Rolling Stone's Matt Taibbi on the Media

[TheRpaul6]

Taibbi.......Farsi for asshole.

[moonbeamflowerpuff]

Is it weird that I want these two to make out?

[jocam32]

shave that shit off matt...do the Stone Cold look...itll work man!!

[Marksnotebook]

This site sure isn't going anywhere. But with a far left loon like this guy who actually gets people to listen and follow him shows how much work we must do as a nation to deprogram stupid people. Sheep who follow an ass like this guy--pathetic. What is it with some of you beta males? Do you have a man crush on him or what? Get your news from many sources and not a rolling stone guy. For god's sake how damn dumb can people be?

[whatsup007]

some definite sexual tension between these two

[Lasertrain]

I love Matt's articles in Rolling Stone. Incredibly insightful, detailed pieces. My only problem is they rev people up to do something but in all sincerity, we can't.

[Marksnotebook]

This Taibbi looks like a nut and acts like a nut and is nothing but a damn left wing ideologue. He hates America. He hates conservatives and to work for Rolling Stone? You know the folks who listen and watch that mag are wacko and not too bright. The dude plays on stupid people. Shame on him. 

[golden454]

@Marksnotebook ? really?

[Marksnotebook]

@golden454 WELL AS A LEFTY AS I'M SURE YOU ARE WHAT IS YOUR BEEF AS ITS BEDTIME FOR MOST EXCEPT LIBS AT 330AM?

[golden454]

@Marksnotebook Ok, random ranting from you, Taibbi is a damn fine journalist perhaps a flawed human but that only makes his reporting more nuanced. I am still awake and I am unemployed too!!! With an income over $250,000 per year though, I think my tax break should end. I find plenty of deductions. I am researching and reading vast amounts of information is that against the law? Guess what you do not know my politics or me.

[Marksnotebook]

@golden454 A rolling stone journalist is good? OMG ROFL. typical of libs. Why should anyone be penalized for making more money? 

[golden454]

@Marksnotebook You really have not read ANY of his pieces right? He is not easily pigeon holed and neither am I no matter how you try. Go update your page, that I could never refudiate it. It is sheer genius. Do you know what I get for my taxes? Or what you receive for your's? I will pay for those services and will pay more now that my country needs the money. Taibbi is an important voice in our national conversation, you can be a part or not.

[Marksnotebook]

@golden454 Why should anyone be penalized for making more money? You have no idea what a Doctor, or Lawyer, or small business person pays in federal and state taxes if they gross 350,000 dollars. Tell me how much they pay, please. And I'd be happy to have you libs pay more in taxes since you want us to pay more so you go ahead and pay more and we'll pay less....ooops...that's not marxism! You wont' like that. LOL

[truthmouthpiece2]

@Marksnotebook if you make money by robbing others or doing fraud or by using the "revolving door" or tax loopholes then yeah you should be penalized since you ask the poorest & middle class to bear the burden alike while you avoid it every chance you get. Paying 35% on plus 500 000$ IS NOT THE SAME as 35% on 20000$, your scale won't be that much affected, if you earn 20000/year you will be

[Marksnotebook]

@truthmouthpiece2 You know something? I think you should not worry about making a lot of money as I do not believe you will ever be capable of doing so as you type sentences that don't make a lot of sense. You don't even know what you are talking about so go back to school if you can and learn how to put together a sentence and educate yourself. Until then I will simply say so sorry you don't know more about the real IRS and how government is destroying this country. God help you people

[truthmouthpiece2]

@Marksnotebook since when you need a good education to make money? YOU my friend spent too much time in school not in the real world lol. Talking about the "revolving door" was talking about gvt sorry you didn't know that. As far as gvt & IRS I know how they really work thats why ppl should throw em out & rebuild the foundations but until then, I definitely prefer to tax the higher incomes more rather than cut necessary gvt programs or suspend rights. Thats me & I wont change my opinion

[Marksnotebook]

@truthmouthpiece2 Well you sure don't know much about anything other than I would sense you are black or some young guy who is white and a hippy with little common sense. There is not enough money in this nation to tax just rich and pay off our debts and you can thank Obama for doubling the debt in 2 years time from when Bush was President. I won't change my mind either. Cut the spending and cut taxes. We are paying for illegals and too many gov. counterproductive programs.

[truthmouthpiece2]

@Marksnotebook well we can't agree then.. If you believe in corporate tax loopholes & maintaining income tax rates at an all time low for the rich while squeezing the middle & working class so be it you wont be on our side when we put an end to this bs

[Marksnotebook]

@truthmouthpiece2 NO we can't agree as I believe the entire IRS should be abolished as we are all paying too much in taxes. I would create a Fair tax that would only be 10 to 15 percent for any item purchased (utilities exempt) and that way the people would have control over the spending of our government and NOT the other way around. You then get rid of the Illegals who are on welfare as they deserve nothing since they broke the law. That would be a start and the spending would stop.

[gamehound83]

Matt is a true reporter not a worthless pundit

[Marksnotebook]

@gamehound83 Tell me something...if all the ducks walked into a deep lake of water and drowned would you follow them in and drown too, you sheeple? God help me as I see so many stupid brainwashed people who put their faith in some dumbass journalist who has his own selflish agenda of getting rich. And far left ta boot. Forget it man. They guy stinks... unless you have a mancrush on him? Do you?

[gamehound83]

@Marksnotebook For starters dumbass a duck doesn't drown ever! I said Matt is a real reporter and not some worthless pundit who reads and thinks what the que card says. Mancrush? No You being a stupid bitch? Yes

[911insidejo8]

I can't imagine Taibbi taking the jobs he implies early in this interview. I suppose it's possible but he comes off as too much of a snob to care about having empathy.

[28g34ajbsd]

@911insidejo8 What a scientific observation! Are you going to expand upon it and publish it in a 'peer-reviewed' journal next?

[911insidejo8]

@28g34ajbsd ...No need for that, I'm just going to listen to Matti Taibbi tell me what a dickwad I am for understanding 911 as an inside job.

Being the simpleton that I am, I rely on Matt Taibbi to tell me how the world works.

[28g34ajbsd]

@911insidejo8 Oh, so you are going to take the opposite of what I've said and present it as an argument coated in irony. That's probably why everybody listens to you and your theories. You can really hold an argument.

Also, if you could get over your ego-trip,I think you would find Taibbi's 2009-2010 RS pieces on the financial collapse endlessly illuminating, but then again, you might already KNOW it was caused by the Trilateral Commision or the aliens or the International Jewish Conspiracy.

[911insidejo8]

@28g34a...I'm not presenting an argument, my response is not the opposite of what you said, nor is it coated in irony. You're not making any sense and it doesn't help that you're trying to use words that are beyond your educational level. You might want to look up big words so you don't appear foolish when you're trying to ridicule conspiracy theories that appear to be true instead of the conspiracy theory Matt Taibbi spunk that you so happily swallow.

Now go back to sucking Tabbi's cock.

[Hubibon]

This guy knows ....everything.

FAST TIMES AT RiDGEMONT HIGH :-)))

[DinaStrange]

I like Matt a lot.

[homerbear46]

Matt Tiabbi needs shooting in the face...the DIRTY, LYING, talking-head-for-hire, gap-toothed mong.

[jdbrown371]

Matt Taibbi rocks!

[jonnyjmpup]

To call him a correspondent is a stretch when it comes to politics. Commentator would be more appropiate term. He has an agenda and simply uses what fits HIS thoughts and deletes the rest.

[Luka1990Croat]

It's called subjective journalism or New Journalism, and The Rolling Stone has a history of such correspondence.

[livershot]

@jonnyjmpup Au contraire, I think he does a good job of going after both sides, even though he does lean to the left

[AxelQC]

@livershot Taibbi is a leftist how thinks that Democrats are sell outs.

[314day]

just like you now

[Kidkel69]

Matt, is a genius!

[jonnyjmpup]

Matt is a milksop!

[jonnyjmpup]

This guy is no journalist,a real journalist should have a neutral viewpoint(all lost in the last election)and report the facts without using exclusion to make your point.This guy is a bedwetter who can't relate to reality.

[aflnj]

Damn straight. bunch of fuckin democratic douchebags is what everyone is in here. get your facts straight assholes. THE DEMOCRATS ALSO ARE CORRUPTED JUST LIKE THE REPUBLICANS ARE!!! Maybe you havn;t noticed, but name one good thing Obama has done? Taxes? pff mine are still higher then ever. thanks to his wasteful spending. but you assholes love him, so thanks for fucking up America

[macpherf]

So your high taxes= a fucked up country? BTW--the US has LOW taxes compared with most inductrialised nations. So who's the idiot here?

[elcreaso]

Only one good thing Obama has done: well you probably won't agree with this but here's what I've seen so far: other countries are more willing to help us with worldwide challenges; China has gotten off it's butt with the Green Revolution (I know . . . still using coal to produce solar panels, but . .. hey, it's a start!) China has invested hundreds of billions, we are finally taking action on global warming, we've started serious discussions about health care reform. I'm running out of space!

[tvrmx]

It's funny how sweet and shy and mild-mannered he is in interviews when his writing is the boldest, most scathing invective out there. The backdrop here is a perfect illustration of this phenomenon. A full bar of liquor, in front of which two neatly pressed boys share a small bottle of water and polite discussion.

[JeffBeck13]

lol

[ftwelve12]

Polemics and debates are a lot better in writing. It allows you to highlight and divert your opponent's rhetorical strategy and cut their arguments down to their bare logic. He did that with Byron York over the credit crisis and absolutely slaughtered him. Doing TV shows is anathema to logical debate; it's all garbage theater.

[desiiii420]

his a badass mofu.

[hockeypop23]

The more I hear and read Matt the more I think he might just be the best journalist out there right now.

[AllenFTW]

idiot

[mapmanic]

What a brilliant assessment! What a amazing intellect you possess! Did you think of that comment all by yourself? Wow!

[JDHURF]

Matt Taibbi is one of the realist writers in the mainstream press. I love his articles, even though I'm well to the left of him.

[gotnostyle]

Re: JDHURF

Hell yes, Taibbi is awesome. His articles on RS are so much fun. This guy is a journalistic hero, and as much as he hates to acknowledge it, the gonzo torch has been passed to him. Tell the truth, be funny and original, and point out the bullshit. His articles and books are great.

[Aasinp]

Oh Matt Taibbi how I hate your articles in Rolling Stone. I can't see why they pay you just to write your opinions on how everyone is shit to you.