Matt Taibbi On AntiwarRadio part 1 of 2

Matt Taibbi, writer for Rolling Stone, discusses his new book, The Great Derangement: A Terrifying True Story of War, Politics, and Religion at the Twilight of the American Empire, the American press's priorities on news coverage, Congress's inner workings on writing legislation, his investigation of Pastor John Hagee, John McCain seeking an endorsement from Hagee, Hagee's vision of the end of the world, the Reverend Wright controversy and its coverage in the press, Taibbi's coverage for Rolling Stone of Iraq from Baghdad, his embedded assignment with troops from Camp Liberty and a car bombing, the similar approach to managing Congress between the Republicans and the Democrats, the American people's disfranchisement and cynicism towards government and politics, the rise of conspiratorial movements in America, the possibility of Barack Obama being any different than other American politicians, and Obama's potential disappointment among the American people should he become president.


Matt Taibbi is an American journalist and political writer. He currently works at Rolling Stone where he authors a column called "Road Rage" for the print version, and an additional weekly online-only column called "The Low Post". He is best known for his coverage of the 2004 US presidential election, and for his former editorial positions at newspapers the eXile, the New York Press, and the Beast. Recently, Taibbi has been a regular contributor to Real Time with Bill Maher. His new book is, The Great Derangement: A Terrifying True Story of War, Politics, and Religion at the Twilight of the American Empire.

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[thesparitan]

lol this radio host sounds conservative.

[FunnyDigestion]

Hopefully so, that would be an extremely useful skill in making my advantageous progression thru the modern world... thanks for inspiring me, Allardyce, I most sincerely appreciate it!!!!!!!

[Allardyce]

I'm older than that now, and I've been a computer user 30 years before the Internet was heard of. Perhaps when you are 46, you will understand the difference between common sense and common knowledge.

[sylviasoven]

*HAGEE, it even shows his name on the slides.

[sylviasoven]

Loved the book. I first picked up Smells Like Dead Elephants- also fabulous. Really funny, and frighteningly relevant. I'm embarrassingly eager for his next one.

[FunnyDigestion]

I read his first book (Spanking the Donkey, written in 03 and 04 about the election that was happening then) and liked it a lot. He's unique in my view among political writers in that 1) he's a talented writer, and 2) he writes from the point of view of someone who's concerned about the underling REAL issues of politics (war, poverty, international relations, etc) but who's forced to wade through all the surface bullshit of the US media-- which is how a lot of people are nowadays.

[FunnyDigestion]

Wow, you're 46 years old and that's common sense for you? Shit, I'm 22, internet user since age 14, surrounded by technophiles all day at school and work, and I didn't have the Slightest!!...

[KiwiTwist03]

I just finished reading this book today, one of the best I have ever read. Funny and informative.

[Allardyce]

Don't use a damn cell phone to conduct an interview. How stupid! Doesn't say much for Taibbi's common sense! He's probably walking through a mall or driving down the road. With a book out, and he can't find a land line?

[mialst]

I DO NOT LIKE HAGGE