E141. Matt Taibbi Discusses The Failure of Traditional News Media
August 12, 2021
1 hr 36 min
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August 12, 2021
E141. Matt Taibbi Discusses The Failure of Traditional News Media
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Summary
Matt Taibbi, author and journalist, drops in to discuss the state of modern journalism, why it's increasingly difficult to source news you trust, "soft" censorship, link rot and stories that disappear, the instinct to conformity that is an epidemic in newsrooms right now, and why eventually the mob will always come for you. They cover Matt's background, how he comes from a family of reporters, what he learned from his dad about how to treat sources, his 10 years in Russia running his own news...
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