10/7/22 Matt Taibbi on the State of Journalism Today

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Scott Horton

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4.8 • 902 Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Scott talks with journalist Matt Taibbi about a number of articles and videos posted recently at his substack publication TK News. First, they talk about the misleading journalism behind stories of Russia granting whistleblower Edward Snowden citizenship. They also talk about the abundance of former intelligence officials and agents who have taken jobs at major media outlets and the quiet tyranny of a de-ranking approach to censorship. Discussed on the show: “The Washington Post Dabbles in Orwell” (TK News) “Snowden Didn't Flee to Russia: Obama Trapped Him There” (Stark Realities) “The News is Just Guesswork Now” (TK News) Hate Inc. by Matt Taibbi “The Election Was Hacked” Video TK News “The Justice Department Was Dangerous Before Trump. It's Out of Control Now” (TK News) Matt Taibbi is a journalist, author and political commentator. Subscribe to his Substack publication: TK News and follow him on Twitter @mtaibbi. This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: The War State and Why The Vietnam War?, by Mike Swanson; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott; and Thc Hemp Spot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:12.0	All right, you guys, on the line I've got Matt Tybee, of course, from Substack,
1:18.0	Tybee.substack.com, where he's got a lot of great things.
1:22.1	We're starting here with Edward Snowden in the Washington Post today.
1:25.6	Welcome back to the show, Matt. How are you doing sir?
1:27.6	I'm doing great Scott. How are you doing?
1:29.6	I'm doing really good. You're right good stuff. I especially appreciate you sticking up for Ed Snowden here, but I got to tell you if I didn't know who Ed Snowden was and I read the Washington Post about him, I might think all kinds of stuff that ain't right.
1:42.0	Yeah, I think that's by design, right?
1:47.0	Yeah, but I mean this one is special.
1:49.0	You know, people bring up Orwell all the time.
1:51.0	Of course, Winston Smith's job was rewriting the news, but you really mean
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