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In Conversation with Matt Taibbi

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On today’s show celebrated journalist Matt Taibbi talks about his latest book, Hate Inc.: Why Today’s Media Makes Us Despise One Another. Taibbi says, Hate Inc., is “intended to be a rethink of Manufacturing Consent.” by Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky. Published in 1988, Chomsky and Herman, presented an analysis on how mass media … Continued


On today’s show we hear from Dr. James Taylor about the impeachment hearings and later celebrated journalist Matt Taibbi talks  about his latest book, Hate Inc.: Why Today’s Media Makes Us Despise One Another. Taibbi says, Hate Inc., is “intended to be a rethink of Manufacturing Consent.” by Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky. Published … Continued


Corporate Coup D’Etat This investigative documentary shows how corporations and billionaires have taken control of the American political process, and in doing so have brought economic hardship and ruin to vast swaths of the country. It combines insights from political thinkers and journalists with the experiences of citizens from the Rust Belt, where factory closures … Continued


“Extreme Vetting”: Trump Vows Ideological Test for Immigrants & Return to McCarthy-Era Repression; Matt Taibbi on Trump’s Position on NATO, Russia & his Campaign Head’s $13 Million Scandal in Ukraine; “What Would She Do in Iraq?”: As Clinton Slams Trump for ISIS Speech, We Look at Her Own Positions; Writer Jesse Washington & Olympian Anthony … Continued


“Extreme Vetting”: Trump Vows Ideological Test for Immigrants & Return to McCarthy-Era Repression; Matt Taibbi on Trump’s Position on NATO, Russia & his Campaign Head’s $13 Million Scandal in Ukraine; “What Would She Do in Iraq?”: As Clinton Slams Trump for ISIS Speech, We Look at Her Own Positions; Writer Jesse Washington & Olympian Anthony … Continued


Pakistan Mourns After Bombing at Hospital Kills At Least 74, Including Dozens of Lawyers; Meet Jacqui Maxwell, the UAW Autoworker Who Interrupted Trump’s Economic Speech in Detroit; Matt Taibbi: Trump’s All White Male Economic Team Includes “Financial Crisis Villain” John Paulson; Matt Taibbi on Libor, Cartel-Style Finance & How Failure to Fix Wall St. Has … Continued