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JHan

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27. edit your thread post .

Reply to Chasstev365 (Original post)

Sat Apr 22, 2017, 11:18 AM

Apr 2017

And news organizations would excerpt the most controversial bits that don't mirror the overall tone of the book for clicks and ratings.

but seriously .. just edit your title, Taibibi is not the author.

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Has anyone read Matt Taibbi's book, Shattered, about the Clinton campaign? [View all] Chasstev365 Apr 2017 OP

Matt Taibbi has hated Hillary for years. hrmjustin Apr 2017 #1

Taibbi didn't write the book. I'm reading it now and it seems pretty objective. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2017 #24

His books about the race/c;ass divide in criminal justice QC Apr 2017 #25

There's multiple threads lies Apr 2017 #2

matt taibbi thinks there is no russian hacking. I think Cha Apr 2017 #3

Well put Cha! hrmjustin Apr 2017 #5

Hey Justin! Cha Apr 2017 #9

he did not write this book.. johnathan allen and amie parnes did. spanone Apr 2017 #11

Yeah, I read that.. thanks spanone.. I looked at my Cha Apr 2017 #12

yep nini Apr 2017 #20

They like his Cha Apr 2017 #21

I have to tell you I am just as sick and tired of the Clinton bashing as I am Bernie bashing. onecaliberal Apr 2017 #4

matt taibbi DID NOT WRITE 'shattered' spanone Apr 2017 #6

I plan on buying none jrthin Apr 2017 #7

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ still_one Apr 2017 #14

Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes wrote Shattered. From interviews I have heard, they interviewed jmg257 Apr 2017 #8

The fact that Putin funded it? AngryAmish Apr 2017 #15

post link to fact, please? spanone Apr 2017 #18

This message was self-deleted by its author SticksnStones Apr 2017 #10

Shattered is NOT Matt Taibbi's book. It is a book by Jonathan Allen & Amie Parnes. Taibbi may be still_one Apr 2017 #13

Apologists for Dictatorships delisen Apr 2017 #22

Hindsight is 20/20 jehop61 Apr 2017 #16

I can't read RUSSIAN... stonecutter357 Apr 2017 #17

Why haven't you corrected the title of your post? SticksnStones Apr 2017 #19

It's not Matt Taibbi's book - different authors. Just started reading it. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2017 #23

Because maggot is so MFM008 Apr 2017 #26

edit your thread post . JHan Apr 2017 #27

Was he a ghost... Mike Nelson Apr 2017 #28

The reviews on Amazon are interesting - many of the negative reviews complain The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2017 #29

a lot of responses to the book are based on the excerpts media outlets choose to highlight JHan Apr 2017 #30

The authors, WHO ARE NOT MATT TAIBBI, seem to have done a lot of legwork. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2017 #31

i wish the OP would edit the title, JHan Apr 2017 #32

Yes, JHan Apr 2017 #33

Based on watching 4 different interviews with the authors, I won't even bother to read it...this is Pachamama Apr 2017 #34