Taibbi is a legend. He was writing edgy takedowns of Republicans during the Bush era, but somehow his principles didn't go away when Democrats are calling the shots. It's funny how that works, him and Greenwald are two of the sharpest journalists the left has produced in the 21st century. Whereas their mediocre coworkers forgot about the antiwar, anticorp movements by 2010.
I can't really think of anyone who's that much more nimble than Taibbi as a writer. On some level journalists are all overrated but this is a relative comparison.
Taibbi is a legend. He was writing edgy takedowns of Republicans during the Bush era, but somehow his principles didn't go away when Democrats are calling the shots. It's funny how that works, him and Greenwald are two of the sharpest journalists the left has produced in the 21st century. Whereas their mediocre coworkers forgot about the antiwar, anticorp movements by 2010.
Taibbi isn't even that sharp, he's just doing his job as a journalist and these days that makes him look like a shining star.
Jordan Peterson syndrome.
I can't really think of anyone who's that much more nimble than Taibbi as a writer. On some level journalists are all overrated but this is a relative comparison.
Again, that's because there is no one else left, currently, to compare with him.