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Matt Taibbi

Disciplines:
journalism

Summary

American journalist who wrote for Rolling Stone and is known for his savage financial reporting and his role reporting the Twitter Files.

Core Contribution

Griftopia: the 2008 financial crisis as systematic looting — calling Goldman Sachs 'a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity.' The Twitter Files (2022): reporting on internal Twitter communications obtained from Elon Musk — revealed content moderation decisions that critics saw as political suppression.

Notable Works & Achievements

Griftopia

The Divide

Hate Inc.

Historical Influences

H.L. Mencken Hunter S. Thompson

Intellectual Lineage

New Journalism Financial Journalism

Contemporaries & Peers

Glenn Greenwald

Minds Influenced

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Intellectual Posterity

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