Matt Taibbi
Journalist
Matt Taibbi is an American journalist. He reports for Rolling Stone, authoring a "Road Rage" column for the print version, and a weekly online column, "The Low Post." Taibbi is well-known for covering the 2004 US presidential election, and for his earlier editorial contributions to newspapers the eXile, the New York Press, and the Beast. In 2008, Taibbi was a regular contributor to Real Time with Bill Maher. Much of his most recent reporting has covered scandals within the U.S. financial industry.
What should have killed Trump’s political career, only made him stronger. Matt Taibbi marvels at Trump’s immunity to scandal and baffling resilience to normal media strategies.
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The Trump-Russia dossier reads as though the inside of the Kremlin is a high school cafeteria where you can overhear amazing state secrets all the time, says journalist Matt Taibbi – that’s just not the way the Russians operate.rn
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“If you live life like there is no tomorrow, actually it doesn’t work because ultimately there is a tomorrow,” says Taibbi.
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When Taibbi began covering the U.S. finance industry, he was “continually struck” by how much it resembled the corrupt dynamic in the former Soviet Union.
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“I work hard to be honest with my sources, but I don’t go out of my way to make them feel good either,” says Taibbi.
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“She is a gifted politician, just in terms of getting people to connect with her on an emotional level in person,” says Taibbi. “It’s something that if you’re an experienced […]
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A conversation with the Rolling Stone correspondent.
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“There is a reason why you can’t just print money and get yourself out of economic trouble,” says the Rolling Stone correspondent.
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