Matt Taibbi

what pct of those 63m do you think were 'nose holders'

fergit it

Guys, don't feed the mouse.

k3vin k. otm

don't forget, the journalists are cynics, not the pathologically lying careerist pols

Won't somebody criticize these politicians? If only anyone was around to speak up about the damn politicians

The status quo line on Corbyn followed a path identical to the propaganda here at home about liberal politics. Whenever Washington pundits in either party talk about the progressive "base," you can count on two themes appearing in the coverage.

One is that "progressive" voters make decisions based upon their hearts and not their heads, with passions rather than intellect. The second is that such voters consistently choose incorrectly when forced to choose between ideals and winning.

The New York Times perfectly summed up this take a few days after the Corbyn result, describing the reaction of the American left: "Democrats in Split-Screen. The Base Wants it All, The Party Wants to Win."

This has long been the establishment line both here and in Britain....

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/features/taibbi-goodbye-and-good-riddance-to-centrism-w487628

Macron is appraently building a centrist paradise in France so not yet.

this thread is blowing up: https://www.reddit.com/r/ChapoTrapHouse/comments/6llzdw/stumbled_across_some_gross_stuff_about_left/

source: https://np.reddit.com/r/Feminism/comments/4s1tdh/matt_taibbi_and_mark_ames_are_serial_rapists/

I brought this up a few years ago on here and was shouted down.

reddit seems to think that Taibbi is a "left journo". it's much easier to figure out what he's against than what he's for, but he seems ideologically closer to the libertarians to me.

seems kinda like donnie two-scoops, taking over the family business

I brought this up a few years ago on here and was shouted down.

― Treeship, Thursday, July 6, 2017 1:51 PM (sixteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Seems like cases like this (allegations where something happened years ago) need a catalyst to take off and become too big to ignore (i.e. Hannibal & Cosby). Otherwise it's too convenient to brush off. Taibbi is one of Rolling Stone's only marquee writers.

Taibbi seems to be a terrible person. he probably shouldn't have a career, which I feel weird saying since I have enjoyed many of his columns

bill murray is overdue for a public callout

I guess it's not that weird, I just wish the most prominent lefty journalist in America weren't at best a creep

i think it's safe to declare that since Greenwald is in Brazil

It is weird. Those "anecdotes" are beyond horrifying.

wtf

i knew he was a complete asshole but i didn't know THAT. has taibbi (or ames for that matter) ever offered any sort of explanation/defense for any of that?

Nope. Taibbi once threw some coffee at a Vanity Fair reporter when it looked like he might have been about to broach these questions.

He threw the coffee when the reporter said the book wasn't very good.

has taibbi (or ames for that matter) ever offered any sort of explanation/defense for any of that?

― Karl Malone, Thursday, July 6, 2017 6:37 PM (twelve minutes ago)

ames claimed that it was "satire" iirc

Always liked his writing but he's a major asshole, I know how badly he treated people he worked with at certain places.

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:o

The first episode of the new podcast Alex Pareene and I are launching, @TarfuReport, will be coming out tomorrow. Some previews today.

— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) July 13, 2017

@fartreport

spinner tuner thing is a weird premier ep

TARFU! fubar show boys still believe charles pierce though way more than matt taibbi / alex pareene / jesse "the body (weed spokesmodel?)" ventura about the whole trump/russia snafu but otherwise nice kayfabe covfefe confab

#MRGA

i really like alex's voice on the podcast!

very twin cities sane tone

best wrestler at the end is The Globalist gary cohn :)

I think we've reached Peak Podcast. Meundies cannot be making enough money to keep everyone from Joe Rogan to Taibbi paid.

i'd listen to charles pierce and mark shields talk about whatever

One of the reactions to the podcast announcement:

https://www.twitter.com/HillaryWasRight/status/885549771150180352

wha?

i guess nobody cares about the creepy stuff, okay then

Yeah, bullshit

my esteem for alex pareene has diminished quite a bit tbh

most ppl have been, are, or will be creepy

now you can put a Rolling Stones album on

i don't think most people have been creepy with such malice and glee and been arrogant and stupid enough to write about it in a public fashion and not regard or address it in any way

a piker next to Klaus Kinski

even if they doth protest too much it's interesting to consider the 'nothing to see here re russia murdoch / limbaugh / bannon' POV about putin's best fiend

This has a lot of interesting details and info, along with a nice summary of the Magnitsky affair: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/trump-russia-russiagate-magnitsky-affair-linked-again-w492290

most ppl have been, are, or will be creepy

― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Friday, July 14, 2017 2:39 PM (twenty-eight minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

thanks i can now listen to pieces of shit without guilt or regret

It's also not true. Most people do not coerce people into sex by threatening to fire them.

I like some of Taibbi's writing and don't want to be an agent of "moral panic" or whatever, but come on. This kind of behavior cannot be considered acceptable.

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/trump-russia-russiagate-magnitsky-affair-linked-again-w492290

This is very good. I'd somehow managed to neglect the fact that Akhmetshin works for the same company that organised the Steele dossier.

a piker next to Klaus Kinski

Good thing Kinski wasn't a pretty major political commentator for the left, then?

i made a vow last week not to get into dumb arguments on the internetz