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In reply to the discussion: The Inside Story of Matt Taibbi's Departure From First Look Media [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)48. Because everyone else is--you think he's not?
He's the special employee, who actually has employee protections, ya think?
If he is an employee, he's probably the hit-man overseer that made sure the article was written to Omidyar's specifications!
This is clearly an ass-covering piece. The only question is, how much of it was coerced and molded?
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The Inside Story of Matt Taibbi's Departure From First Look Media [View all]
Luminous Animal
Oct 2014
OP
Clearly, you did not read the article. Matt comes out looking far better than
Luminous Animal
Oct 2014
#2
My read of the article is that The Intercept could succeed because Omidyar
Luminous Animal
Oct 2014
#57
How the hell do you know this? The article also states that they wrote a joint letter
Luminous Animal
Oct 2014
#122
Um, those were the allegations from one staffer. Allegations are not proof
Luminous Animal
Oct 2014
#14
Well put. All of these folks are worshipped by a certain segment of DU. That will not survive this
stevenleser
Oct 2014
#42
Well, he was downgraded based on them, so what's up with that? This is not a good article for
MADem
Oct 2014
#55
Greenwald is making no such allegations. A STAFFER DID and the accusations were investigated
Luminous Animal
Oct 2014
#76
You have it precisely backwards. If they were trying to portray Taibbi as the bad man
Luminous Animal
Oct 2014
#89
So why is Greenwald taking time out from world-saving to 'report' on office gossip?
randome
Oct 2014
#150
The article tells us what Matt has to say. I saw no smear in the article, if I did I would be the
sabrina 1
Oct 2014
#154
Please read the article. Posts based on mere assumptions about what articles say
JDPriestly
Nov 2014
#201
Interesting. That is my general impression of his approach to journalism in a nutshell.
stevenleser
Oct 2014
#11
Yep. L.A. posted the link below. Seen in the context of what frazzled wrote, it reads as a fake
stevenleser
Oct 2014
#35
I found the article, It is a hoot and very insightful into the character of both Clark
Luminous Animal
Oct 2014
#26
See my #35 above. From your reports it's pretty obvious what Taibbi seems to be about. nt
stevenleser
Oct 2014
#36
MohRokTah, aka Functioning Cog, aka Pretzel Warrior deserves more than to be ignored. nt
Electric Monk
Oct 2014
#24
It's amazing how many people don't realize that one of the most powerful people in Congress
MADem
Oct 2014
#161
I thought that was a fair question and wonder if that poster consistently applies
LawDeeDah
Oct 2014
#191
I think if you research Taibbi's history with The eXile, it may give some insight
stevenleser
Oct 2014
#16
Well, I hate to defend any of this bunch because I think all of their practices are questionable...
stevenleser
Oct 2014
#27
"they could be mean, sexist, drunk, stoned". Sounds an awful lot like FOX, nt
adirondacker
Oct 2014
#82
Greenwald isn't an employee anymore. I find that telling that he and Poitras became
MADem
Oct 2014
#20
You have no clue either--so stop pretending you do. I don't think I am the only one who
MADem
Oct 2014
#119
Greenwald, when he signed on to the Guardian insisted that, in part, his work be reader supported
Luminous Animal
Oct 2014
#153
I hope independents also don't have non disclosure or non disparage agreements.
LawDeeDah
Oct 2014
#80
I wouldn't be surprised if Taibbi didn't care, or found a way to have a surrogate tell his story.
MADem
Oct 2014
#147
Yep, I knew it. See this other OP, Taibbi created a hostile environ for a female employee
stevenleser
Oct 2014
#66
This is looking more and more like tabloid stuff going on over at 'First Look'
Raine1967
Oct 2014
#100
"He might as well say his anarchist group disbanded because he tried to schedule too many meetings."
randome
Oct 2014
#25
What's with all the people posting here who apparently didn't actually read the article?
Hissyspit
Oct 2014
#175
Because it's not an article, it's a press release to get their story out first
Blue_Tires
Oct 2014
#186
DU better remember those four names at the top throwing Taibbi under the bus
Blue_Tires
Oct 2014
#29
Don't hold your breath, and don't expect anyone to tell you of your good judgment when
MADem
Oct 2014
#33
Um no, they are reporting the events as they happened... I notice that you did not
Luminous Animal
Oct 2014
#43
Yeah--"None of us witnessed it, but that didn't stop us from gleefully reporting the accusations in
MADem
Oct 2014
#52
And if they hadn't reported it and some other publication had, you would have bashed
Luminous Animal
Oct 2014
#62
This is an ARTFULLY constructed piece--it purports to show "both sides" but it doesn't.
MADem
Oct 2014
#71
You are the one who is painting Taibbi as a miserable sexist pig. That is a characterization
Luminous Animal
Oct 2014
#75
In my OP. He's not calling John Cook an asshole. John Cook is the Editor-in-chief of
Luminous Animal
Oct 2014
#108
When Taibbi speaks, we'll know. The New Yorker is calling his departure "abrupt."
MADem
Oct 2014
#113
The article asks Taibbi to respond to a "When did you stop beating your wife?" type charge.
MADem
Oct 2014
#123
Yes. The usual gaggle sees it as a hit piece. And apparently the usual gaggle
Luminous Animal
Oct 2014
#137
That's a cheap shot, you know. Anyone who doesn't agree with you is a "usual gaggle" of some sort.
MADem
Oct 2014
#142
Really. Where did you get fired? It's not in the article. The article clearly states he walked
Luminous Animal
Oct 2014
#143
I read between the lines. We'll know what the deal was when Taibbi speaks--and he hasn't, yet.
MADem
Oct 2014
#146
"Gaggle"? You mean like the Tiger Beat crowd? Could they not be considered a "usual gaggle"?
Tarheel_Dem
Nov 2014
#232
Um no,they selectively reported on The Intercept's article. They drew conclusions not
Luminous Animal
Oct 2014
#151
From my point of view, it is Omidyar who comes off as a shit head and I stated that
Luminous Animal
Oct 2014
#96
A lot of people are weighing in on this matter-- reporters on twitter, plus there are a lot
MADem
Oct 2014
#168
It does seem like a death match over there--I think the Racket franchise might be in trouble.
MADem
Oct 2014
#179
The article calls Matt an abusive, sexist angry flake who was regarded as too volatile to manage the
MADem
Oct 2014
#49
No the article does not CALL Matt anything. They are REPORTING the accusations.
Luminous Animal
Oct 2014
#51
No--they are CALLING him those things. How can they "report" what they haven't seen?
MADem
Oct 2014
#77
You expected otherwise? With Matt gone, the entire division was at risk of closure.
Luminous Animal
Oct 2014
#125
Bwah-hah when a Patron buys stuff, he expects his knickknacks to sit prettily on the shelf!1
UTUSN
Oct 2014
#105
No, it hasn't--and no one is telling you to not read the writers you have listed. Not one person.
MADem
Oct 2014
#178
You indicated that you were being constrained from accomplishing an action, when that was not
MADem
Nov 2014
#200
I'm sure we will. This article was a preemptive strike. The first blow in the battle.
LawDeeDah
Oct 2014
#120
"These simmering problems came to a head this month when a Racket staffer complained
Cha
Oct 2014
#156
Be funny as hell if Snowden turned out to be an NSA 'asset,' along with Greenwald.
MADem
Oct 2014
#165
I'll cite it all I damn well please, mr authoritarian.. I trust that source a hellava lot more
Cha
Nov 2014
#211
I've been routinely checking the "First Look" site for as long as it has been up.
Vinca
Oct 2014
#172
First Look staffers finally admit Omidyar massively interfered with editorial
Blue_Tires
Oct 2014
#176
Hire free spirited, fearless, outspoken truthtellers, and then try to control what they say and do.
Zorra
Oct 2014
#183
The Giant, Ridiculous Soap Opera That Is Matt Taibbi’s Departure from First Look Media
Blue_Tires
Oct 2014
#188
Slugfest Over Taibbi Exodus From First Look Fails to Address Editorial Meddling Doubts
Blue_Tires
Oct 2014
#189
Crawling from the wreckage: Looks like Pierre Omidyar drove his fancy $250 million blog empire into
Blue_Tires
Oct 2014
#190
And there are a few articles calling out this Greenwald et. al. opus as a hit piece.
MADem
Nov 2014
#210
Pando has been posting nothing but hit pieces about First Look for quite a while.
Hissyspit
Nov 2014
#212
Does anybody still want to believe Glenn Greenwald is still some kind of renegade outsider?
Blue_Tires
Nov 2014
#216
Anybody who really got suspicious would wonder if he's some kind of ... well ... asset.
MADem
Nov 2014
#223
"I know for a fact that Greenwald will tell lies -- knowing, demonstrable falsehoods-- to blacken.."
Tarheel_Dem
Nov 2014
#234