'The Fairway' author Matt Taibbi
October 18, 2018 01:01
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Matt Taibbi, a contributing editor at Rolling Stone, talks with BuzzFeed's
Steven Perlberg about "The Fairway," a new book that he is publishing via a
paid email newsletter. In this episode: (01:19) The endurance of newsletters
and Taibbi's last book, "The Business Secrets of Drug Dealing"; (07:02) How
cable news brought about President Trump; (11:42) The problem with the "Trump
angle" mindset; (15:08) Alternative business models for journalism; (17:28)
The legacy of the 2008 financial crisis; (22:06) The Exile and sexual
harassment allegations; (25:47) The responsibility people have for
misogynistic things they wrote in the past; (27:55) Becoming an accidental
Russia expert and the Steele dossier; (32:29) What bothers Taibbi about
"Russiagate" coverage; (36:26) The 2020 presidential campaign; (39:45) Did the
media learn anything from 2016? Read more
Steven Perlberg about "The Fairway," a new book that he is publishing via a
paid email newsletter. In this episode: (01:19) The endurance of newsletters
and Taibbi's last book, "The Business Secrets of Drug Dealing"; (07:02) How
cable news brought about President Trump; (11:42) The problem with the "Trump
angle" mindset; (15:08) Alternative business models for journalism; (17:28)
The legacy of the 2008 financial crisis; (22:06) The Exile and sexual
harassment allegations; (25:47) The responsibility people have for
misogynistic things they wrote in the past; (27:55) Becoming an accidental
Russia expert and the Steele dossier; (32:29) What bothers Taibbi about
"Russiagate" coverage; (36:26) The 2020 presidential campaign; (39:45) Did the
media learn anything from 2016? Read more
Matt Taibbi, a contributing editor at Rolling Stone, talks with BuzzFeed's
Steven Perlberg about "The Fairway," a new book that he is publishing via a
paid email newsletter. In this episode: (01:19) The endurance of newsletters
and Taibbi's last book, "The Business Secrets of Drug Dealing"; (07:02) How
cable news brought about President Trump; (11:42) The problem with the "Trump
angle" mindset; (15:08) Alternative business models for journalism; (17:28)
The legacy of the 2008 financial crisis; (22:06) The Exile and sexual
harassment allegations; (25:47) The responsibility people have for
misogynistic things they wrote in the past; (27:55) Becoming an accidental
Russia expert and the Steele dossier; (32:29) What bothers Taibbi about
"Russiagate" coverage; (36:26) The 2020 presidential campaign; (39:45) Did the
media learn anything from 2016?
Steven Perlberg about "The Fairway," a new book that he is publishing via a
paid email newsletter. In this episode: (01:19) The endurance of newsletters
and Taibbi's last book, "The Business Secrets of Drug Dealing"; (07:02) How
cable news brought about President Trump; (11:42) The problem with the "Trump
angle" mindset; (15:08) Alternative business models for journalism; (17:28)
The legacy of the 2008 financial crisis; (22:06) The Exile and sexual
harassment allegations; (25:47) The responsibility people have for
misogynistic things they wrote in the past; (27:55) Becoming an accidental
Russia expert and the Steele dossier; (32:29) What bothers Taibbi about
"Russiagate" coverage; (36:26) The 2020 presidential campaign; (39:45) Did the
media learn anything from 2016?
