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Mister MoJo Rising's avatar

Excellent piece Joe. I used to be a huge Taibbi fan. I actually own several of his books. At this point, I can’t stand the guy. He’s taken such a ridiculous turn. The example of the AP being barred from the White House press room for refusing to use the ridiculous name for the Gulf of Mexico and Taibbi’s response to that is a perfect example of how he’s got his head up his ass.

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Joy in HK fiFP's avatar

I've watched as Matt has disappeared down the rabbit hole. He won't touch Palestine. Walter is very pro-Israel, so that might be part of it. I imagine Matt's lost much of his former followers, given how toxic his comments section is now.

The Twitter Files revealed there was considerable evidence of governmental influence on Twitter to censor. The emails were quite explicit. Surely, that is worth bringing to the public's attention. There may have been times of overlap, but it's just not possible to consider Glenn Greenwald in the same company as Taibbi, Shapiro and Weiss.

Glenn has consistently addressed the censorship, and hypocrisy, of those who turned around and start complaining about pro-Palestinian speech. He has done this since the beginning of this new censorship on pro-Palestinian speech. Unlike the others, Glenn can, and does, try to keep his eye on all the underhanded acts that we, the people, ought to be aware of. I, for one, am grateful to him for his perspective, and trenchant analysis.

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