Episode #1940
Matt Taibbi
Books mentioned
Manufacturing Consent
Mentioned by Joe Rogan (host) · at 00:40:49 · ▶︎ Watch this moment on YouTube (approximate)
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The Strange Death of Europe
Mentioned by Matt Taibbi · at 01:14:14 · ▶︎ Watch this moment on YouTube (approximate)
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COVID-19: The Great Reset
Mentioned by Joe Rogan (host) · at 01:28:46 · ▶︎ Watch this moment on YouTube (approximate)
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Journalist and author Matt Taibbi discusses his Twitter Files reporting and how government, corporate, and tech-platform power affects censorship and public discourse. He and Joe Rogan examine institutional conformity, declining trust in legacy media, political polarization, and coverage of Russiagate and the Iraq War, along with possible 2024 candidates and the rise of independent podcasts.
What they talked about
- Twitter Files revelations and censorship
- Government involvement in social media moderation
- Media bias and the Hunter Biden laptop story
- Journalism ethics and selling out early in careers
- Corporate media's loss of trust and audience
- The Proud Boys and Gavin McInnes controversy
- Bernie Sanders campaign and media manipulation
- Independent media and the future of journalism
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