Yes, I'm being sued by Matt Taibbi
Does that make me the realest free speech warrior?
As you probably now know, pundit Matt Taibbi is suing me for defamation over my book Owned: How Tech Billionaires on the Right Bought the Loudest Voices on the Left.
I don’t want to comment on the substance of the suit too much for obvious reasons. You can read the complaint here.
I stand by my work.
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For more on Matt, you can listen to last month’s episode of Posting Through It on his career and trajectory. I had a blast joining Jared and Mike to go over what, exactly, happened to this guy.
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I subscribed just so I could write this. You look like a big crybaby, beta male. I know you will likely delete this, but hopefully someone will see it first. Matt Taibbi is one of the few REAL journalists left. He, Catherine Herridge and Bari Weiss, maybe. They gave up money or lost jobs BECAUSE they are not sell outs. They refused to lick the soles of the boots of Hillary Clinton et al. when it became obvious to most of the world just how truly evil she and her friends are. I voted for her husband and for Obama, but then I learned my lesson after they all proved who their loyalties in 2008 and 2009, when they sold America to make sure that Wall Street could have their bonuses after ripping the country's economy to shreds. I then decided to vote for Donald Trump three times, because he was a true Washington outsider. YOU ARE NOT, LOSER.
Thank you for your courage and tenacity. I remember watching Matt’s father, Mike Taibbi, on NBC for decades. He was down to earth (and a Rutgers alum like Paul Robeson, Elizabeth Warren and moi!). Matt Taibbi went to Bard. Very different animal. In my experience as a social worker, when TV reporters become celebrities, their children attend the same posh schools as interviewees, blurring boundaries and loyalties as friendships are forged. Journalism, imho, is one more “lonely road of defiance” where fame, fortune, and friendships are incompatible with pursuit of the truth. Chris Hedges did a great piece on the price that Francesca Albanese continues to pay for crusading against genocide. https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/francesca-albanese-and-the-lonely But I’m a social worker. We’re not rich or famous and we’re usually as welcome as a rash.