Matt Taibbi
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319 appearances
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 4 Aug
Matt Taibbi’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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I mean, it really speaks to what's happened before.
in journalism in the last, you know, 10, 15, 20 years.
You know, go back and watch All the President's Men.
They were afraid to put out a story that had four sources behind it, and they still got it wrong in the big disaster scene in that movie.
You would never, ever go to print with one unnamed source where the source doesn't even tell you
What you're asserting, you can't make an assumption about something you overheard on NPR.
I mean, are you kidding me?
That is a truly unbelievable media story, Megan.
Yeah, I mean, there are so many things about that that are remarkable.
First of all, how does somebody who, you worked in that beat for three years, you said?
Yes.
You have sources, I'm sure, that could help you confirm or deny
Yes.
Right.
How does this person not have somebody that would pick up the phone if she called to help her confirm or deny that story?
How did the editors not instantly reject that story when they... They weighed in.
I mean, it's really incredible.
And I mean, I think you you could speak to this, too.
It wasn't that long ago where the guiding principle of pretty much everybody who had any kind of reporting beat in media was to avoid the big face plant.
When you did a story, your main motivation was to not screw it up.
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