FINALLY SOMEONE has the guts to call out Matt Taibbi's hypocrisy. Taibbi's always presented himself as an incorruptible independent journalist and NOW he's the mouthpiece for a billionaire.
Taibbi is a joke. It doesn't matter if his reporting was factual, he intentionally left out important details and put a spotlight on others to frame it in a very deliberate and skewed way. It was a hit piece while also putting up a shield for the person that paid for the hit.
Because he's been selling substack subscriptions to the MAGAs for two years by screaming that this is the biggest scandal since Watergate. He will just keep digging the hole deeper because he literally can't afford to lose them. He's found out why the Vampire Squid sucks. It doesn't suck because it wants to, it sucks because it has to, and now he sucks, too.
ReR747 Taibbi with the Rolling Stone “creds” and Briahna Joy Gray working on the the Bernie Sanders campaign shows that the content of their character is more important than sneaking their way into respectable positions
Taibbi did some good reporting ten years ago or so but he's a political nihilist and was never a leftist although he allowed leftists to carry him on their shoulders for a few years.
@@noktilux4052 Brand's default position is " So Trump was right ! " Taibbi and Greenwald's default position is that MAGA is no worse than the democrats position on pretty much anything and more honest.
"The fact that Elon has an agenda here is not in anyway disqualifying," got to hand it to Krystal Ball that is probably one of the worst takes on this yet.
@jshowa o I also think this.. Kyle is in love and to others we’re just butting in! Krystal plays kindergarten softball with Sagar, she sink Kyle I believe, he won’t notice any negative maybe til death lol
@@wardragon670 Isn't Krystal married with kids to a wealthy Multi-Millionaire? But her and Kyle seem to have this very intimate chemistry. Body to body smooching every time they are together. lol
Sam didn't get the reference. He tends to ignore his co- host (not gendering here, but Jamie took a lot of punches before Emna) if it overshadows or doesn't make him sound funny.
At the centre of all of it is Joe Rogan! His favorite Podcast guests; Musk Taibbi Weiss Schellenberger And bloody Jordan Peterson just released a video praising Musk.
Jordan Peterson believes exorbitant wealth is God's gift for Elons (or anybodies) industriousness (and not everyone else that made it possible), remember "power is based on virtue".
He's on Earth massive amounts of evidence of Shadow Banning and government censorship at the micro management level it's an incredibly huge important story and everybody's minimizing it because they're believing this Hatchet job that's being done on Matt it's so pathetic
People who abandon their principles (or never had them in the first place) are criticized by their past selves (in recordings). For example, Donald Trump.
@@burningmisery I read that as changing one set of principles for a better set. The problem with a lot of these Republicans is they haven't grown in character since adolescence.
Elon Musk: Here Matt, report this. *Hand him story.* Matt Taibbi: You got it, boss! *Posts story on Twitter.* Right-Wing Media: Great reporting, Matt! Best journalism ever!
You forgot to include "left wing reporter Matt" it's very important for them to play the identity politics game while pretending to be against identity politics.
Just like Fox News taking their marching orders straight from the RNC they are supposed to be keeping in check as the media 4th branch of checks and balances
Space Force Commander A while back, a friend of mine and I were joking about him submitting commentary on point/counterpoint addressing of various subjects, and we joked about which side to take on our local issues. He said “I’ll take either side” since both side had their points. So many years later, Taibbi demonstrates this concept for obvious reasons
@@peterstafford4426 He was probably making more at Rolling Stone and making many appearances on MSM shows. They don't want to book him anymore. He and Bari Weiss are just contrarians for the sake of being contrarians. Finding controversy were there is none. It's all they got left.
Notice also in that Breaking Points clip that Taibbi did not answer the question but tried to divert the conversation to the shiny object of how he might be able to reveal the secret activities of the intelligence agencies with the files. That is great, although not much of that has come to light either. But, Matt, how do you know or verify the information handed off to you is not curated for an ideological purpose?
What should Matt have done as a journalist? Say, "no I refuse to report on this"? You people have gone mad -- so, much for your "democracy dies in darkness" mantra.
Matt Taibbi is 52. His career is long behind him. He just couldn't resist Musk's offer. So he sold out to get a relaxed retirement. This sad story shows us why we must never get too close to the rich and powerful to fight them effectively.
THANK YOU! I really used to like Taibbi´s work. Him pointing out the problems with BLM-reporting as well as the gun law reporting impressed me. And I have been wondering for weeks now, when the shitstorm will finally be breaking for him basically just taking the money and doing outright biased court-reporting for some billionaire´s political interests. Another Greenwald-story, sadly.
Apparently Hersh thought, in Matt Taibbi's already ethically obtuse recounting of the anecdote, that his only options were to be spoon-fed or to walk away. The point surely is that Hersh, as an investigative journalist, should have investigated the material that the CIA handed him and eventually report it from his own perspective if in his judgement the story had merit. But let's face it, Taibbi's whole grift may have been to construct a facade of journalistic integrity so he could eventually cash out once a lucrative opportunity arose. Twitter files was that opportunity.
Idk: did he gain that much from the Twitter files? If the goal was to bring folks to his substack, how much did he gain and how long will it last? This is still a puzzling move to me. I keep coming back to the thought that it must be ideological in nature somehow, like it fits a narrative that he is trying to push about a liberal bias of tech companies.
throw that ass in a prayer circle In like March of 2020 my partner read an online article about how a former Democrat who enthusiastically voting for Hillary in 2016, went to a Trump rally shortly before posting the article my partner read. Dr Karlyn Borysenko the author talked about how Democrats got Trump supporters wrong, and how wonderful they actually were in person after being warned about going. My partner turned to me and asked me if we were in a bubble, and might be missing what so many are really seeing. It turns out that all over social media amplified the conversion of Borysenko to the Trump camp so loud that it bled into practically all of media, especially conservative. Twitter conservatives have also done this to media and social media when it comes to censorship as well. There just happen to be more threats of harm, bigotry, and breaking Twitter’s TOS as compared with the left. During Covid-19, it was more left and right personalities posting anti vaccine(mRNA) and pro treatment info that was probably difficult to sort through and much of social media likely was being overly consumed by the different data. Most anti-censorship diehards were unconcerned about the numbers of unvaccinated filling up our ERs and morgues and had likely seen Joe Rogan and Tim Pool survive Covid with a 20,000 cocktail. Others weren’t so lucky. These Twitter dumps are ignoring that most corporations want their products sold, with employees who are respectful to the sensitivities of the lion’s share of customers and it’s that simple. Conservative grocery store owners in my area want liberals shoppers too.
@@0110110011011101102 that’s being disingenuous, saying he’s “not being paid for this” knowing that he gets thousands to millions more in views. It elevates his brand alone and Substack subscriptions. What’s 10,000 x $5 monthly? $50,000 a month? That’s a conservative estimate. Matt Taibbi was well aware of this. It’s not as if he’s done this bad faith reporting out of the goodness of his heart. Simple, follow the money
@@fredgarvinMP yeah the story has fallen apart and that's why it's a nothing burger and everyone is questioning Matt's Integrity but you know you go ahead with your lack of integrity and your clown ass reporter.
@@fredgarvinMP _"The FBI puts its thumb on the scale in our elections"_ Wasn't that very obvious when Comey announced re-opening the investigation into Clinton right before the election?
Like so many other men in this country, who confuse constant contrarianism with "free-thinking" intellectualism... accepting the common wisdom makes them feel like idiots - as opposed to going out on a limb of bullsh to argue something simply because it's the contrarian position!
@@Jimmy1982Playlists I fell out with someone over exactly this. He would take the unpopular opinion on everything to the point he went down conspiracy rabbit holes. Every time anyone called him out he was just a 'free thinker'
I never knew about Taibbi until the 2020 protest era. I instantly couldn’t stand him when he tried to run stories about black on black crime that year.
@@TheParentalRevolution, what does that have to do with what CNN did to Rogan? Plus the Mueller Report didn't produce the fruit you think it did. Otherwise, they wouldn't have to go after Trump for other stuff. As the guy would have already been locked up. But again, that's not the discussion here. The discussion is about Rogan. And it's also about CNN's lies about him. Joe should sue them for both slander and libel.
@@Silence_Duder_Gooder The Mueller Report didn’t find anything?…… So what your saying is, you never read. Welcome to the wrong side of history. Prepare for your children’s children to be deeply ashamed of you. Pg 1, Vol 1 - Mueller Report “The investigation also identified numerous links between the Russian government and the Trump Campaign. Although the investigation established that the Russian government perceived it would benefit from a Trump presidency and worked to secure that outcome, and that the Campaign expected it would benefit electorally from information stolen and released through Russian efforts……” If you refuse to read the Mueller Report then you are not a reasonable person. Also, what did CNN do to Rogan? The Ivermectin thing? Are you fucking serious?
He briefly responded on Twitter to people saying he was doing PR for a billionaire by saying "how many of these critics have cited unnamed defense sources in their national security reporting...." I'm paraphrasing but something along those lines. But of course not all of his critics are mainstream media pundits or journalist, many are just left wingers who are disgusted by his behavior.
No doubt his response would be some stumbling nonsense about being taken out of context. Of course, he'd be sure not to be in a forum where there's the risk of someone pushing back.
@@nathanmead9585 yeah, not sure what context that would make it better, it’s a pretty clear hypocritical statement and change in His journalistic ethics. It would be less egregious if he came out and said “take it all with a grain of salt as it’s been hand picked by musk and the new regime” but he hasn’t
[Host] “How do you know that what you’re being given isn’t cherry-picked to favor a certain view?” Taibbi’s: “Believe me, the moment that billionaire’s check clears, whatever he’s feeding me is as solid as the gold he placed in my bank account.” I feel bad for anyone who joined Taibbi’s substack post-Rolling Stone, hoping he’d continue on the path he had been following. Now it’s like, “Sorry Substackers! I’ve found a new, richer, Sugar Daddy. Sucks to be you!”
Right, it's so insane to see an entire political alignment literally throwing a shitfit over essentially not wanting to follow an internet discussion forum rule. It's like going to a forum for Apple device enthusiasts where one of the rules is not to shit on PC users and crying about your free speech rights when you get banned. Lmao it's fucking pathetic
What Matt refers to is essentially becoming a stenographer instead of an investigative reporter. He is now what Sy Hersh refused to become. He no doubt draws a distinction around being handed material that implicates Twitter in allowing the Intel agencies to dictate a narrative. Yet at the same time he shows that Twitter staff were aware that they didn't have to honor all requests and in fact had significant concerns over doing so. It's not what has been implied, that they were paid to censor.
The intentional misunderstanding of this story has been going on since the first Twitter Files drop. People are still acting like Brandon was president in 2020.
Fuckin' A. What the hell happened to Sedar and the rest of these W-era guys? It's like their scripts are being written for them by Debbie Wasserman-Schulz!
It’s pretty rich to hear the MR gang demanding to see what lies behind the curtain when they’ve been swallowing whole government leaks to mainstream media for as long as I can remember.
I have become a bit skeptical of Krystal since before the January 6th episode. He was downplaying the whole thing and blaming Leftists for being uncomfortable with the way Trump minions were threatening to riot if Trump was not reinstated as president. She kept saying "All the liberals and some Leftists clutching at their pearls about the whole thing. But once those Trump goons went through with the Capitol Riot she just changed and never properly acknowledged her nonchalance before the riot. And she has this connection with Taibbi, Glenn Greenwals, Joe Rogan etc. She can never push back against them no matter what.. Joe Rogan has such influence on her that she never seems to critic him on any thing. I know Rogan has been to her and Kyle. But he has this hold on them.. They never criticse Rogan on his Anti Vaxx and other Right Wing conspiracies..
Taibbi doesn't think we're all dumb, he just knows his right wing audience is dumb or doesn't care about all the facts, as long as it paints a picture they want to believe. He sees how well it works for other grifters like Ruben, Dore, and Greenwald, and he wants in on that right wing billionaire money too.
Elon is the snake. Taibbi is Eve. Her hunger is Taibbi's reputation as a journalist. The garden is twitter. The files are the apple. Taibbi wanted so bad to put his name on the map that he didn't see it coming from the snake and got played by the richest man in the world.
This is crazy, I saw this clip few days ago and thought I should send to to Sam Seder because my jaw dropped to the floor. So happy they caught this and talked about it.
@@ryanbarnes840 he's supposed to be a journalist and is directly working for Elon to disseminate his narrative. He admitted Elon had demands of him to allow him access. It's clear what those demands are. Focus on left wing and ignore the right wing. The Hunter Biden thing exposes it pretty clearly. Non holding political office holder Joe Biden demanded Twitter not allow illegal nude photos of his son on thier site has recieved all the coverage. Yet sitting president Donald Trump demanding Twitter not allow some story about him be deceminated has revieved none. He's not even reported what the story was. He was the president and he's pretending like running for president is a bigger story than the actual president.
With Donald Trump and Elon Musk both offering to pay people in ponies, I'm starting to wonder if that's shorthand slang for something involving their mutual Epstein connection...
Taibbi was reduced to a Substack sloth and wasn't making any money w his worn out Gonzo-imitation of Hunter Thompson. He took Elon's $ and crossed that line. Poverty lessens people's principles. That should be Matt's next project and make it a biography. It would end up looking like a confession bc nobody cares about Matt Taibbi to by the book. I can't believe he has fallen under the spell so much that he can't comprehend that he is only being handed "truths" given to him by his benefactor. Matt has lost his way.
That first fella, Matt Taibbi has plenty of 'tegridy and is a trustworthy news source. The gargling on Ellens balls made it difficult to understand what that other Matt Taibbi guy was saying
@@gregorioeduardo Funny story, my grandfather is in his 80s and doesn't go on the internet but whereever he gets his information from has led him to believe Elon is a genius and everyone is against him kind of thing. However he's never actually heard anyone say his name, I'm assuming he gets his information from print media or from watching close captioning on the news(doesn't hear well) and he pronounces his name Ellen. Instead of correcting him I just enjoy it, that's where my comment originates from.
@@mofishin2648 That's a great story and thanks for trying. But we both know that you did not write Ellen because of this story. You simply missed the typo. I know this because (1) even if your grandfather did say the name that way, you know full well it's Elon and would have written that way if you hadn't missed the typo and (2) you never mentioned anything about your grandfather in your comment. See how easy this would have been to just accept the sarcastic-humorous comment from me instead of coming up with the lie you told and now look like a complete fool with absolutely no way out? Take care.
@@gregorioeduardo Nope, is 100% the truth. Elon and Ellen aren't really close would be quite the typo. Seems like you are a little upset for some reason? You deleted your first response, why? .. lol
@@mofishin2648 You were using voice dictation. If this is the battle where you fall on your sword you must live a sad existence. Look harder for the previous messages I've sent. There have only been 2.
Interesting. I hadn't seen or heard of this Taibbi interview before, so I'm glad to see it. I actually thought it was going to be something else; I seem to remember seeing an interview of Taibbi and someone else on PBS where he was talking about how billionaires and the 1% tend to start believing they are billionaires because they are smarter than everyone else.
Old matt, look at my life I'm a lot like you were Old matt, look at my life I'm a lot like you were Old matt look at my life Twenty twenty two and there's so much more Live alone in a paradise That makes me think of two
@@Dawnrunner42, I've remained steady. I'm not partisan. I go where the story goes. Journalists like Matt operate that way. We don't pick which side benefits or doesn't. You're so used to crappy journalism from these corporate networks, that's what you're used to seeing with them. FOX is to blame, at least initially, of course. Then both CNN and MSNBC decided to practice that style of journalism to keep up in the ratings department, and we've had hot garbage at the corporate level ever since; at least twenty years' worth, probably more. The fact is, the intelligence agencies have always had their fingers in the journalism pie. You've heard of Operation Mockingbird, right? Well, we now have the 2.0 version of that crime being committed. On top of the covert side of that crime, we also have these networks outright hiring "former" CIA and FBI agents. They like to call them "analysts" or "experts" or even more evasive terms like "contributors" or "correspondents." Have you ever read Noam Chomsky's book, "Manufacturing Consent"? Because that's what those people are doing every single day on those networks; they're manufacturing consent for more wars and more restrictions on civil liberties. All under the guise of "terrorism" or some other unconstitutional tool they've possessed since 2003, like the AUMF to name one. All of this without either Congressional approval or a UN mandate. Our military has been and continues to exist illegally in Syria. And we supported an attempted genocide in Yemen for the better part of a decade now. So no, it's not what I want to happen; it's what's happening, and we merely report on it. Others like to promote or obfuscate, depending on which side gets caught. It's Blue Team vs. Red Team when both sides are the same when it comes to war and Wall Street. Notice how Mehdi never brought up the meat of Matt's findings, but instead focused on picayune errors, most of which have since been debunked? The "CIS[A]" part Matt wrote in his tweet isn't incorrect, because both of those agencies are attached at the hip. Also, didn't you notice how Mehdi never dug into who those two CIA cutout organizations are and what function they serve? As that is the real crime right there. That is where the government meddled with a tech agency to silence stories that were unflattering to a particular side of the aisle. As for the millions of flagged articles, Matt got that correct too, as Mehdi simultaneously played word games with Matt over them, hitting him with the debate ploy of Gish Gallop to confuse him. I believe the date is the only part of Matt's work that was incorrect, but that too may be incorrect, as Lee Fang, Aaron Maté, and Glenn Greenwald came out just after the "interview" and posted about it. This is what happens when you expose the crimes of the State Department. They use their media mouthpieces to attack you. But I will say that it was Matt's fault for not being prepared for the interview, because that's what Mehdi is known for-winning debates, and winning debates isn't the same as digging up facts. Mehdi's book, "Win Every Argument: The Art of Debating, Persuading, and Public Speaking," tells you what he's going to do. It's the word "persuading" that shows you what he's about. Mehdi Hasan is a corporate enforcer and influencer. Matt has since written an article about this entire farce, straightening out the BS, and it's on his Substack page if you care to read it. And for further support, if you type into the RU-vid search engine, "Grayzone: Mehdi Hasan's dishonest tactics, establishment shilling exposed," both Aaron Maté and Max Blumenthal explain most of what I wrote above. Ciao! 😝
Mehdi lied when he said that he never in the past brought up Hunter Biden's laptop, but made a tweet about it back on October 17, 2020, and he used _whataboutism_ in that quote too. *_"Even if every word of the New York Post 'reporting' on Hunter Biden is true, every word of it, it still wouldn't equate to one percent of the corruption stories involving Trump, Trump family members, Trump administration members, Trump administrations' family members."_* So yeah, Mehdi is a bald-faced liar and a raging hypocrite whose only talent is to talk fast and muddy the landscape to hide the real crimes of a particular story. People who defend Mehdi or MSNBC and attack Matt are like Adult Children of Alcoholics in that they side with their abusers while smearing the messenger. It's like that quote Mark Twain allegedly wrote: _"It is easier to fool people than convince them they have been fooled."_ All we can do is keep their feet to the fire and keep hitting them with the *pertinent* facts of a particular case. No matter if it smears the left or the right side of the aisle. As the truth should never be partisan.
You mean his Perestroika stuff ? It was entertaining at best. He had a few mildly entertaining pieces. The fact that he's written books, though, is pretty sad. He's never been a good writer. But I always thought of him as the type of person who'd follow Greenwald and Jimmy Dore, and become shameful. Most of the stories he wrote from Russia in the Yeltsin years were, again, entertaining, but there wasn't very much depth to most of it. He had a partner who didn't self-pronote as effectively. I wonder what happened that guy.
I should be over this now but this is disgusting, Taibbi used to be better than this and still knows better. He is also realising that unlike many, his long term audience is not stupid and although he has decided to double down he seems genuinely uncomfortable making statements that could not be more wrong. "It does not matter where the information comes from". Erm, that is the exact opposite of what you really believe Matt.
I'll make it easy for you. The problem is not Matt Taibbi. The problem is people like Sam Seder. There is a clear journalistic value in the twitter files, which have been reported on by more than just Matt Taibbi by the way. There is no clear value in Sam Seder's commentary on Matt Taibbi. In fact, if you just compare the career of Matt Taibbi to that of Sam Seder, it will become crystal clear who is more reliable and respectable more competent individual. Seder doesn't do real work. He just bloviates and criticizes the work of others. Stop getting your politics from washed up comedians.
He is pretty common really. It's like many companies. They build up a lot of good will early on so they can build up their wallets later. Buy a car when cars are well built you will more then likely buy another one and it be crap and you will more then likely buy another because the reputation they built.
Christ, he's really doing his best Phillip Seymour Hoffman Mission Impossible 3 impression there isn't he. "I'm gonna hurt her. I'm gonna make her bleed, and cry, and call out your name."
“Drawing the right conclusions “ He said the things. So basically whatever Elon and his team allow you to see in order to cultivate the right conclusions
This entire thing was so weird with him. He was solid on that Rogan podcast and then went against so much of what he said on there by working with Elon.
It's power and money/// These so called Journalists are narcissits. They want to always be the ones to BREAKTHE BIG STORY.. Doesn't matter how they get the story, they want ot feel special and praised..
4:42 So Matt Taibbi has been captured... He's lost, and he knows it. Well, at least he's rich now. I guess. There's a reason people sell out. Do we want to use your only life pursuing ideals, or do you want to make some cash and live it up. I get why many people choose the latter.
Taibbi was never a paragon of virtue. It's not like it was a long fall. It proves little that hasn't been known for thousands of years - foolish people are easily corruptible.
Ohh how the puny have fallen... Well apparently professional integrity is overrated, right Taibi? There's no parachute in that plane, dude. Sadly, there are way too many Taibi's, happy to sellout to enable grifters like Musk and trump to do so much harm - all for a few bucks.🤮
Exactly what would an ulterior motive by Elon be here? You mention this danger many times but fail to even speculate on one. The first vid on the latest set and its a character assassination as damage control for the party rather than even discussing the material.
@@223Drone True. Most of us are puzzled by his actions. Most social media apps evenually dies because of steady rising costs only to be replaced by a new one. Heck Facebook is teasing restoring trump account when far rightists is in overreacting to everything mode nowaday.
@@thedissidentleftist6997 The people defending Taibbi fail to see the obvious conflict of interest of Musk paying off people to push his narrative. Those anti-union opinion pieces from the WP didn't come out of nowhere, Bezos paid people to write them.
When he started to fight wokeness and says Diversity training is unnecessary is when he lost me. You could tell he was not an ally. With this lens you can also judge other Left commentators like Krystal, Kyle, and others. If you don't stand for me, I don't stand with you.
It’s amazing that 3 so-called journalists would write articles based on emails & messages curated by Elon Musk and his lawyers. The only way this would be “ok” is if Twitter handed over the data in its entirety and let journalists define the searches. Personally, I want to see Musks DMs and if possible his WhatsApp messages, he was trying to get out of buying Twitter until his personal messages were subpoenaed.
@@hirazakhan the journalists could not access the data, they would ask for searches and receive results after that had been checked by twitter legal... even then, they screwed up and doxxed Jack Dorsey and Ro Khanna by releasing their personal email addresses. Musk paid $44 billion to protect his DMs and Whatsapp messages, he loves meme culture so there must be some highly racist, homophobic and misogynistic jokes in those messages that end careers of released.
@@aaronday7537 can you imagine if Daniel Ellesberg only released some of papers and deliberately held back others he thought irrelevant? The impact would not have been as shocking as all 4000 pages.
Exactly it was the subpoena that made him bite the 40 billion dollar bullet which says a hell of a lot, and that's not to mention this entire thing started from that investigative journalism piece about the woman he exposed himself to and attempted to rape after she got a job as a flight attendant on his private jet and he expected her to be his personal naked massage therapist too. As soon as that story came out he switched to the republican party, threw a hissy fit on Twitter, and to this day has been non stop ranting about censorship and "wokeism". It's a straight line and is not complex in the least. He's a pathetic entitled idiot.
If you guys were given access you would be similarly guilty of working for a billionaire. Wayback wikileaks dumped a huge load of files and it overloaded the system - the thing ground to a hault. This is an alternative way. I trust Taibbi more than you.
