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> I object to the idea that Yglesias & Klein share a bucket with Greenwald and Taibbi; the former are serious policy pundits, the latter are trolls. This seems
by throwawaysea 6y ago
> I object to the idea that Yglesias & Klein share a bucket with Greenwald and Taibbi; the former are serious policy pundits, the latter are trolls.
This seems like a gross mischaracterization. I don’t see them as trolls at all. Do you just disagree with their values/ideas? What makes you use the word “trolls” specifically?
- harryh 6y agoI don't know much about Greenwald, but Taibbi routinely distorts the truth to fit his narrative. I'm not sure if that makes him a troll, but it definitely means he's not a journalist (or at least a good one).
- newen 6y agoLol, I was about to say, I also object to the idea that Yglesias & Klein share a bucket with Greenwald and Taibbi; the former are so so characters I don't particularly care about, the latter are great journalists. You hang out too much in lefty Twitter.
- harryh 6y agoMost of my aversion to Taibbi is from his writing on Wall Street where my views are substantially to the right of his.
- kasey_junk 6y agoMy views are likely aligned with Taibbis politics. But my experience on Wall Street makes me think he’s untrustworthy. His stories routinely misrepresent how things work to make points.
- tptacek 6y agoIt's easy to be perceived as an important journalist when you've built an audience and are willing to take stories far past the evidence. Readers will reward you for doing that, because stories built on evidence are comparatively boring, and nobody wants anything from the news more than a compelling narrative. Even The Intercept has repudiated Greenwald at this point. But then, a unifying, totalizing conspiracy by the media against Greenwald is also a compelling narrative.