Matt Taibbi and Bari Weiss were hand picked to promote the #TwitterFiles, not because they were good journalists, but because they were agents of chaos.
I think your analysis of Tiabbi is flawed. His coverage of Russia Gate aligned much closer to Muellers report than the NYT and CNN. They both wildly exaggerated the significance of it. Why? Not to hide their flaws as you claim but to focus liberals on a story of minor importance relative to the issues candidates like Warren and Sanders were running on, like Medicare for All and higher taxes for the rich.
Noam Chomsky has shown how the NYT can and does misinform readers in issues like Vietnam, Iraq and now Ukraine.
Right wing journalism is worse. Tucker Carlson is just propaganda. And there were things in Russia Gate the public needed to know. All true.
“Needless to say, it was a thankless task.”
No. Thank you for another well-thought analysis.
I still have 4 of Taibbi's books on my shelf. what to do with them?
I think your analysis of Tiabbi is flawed. His coverage of Russia Gate aligned much closer to Muellers report than the NYT and CNN. They both wildly exaggerated the significance of it. Why? Not to hide their flaws as you claim but to focus liberals on a story of minor importance relative to the issues candidates like Warren and Sanders were running on, like Medicare for All and higher taxes for the rich.
Noam Chomsky has shown how the NYT can and does misinform readers in issues like Vietnam, Iraq and now Ukraine.
Right wing journalism is worse. Tucker Carlson is just propaganda. And there were things in Russia Gate the public needed to know. All true.
Not your attack on Tiabbi though.