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Matt Taibbi wrote a pretty decent one too: https://substack.com/home/post/p-161729247
It is not spectacular, since Matt Taibbi caught brainworms in 2020 his stuff seems to have gone downhill some. But his golden-age columns roasting David Brooks and Tom Friedman back when the whole Western world was singing their praises and my dad was buying their books, is some of the best media criticism that has existed this century I think. I only found that article I linked to because I was looking for one of those for pure nostalgia value.
I love a good takedown. Will check it out in a bit. Thanks!