{"id":520320,"date":"2022-12-03T08:40:42","date_gmt":"2022-12-03T05:40:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/who-is-matt-taibbi-journalist-behind-hunter-biden-twitter-files\/"},"modified":"2022-12-03T08:40:42","modified_gmt":"2022-12-03T05:40:42","slug":"who-is-matt-taibbi-journalist-behind-hunter-biden-twitter-files","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/who-is-matt-taibbi-journalist-behind-hunter-biden-twitter-files\/","title":{"rendered":"#Who is Matt Taibbi, journalist behind Hunter Biden &#8216;Twitter files&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2d1f87a6f44\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2d1f87a6f44\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/who-is-matt-taibbi-journalist-behind-hunter-biden-twitter-files\/#%E2%80%9CWho_is_Matt_Taibbi_journalist_behind_Hunter_Biden_%E2%80%98Twitter_files%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Who is Matt Taibbi, journalist behind Hunter Biden &#8216;Twitter files&#8217;&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/who-is-matt-taibbi-journalist-behind-hunter-biden-twitter-files\/#Catch_up_on_Twitters_censorship_of_the_Posts_Hunter_Biden_laptop_story\" >Catch up on Twitter\u2019s censorship of the Post\u2019s Hunter Biden laptop story<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1>&#8220;Who is Matt Taibbi, journalist behind Hunter Biden &#8216;Twitter files'&#8221;<\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>The journalist and author behind the so-called \u201cThe Twitter Files\u201d that revealed the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a> giant\u2019s extreme steps to censor The Post\u2019s Hunter Biden laptop scoop hinted about the \u201cexplosive\u201d thread Thursday night and told his followers the four days leading up to the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> of tweets were a \u201cwhirlwind.\u201d   <\/p>\n<p>Matt Taibbi, known for his brazen, irreverent writing style that often ruffles feathers, was unmasked Friday night as the source of the damning Twitter censorship revelations that he backed up with insider sourcing and a series of redacted company emails. <\/p>\n<p>Leading up to Friday, Musk had teased the release of details on how Twitter worked to squash The Post\u2019s story but didn\u2019t specify where the information would come from \u2014 or who would share it. <\/p>\n<p>Taibbi, who boasts over 30,000 paid subscribers on his Substack, TK <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a>, according to NY Magazine, told his followers Thursday night that he\u2019d written \u201ca unique and explosive story\u201d that would not be published on the platform first but instead be tweeted because he \u201chad to agree to certain conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose of you who\u2019ve been here for years know how seriously I take my obligation to this site\u2019s subscribers. On this one occasion, I\u2019m going to have to simply ask you to trust me. As it h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ens, there may be a few more big surprises coming, and those will be here on Substack. And there will be room here to discuss this, too, in time,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been a whirlwind 96 hours for me, too,\u201d he concluded at the end of the thread. \u201cThere is much more to come, including answers to questions about issues like shadow-banning, boosting, follower counts, the fate of various individual accounts, and more. These issues are not limited to the political right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not clear how or why Taibbi, 52, obtained the sensitive documents from Twitter that he included in the series of tweets or if Musk personally tapped him to publish the story on his newly acquired platform.<\/p>\n<p>The post included redacted emails from former Twitter employees and revealed communications the social media giant responding to a request \u201cfrom the Biden team\u201d during the run-up to the 2020 election shortly after the Post\u2019s Hunter Biden story was published.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"546\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/twitter-8a-2.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Hunter Biden laptop bombshell: Twitter invented reason to censor Post's reporting\" class=\"wp-image-24881585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/twitter-8a-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/twitter-8a-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/twitter-8a-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>A request \u201cfrom the Biden team\u201d to Twitter Taibbi revealed Friday night. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">mtaibbi\/Twitter<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Catch_up_on_Twitters_censorship_of_the_Posts_Hunter_Biden_laptop_story\"><\/span>Catch up on Twitter\u2019s censorship of the Post\u2019s Hunter Biden laptop story<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>He said the social media company \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mtaibbi\/status\/1598831435288563712\">took extraordinary steps to suppress<\/a>\u201d The Post\u2019s Hunter Biden laptop story, removing links to the expose shared by users and posting warnings that it may be \u201cunsafe.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>In recent years, Taibbi, an author of several books, including four New York Times bestsellers, has been outspoken in his criticism of mainstream media, particularly toward liberal-leaning outlets.<\/p>\n<p>He described his politics <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nymag.com\/intelligencer\/2021\/10\/what-happened-to-matt-taibbi.html\">to NY Magazine<\/a> last year as a \u201crun-of-the-mill, old-school ACLU liberal,\u201d noting his admiration for Bernie Sanders. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only thing I would say that\u2019s different about my political thinking \u2014 and it has nothing to do with policy and politics \u2014 suddenly I\u2019m getting along better with people who are Republicans,\u201d he told the magazine.<\/p>\n<p>Taibbi\u2019s works have mercilessly attacked economic and criminal injustice among other issues.<\/p>\n<p>His scathing\u00a02014 book, \u201cThe Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap.\u201d analyzes the increasingly large wealth disparity in the US and was named one of the best books of the year by The Washington Post and NPR.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/matt-taibbi-603.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Tesla CEO Elon Musk looks up as he addresses guests at the Offshore Northern Seas 2022 (ONS) meeting in Stavanger, Norway on August 29, 2022. -\" class=\"wp-image-24881758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/matt-taibbi-603.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/matt-taibbi-603.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/matt-taibbi-603.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Twitter CEO Elon Musk said there will be a Q&amp;A on Taibbi\u2019s \u201cTwitter Files\u201d report on Saturday.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">NTB\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In his latest book \u201cHate Inc.: Why Today\u2019s Media Makes Us Despise One Another,\u201d which was published in 2019 ahead of the 2020 election, Taibbi aggressively argues that what most Americans consider \u201cthe news\u201d is \u201cin fact, a twisted wing of the entertainment business.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2007, he won the National Magazine Award for Columns and Commentary while writing for Rolling Stone, where he remains a contributing editor and has been likened to the magazine\u2019s former Gonzo star, Hunter S. Thompson.<\/p>\n<p>His 2010 Rolling Stone article \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/politics\/politics-news\/the-great-american-bubble-machine-195229\/\">The Great American Bubble Machine<\/a>\u201d famously described Goldman Sachs as \u201ca great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity, relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Taibbi angered conservatives with a 2012 obituary he wrote in\u00a0Rolling Stone, entitled \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/politics\/politics-news\/andrew-breitbart-death-of-a-douche-90257\/\">Andrew Breitbart: Death of a Douche<\/a>,\u201d after the Breitbart founder\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>Taibbi, 52, additionally co-hosts the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@usefulidiots\/featured\">\u201cUseful Idiots\u201d political podcast<\/a> with comedian and writer Katie Harper.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/matt-taibbi-600.jpg?w=682\" alt=\"Hate Inc.: Why Today\u2019s Media Makes Us Despise One Another by Matt Taibbi\" class=\"wp-image-24881798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/matt-taibbi-600.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1023 1023w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/matt-taibbi-600.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682 682w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/matt-taibbi-600.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=341 341w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/matt-taibbi-600.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\"\/><figcaption>Taibbi\u2019s 2019 book \u201cHate Inc.\u201d criticizes the mainstream media.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">OR Books<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Musk <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1598857550329675776\">confirmed<\/a> that Twitter would host a Q&amp;A session on Taibbi\u2019s report tomorrow, although he did not say when. It\u2019s not clear if Taibbi will be answering questions.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Taibbi claimed victory at the annual Munk Debates in Toronto, in which he and conservative commentator and Post columnist Douglas Murray faced off against author Malcolm Gladwell and New York Times opinion columnist Michelle Goldberg in a debate over whether the media can be trusted.<\/p>\n<p>Taibbi and Murray convinced a record-breaking margin of the audience at the annual event to abandon the idea that media can be free of bias, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/matt-taibbi-douglas-murray-dominate-trust-in-media-debate\/\">The National Review reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBe it resolved: don\u2019t trust the mainstream media,\u201d Taibbi said during his opening remarks to start the debate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI grew up in the press. My father was a reporter. My stepmother was a reporter. My godparents were reporters. Every adult I knew growing up seemed to be in media. I love the news business. It\u2019s in my bones. But I mourn for it. It\u2019s destroyed itself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Taibbi argued that the mainstream media has bailed on its pledge to neutrality in favor of catering to a smaller, like-minded audience that stayed faithful to traditional media after <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> completely changed the advertising industry, according to the National Review.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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