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Apr 11, 2023: New York Post: Twitter Files journalist Matt Taibbi ‘shadow banned’ by Elon Musk in Substack feud
Matt Taibbi, the former Rolling Stone journalist who was given access to the Twitter Files by Elon Musk, reportedly had his official Twitter account “shadow banned” by the mogul after he refused to permanently decamp from his lucrative Substack subscription newsletter site. Dec 4, 2022: New York Times: Elon Musk, Matt Taibbi, and a Very Modern Media Maelstrom
The so-called Twitter Files, released Friday evening by the independent journalist Matt Taibbi, set off a firestorm among pundits, media ethicists and lawmakers in both parties. It also offered a window into the fractured modern landscape of news, where a story’s reception is often shaped by readers’ assumptions about the motivations of both reporters and subjects. Dec 2, 2022; The Sun: DIGGING UP DIRT Who is journalist Matt Taibbi?
JOURNALIST Matt Taibbi is known to some as one of the sharpest investigative journalists of the 2000s. Today, Taibbi is best known for his Substack newsletter, TK, and for his Twitter account, where he proves that he can still serve just as blistering of a takedown as ever. Dec 2, 2022: Fox News: Matt Taibbi, tapped to share Elon Musk's 'Twitter Files' on Hunter Biden story, agreed to 'certain conditions'
Matt Taibbi, the Substack journalist who disseminated the so-called "Twitter Files" that shed light on the tech giant's suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop story, told his readers he had to agree to "certain conditions" to receive the major scoop from Elon Musk. In a note to "TK" readers published ahead of his viral Twitter thread, Taibbi wrote: "Very shortly, I’m going to begin posting a long thread of information on Twitter, at my account, @mtaibbi. This material is likely to get a lot of attention. I will absolutely understand if subscribers are angry that it is not appearing here on Substack first. I’d be angry, too." Jan 1, 2015: Democracy Now: Matt Taibbi and "The $9 Billion Witness" Who Exposed How JPMorgan Chase Helped Wreck the Economy
In holiday special, we feature a Democracy Now! broadcast exclusive interview with Alayne Fleischmann, the whistleblower who helped the Justice Department force JPMorgan Chase to pay one of the largest fines in U.S. history for its role in the financial crisis. She is featured in a Rolling Stone investigation by recently returned Matt Taibbi, who also joins us. |
Mar 2, 1970: Matthew Colin Taibbi is born in New Brunswick, New Jersey..
May 6, 2008: The Great Derangement: A Terrifying True Story of War, Politics, and Religion at the Twilight of the American Empire written by Matt Taibbi, is published by Spiegel & Grau.
March 1, 2012: Taibbi wrote an obituary in Rolling Stone, entitled "Andrew Breitbart: Death of a Douche"
August 12, 2022,: The podcast America This Week was added to TK news. It is a weekly national news wrap-up with Taibbi and Walter Kirn. Nov 22, 2022: Taibbi won the Munk Debates. Topic: "Be it resolved, don´t trust Mainstream Media." December 2, 2022,: Dubbed "The Twitter Files" and retweeted by CEO Elon Musk, Taibbi began tweeting about and screenshoting emails that executives of Twitter sent each other concerning content moderation in 2020. The emails documented discussions between Twitter's communication team about how Twitter should handle a New York Post article about a laptop computer that had been owned by Hunter Biden. |
Dec 6, 2014: Jim Romenesko: Matt Taibbi: Don’t blame Rolling Stone’s ‘intense’ fact-checking operation
Rolling Stone veteran Matt Taibbi’s tweets about the magazine’s rape-story fiasco: A few words about this UVA business, since people are asking…
Rolling Stone veteran Matt Taibbi’s tweets about the magazine’s rape-story fiasco: A few words about this UVA business, since people are asking…
Nov 25, 2014: TPM: Following Taibbi's Departure, eBay Founder Shutters Planned Site
Following a month of turmoil and uncertainty, First Look Media announced Tuesday that it's pulling the plug on a project that was originally going to be led by the journalist Matt Taibbi.
Following a month of turmoil and uncertainty, First Look Media announced Tuesday that it's pulling the plug on a project that was originally going to be led by the journalist Matt Taibbi.
Oct 28, 2014: Intelligencer: Matt Taibbi Leaves Omidyar’s First Look Media [Updated]
Matt Taibbi, the star magazine writer hired earlier this year to start a satirical website for billionaire Pierre Omidyar’s First Look Media, is on a leave of absence from the company after disagreements with higher-ups inside Omidyar’s organization, a source close to First Look confirmed today. (UPDATE: Taibbi has left the company. See statement below.)
Taibbi’s abrupt disappearance from the company’s Fifth Avenue headquarters has cast doubt on the fate of his highly anticipated digital publication, reportedly to be called Racket, which First Look executives had previously said would launch sometime this autumn.
Matt Taibbi, the star magazine writer hired earlier this year to start a satirical website for billionaire Pierre Omidyar’s First Look Media, is on a leave of absence from the company after disagreements with higher-ups inside Omidyar’s organization, a source close to First Look confirmed today. (UPDATE: Taibbi has left the company. See statement below.)
Taibbi’s abrupt disappearance from the company’s Fifth Avenue headquarters has cast doubt on the fate of his highly anticipated digital publication, reportedly to be called Racket, which First Look executives had previously said would launch sometime this autumn.
