Matt Taibbi, America's Top Gonzo Journalist, on How the Media Lost Its Mind
June 1, 2026
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What happened to the news media? What does it have to do with why Hillary Clinton couldn’t fill a room, while Trump filled stadiums? Did diversity kill objective journalism? And what does a journalist who lived in the Soviet Union think of free speech in the West today?
Matt Taibbi became a rockstar reporter covering Trump’s first election campaign for Rolling Stone.
He went on to cover huge stories like Twitter’s pre-Elon censorship regime and the misinformation around Trump’s ties to Russia. Matt joins Josh in New York City for this in-the-flesh livestream about American politics, algorithms and why, despite it all, he’s optimistic about what comes next.
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