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Matt Taibbi - Palin's Media Conspiracy http://trueslant.com/matttaibbi/2009/11/23/yes-sarah-there-is-a-media-conspiracy/ 12/1/2009 |
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Good piece by Matt Taibbi on the state of american journalism inspired by the Palin media frenzy: http://bit.ly/6nKHAP 11/29/2009 |
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@kevinponto In the spirit of that, the best goddamn analysis of the relationship between the media and politicians http://bit.ly/08iFFtO 11/28/2009 |
Herd
Eschaton —
I don't exactly agree with everything Taibbi writes, but his general point is correct.
The money and the power, the power and the money
Sadly, No! —
... The always-excellent Matt Taibbi is puzzled as to why our press corps enjoys needling ex-Governor Moose Eater even as it spent years kissing Bush’s ass: ...
You’ve gone to the finest schools all right
Balloon Juice —
... I think Matt Taibbi is wrong about how the press treated Hillary about her Iraq vote (I think they went easy on her about it, though they did sandbag her in other ways), but there’s a lot of win in this piece: ...
Palin tops Obama trip in coverage
Michael Calderone's Blog —
... between the press and Palin, and Matt Taibbi -- no fan of Palin himself -- has another take on the relationship, arguing that there is a media conspiracy. ...
Media Darling
TalkLeft —
Matt Taibbi: [T]he reporters mostly all worshipped [Obama] [. . .] That part of the media-conspiracy narrative is definitely true. [. . .] Needless to say nothing like that went on in the Hillary press corps, or more especially in the McCain plane, where the more likely back-of-the-plane recreation was a reporter musing out loud about the benefits of hanging himself over continuing even one more minute on that assignment. Told you so. Anyway, I am not a fan of Taibbi (his hit job on Wes Clark in 2003 shows he knows how to wield a hatchet ...
