Making Sense of Election 2020 and Its Aftermath | Matt Taibb

Hidden Forces

Demetri Kofinas

Business, Government

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2020

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

In Episode 162 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Matt Taibbi, a contributing editor for Rolling Stone, co-host of the "Useful Idiots" podcast, and author of several, best-selling books on politics, finance, media, and culture.

The two discuss the state of the US presidential election and speculate about what may have contributed to Trump's outperformance, how this election may eventually draw to a close, and when we will know for sure who the winner is.

In the overtime, Demetri and Matt discuss what a post-Trump presidency may look like in the event that he loses, the dangerous role played by tech platforms during this election, and how we may all find ourselves in a much darker place before 2024.

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Episode Recorded on 11/05/2020

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0:00.0	Today's episode of Hidden Forces is made possible by listeners like you.
0:04.4	For more information about this week's episode or for easy access to related programming
0:09.7	visit our website at hidden Forces. I.O. and subscribe to our free email list.
0:16.4	If you listen to the show on your Apple Podcast app, remember, you can give us a review.
0:21.5	Each review helps more people find the show and join our
0:24.9	amazing community. And with that, please enjoy this week's episode. And the What's up everybody? My guest on this episode of Hidden Forces is Matt Taibi.
0:54.4	Matt was last on the show about two years ago and our conversation focused mainly on the
0:58.8	news media, how the press covers politics and power and how propaganda works in a democratic society.
1:05.2	It was a great episode. Check it out after today's recording if you're interested.
1:10.5	Many of you will already know Matt by reputation.
1:13.0	He's one of the most outspoken no-holds-barred journalists that you will find anywhere
1:18.0	and a precious rarity during a time where many prominent journalists and political commentators
1:25.0	seemed to prioritize servile flattery and compliance above any commitment to telling the truth.
1:32.0	Matt is also a contributing editor for Rolling Stone and winner of the 2008 National magazine
1:38.4	award for columns and commentary.
1:41.1	He co-hosts The Useful Idiots Podcast alongside Katie Halper, publishes a regular
1:46.7	newsletter on Substack, which I strongly recommend you all subscribe to, and is the author
1:52.3	of 10 books, the latest of which is hate INC, which we
1:56.4	discussed during our last conversation together on episode 78.
2:01.0	We are living through what I would describe conservatively as a very dangerous time.
2:07.0	Everyone's on edge because unsurprisingly days after the election was supposed to be over, we still don't know who the president is,
2:17.0	and technically we may not know until inauguration day.
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