
Tarlov graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 2006, according to the college. She studied at the Pennsylvania liberal arts college before building a career in political analysis and television commentary.
What makes this stand out is the day job behind it. Tarlov earns her living debating conservatives on national television. The book moves that experience off the set and into the living room, with tips meant for parents, partners and friends who do not agree on politics.
For viewers, this means more Tarlov beyond the panel desk. Readers will get the backstory of how she landed one of the most visible seats in cable news, alongside usable advice for the next heated dinner table debate.
