Tag: Matt Taibbi

‘Twitter Files’ Reporter Matt Taibbi Leaves Twitter in Protest Over Throttling of Substack Links

Journalist Matt Taibbi, who broke the sensational “Twitter Files” story that exposed the inner workings of the social media giant’s censorship machine, has announced he’s leaving Twitter in protest of apparent changes that have made the platform unusable for him. Taibbi, who posts his articles on Substack and is one of the most popular contributors…


The Ominous Message Behind the Taxman’s Visit to Journalist Matt Taibbi’s Home

Commentary When the IRS targeted Tea Party groups during the Obama years, and no one paid a serious price for it, it was both a harbinger of and contributor to the more pervasive and extreme weaponization of the federal government against dissenters from its orthodoxy that was to come. Today, a decade after IRS officials…


White House Stonewalls on IRS Agent’s Visit to Home of ‘Twitter Files’ Journalist Matt Taibbi

The White House on Wednesday remained silent when asked whether a visit by an IRS agent to “Twitter Files” journalist Matt Taibbi’s home on the day he was testifying in Congress on government abuse of power was politically motivated. Taibbi, who’s been a journalist for decades, was one of several reporters to be granted exclusive…


White House Quiet on IRS Agent’s Visit to Home of ‘Twitter Files’ Journalist Matt Taibbi

The White House on Wednesday remained silent when asked whether a visit by an IRS agent to “Twitter Files” journalist Matt Taibbi’s home on the day he was testifying in Congress on government abuse of power was politically motivated. Taibbi, who’s been a journalist for decades, was one of several reporters to be granted exclusive…


NTD Business (March 28): IRS Visits Journalist, Lawmaker Wants Answers; More Bank Danger After SVB’s Fall?

The IRS visited the home of a journalist as he testified about government abuse. Is it witness intimidation? We ask a civil rights group. At the first hearing on the Silicon Valley Bank collapse, senators questioned regulators on who is to blame for the failure. Generative AI images are starting to look real. Famous people…


Jim Jordan Presses IRS to Explain Unannounced Visit to Matt Taibbi’s Home

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) on Monday demanded answers from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) about why an IRS agent allegedly made an in-person visit to the New Jersey home of investigative journalist Matt Taibbi, with Jordan suggesting possible witness intimidation. Jordan penned a letter to IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, in…


‘Twitter Files’ Alleges Collusion Between Government, Stanford Project to Censor COVID Vaccine Misinformation

Investigative journalist Matt Taibbi released the latest version of “The Twitter Files” on March 17, this time about alleged collusion between Stanford University’s Virality Project and Twitter to censor what they deemed misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine. The Virality Project (VP) also colluded with the U.S. government, alleged Taibbi. “Though the Virality Project reviewed content…


Lawmakers Erupt in Heated Discussion After ‘Twitter Files’ Journalist Refuses to Reveal Sources

Rep. Sylvia Garcia (D-Texas) engaged in a heated discussion with lawmakers as she tried to get “Twitter Files” journalist Matt Taibbi to reveal a source during a Thursday congressional hearing. The Democrat lawmaker asked Taibbi about whether Twitter owner Elon Musk asked him to partake in the reporting on internal Twitter communications and the firm’s communications…