Tag: Matt Taibbi

[EXCLUSIVE] Matt Taibbi: How Hidden Actors Distort Reality, Manipulate the Public, and Enforce Consensus

“This is the new technology of speech in America: You can dial people all the way up to ‘everybody sees it,’ and you can dial someone else down to ‘it’s almost impossible to see them.’ And that is extremely dangerous, and it’s especially dangerous if it’s done in secret and nobody knows exactly how it…


[PREMIERING NOW] [EXCLUSIVE] Matt Taibbi: How Hidden Actors Distort Reality, Manipulate the Public, and Enforce Consensus

“This is the new technology of speech in America: You can dial people all the way up to ‘everybody sees it,’ and you can dial someone else down to ‘it’s almost impossible to see them.’ And that is extremely dangerous, and it’s especially dangerous if it’s done in secret and nobody knows exactly how it…


[PREMIERING 7:30PM ET] [EXCLUSIVE] Matt Taibbi: How Hidden Actors Distort Reality, Manipulate the Public, and Enforce Consensus

“This is the new technology of speech in America: You can dial people all the way up to ‘everybody sees it,’ and you can dial someone else down to ‘it’s almost impossible to see them.’ And that is extremely dangerous, and it’s especially dangerous if it’s done in secret and nobody knows exactly how it…


[PREMIERING 7/22, 7:30PM ET] [EXCLUSIVE] Matt Taibbi: How Hidden Actors Distort Reality, Manipulate the Public, and Enforce Consensus

“This is the new technology of speech in America: You can dial people all the way up to ‘everybody sees it,’ and you can dial someone else down to ‘it’s almost impossible to see them.’ And that is extremely dangerous, and it’s especially dangerous if it’s done in secret and nobody knows exactly how it…


IN-DEPTH: Online Censorship Corrupts the American Spirit of Individual, Free Thought: Journalist Matt Taibbi

The “consensus enforcement mechanism” of censorship on social media has not only been an attack on civil liberty but has also sapped the public square of a desire to reach the truth, according to journalist Matt Taibbi. Where there was once a hunger for freedom, there is now a collective apathy over fighting to keep…


LIVE 9:45 AM ET: Tulsi Gabbard, Tom Fitton, Matt Taibbi Attend FreedomFest 2023 in Memphis on July 13 (Day 2)

​​FreedomFest, an independent, non-partisan annual event where people with independent minds meet to celebrate freedom in an open-minded environment, is held in Memphis from July 12 to July 15. Agenda for July 13 9:45 a.m. ET Welcome Lisa Kennedy 9:50 a.m. ET Global Economic Summit Garrett Baldwin, Steve Forbes, Preity Üpala, Gloria Alvarez, and Barbara…


LIVE NOW: Tulsi Gabbard, Tom Fitton, Matt Taibbi Attend FreedomFest 2023 in Memphis on July 13 (Day 2)

​​FreedomFest, an independent, non-partisan annual event where people with independent minds meet to celebrate freedom in an open-minded environment, is held in Memphis from July 12 to July 15. Agenda for July 13 9:45 a.m. ET Welcome Lisa Kennedy 9:50 a.m. ET Global Economic Summit Garrett Baldwin, Steve Forbes, Preity Üpala, Gloria Alvarez, and Barbara…


Deep State Rot and Corruption Festers with Russiagate Unpunished and Receding

Commentary As special counsel John Durham’s report demonstrated in stark detail, our national security and law enforcement apparatus has grown hyper-politicized and been weaponized against its perceived opponents. Since virtually none of the powerful perpetrators of Russiagate—one of the greatest and gravest scandals in American history—have been held to account for it, including by the…


IRS Probe of ‘Twitter Files’ Journalist Coincided With Bombshell Report, Jordan Says

“Twitter Files” journalist Matt Taibbi became the subject of an IRS investigation mere weeks after publishing the series’ first report on the ties between the intelligence community and social media platforms, according to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio). In March, Jordan wrote to IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel to inquire as to the reason…


House Democrat Claims ‘Twitter Files’ Journalist Matt Taibbi Gave ‘False’ Testimony’ to Congress, Threatens Jail Time

Del. Stacey Plaskett (D-Virgin Islands) has threatened “Twitter Files” journalist Matt Taibbi with up to five years in prison for allegedly providing “false and misleading” testimony before Congress last month. In an April 13 letter (pdf) to Taibbi, the lawmaker accused him of lying under oath, stating that he contradicted his congressional testimony in March about Twitter…