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[–] davel@hexbear.net 23 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (23 children)

Taibbi specifically is under attack right now for exposing the mis- dis- mal-information discourse—and the governmental & non-governmental institutions that have sprouted from it—to be just parts of the larger propaganda machine of the coalition of the Democrats and the Never Trumpers. He’s an existential threat to them maintaining control of corporate social media discourse and gaining control of fediverse discourse.

Edit to add: In case anyone thinks I’m being hyperbolic in bringing up potential fediverse censorship, I’ve got a PDF for you from the Atlantic Council: Collective Security in a Federated World

[–] wahwahwah@hexbear.net 33 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (14 children)

I dunno, I’ve heard about his history (sexpt in Russia, Twitter files bs, the BLM chapo episode) and he seems like a dipshit who happens to sometimes be right. I’m tired of media personalities. All of them.

[–] emizeko@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

the sexpat stuff was based on satirical articles and has been debunked by talking with the people involved

but I agree he's a dipshit on the other stuff alone

[–] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago

Pretty sure there are photos in some cases. eXile, as far as I can tell, was a shitty paper run by shitty people.

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