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I'm not familiar with Taibbi's work but what exactly is wrong with this article? His facts are easily verifiable. Sure its polemical but that doesnt exclude it

I'm not familiar with Taibbi's work but what exactly is wrong with this article? His facts are easily verifiable. Sure its polemical but that doesnt exclude it from being journalism. Indeed it seems he's had some commendations for his financial writing regarding the crap we've seen from banks in the last few years: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Taibbi#Financial_journalism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Taibbi#Financial_journalis... Is there evidence he's been loose with facts in the past or do you take issue with his writing style?

anigbrowl 14y ago
Sure its polemical but that doesnt exclude it from being journalism. Yes it does. I have read numerous Taibbi articles where he has only given half the salient facts to the reader, or omitted vital information in order to make the story more dramatic. He's right quite frequently but he consistently, and possibly deliberately, poisons the well of discourse.