"The American press is destroying itself." ...says Matt Taibbi, who has actually been destroying himself and his reputation continuously for about 10 years now

"The American press is destroying itself." ...says Matt Taibbi, who has actually been destroying himself and his reputation continuously for about 10 years now. In this piece, Taibbi straight-up lies about the fascist op-ed from Tom Cotton in the NYT. I guess he thinks we're all too stupid to notice when he completely skips over everything that made Cotton's piece so offensive, including Sen. Cotton calling for "no quarter" against protestors, which is effectively state-sanctioned murder. Taibbi also skips over the key problem with the now-fired NYT editor's conduct: the fact that he admittedly did not even read Cotton's op-ed before approving it." There is a reasonable debate to be had over whether the Cotton op-ed should have been run or not, with many reasonable folks on both sides, but Taibbi's take is one of the worst I've seen and does not honestly portray the issues involved.