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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)They told us about an accusation, and then they told us that their boss (cough--but they're independent contractors who could be fired at any moment) lost confidence in Taibbi as a result of the accusation and some other horrible, awful stuff he did.
In sum, that "sexist pig" accusation is part of the reason why Taibbi is not working there anymore.
I don't think there's anything useful underneath this pile of shit. This is a hit piece--a clever one, but a hit piece nonetheless. Taibbi now has a reputation as a disloyal, scheming abusive sexist pig who got "quit before he was fired" because he was a shitty manager who couldn't work well with others --and all that is a direct result of this article.
That's the take-away. Run through this thread again--I'm not the only one with this POV. You harbor a bias towards Taibbi, or towards the whole First Look entity and all their associates--and I think you're having a crisis of cognitive dissonance, here. Taibbi is under the bus, and Omidyar, Greenwald, Poitras, et.al. shoved him there, and gave him a few good kicks so he couldn't crawl out.