Corporate Media Attack on Matt Taibbi.

 

American corporate media have been on the offensive this week against the independent journalist Matt Taibbi. The writer's reporting on the Twitter Files exposes the collusion between MSM, Intelligence agencies, and Twitter. What is certainly not surprising, those on the attack are mostly ex-intelligence employees and government attorneys. From what I can glean, the criticisms are directed at Tiabbi's character and authenticity as a journalist. They also propose an insane conspiracy theory that his writing fuels far-right and far-left views in politics. In a recent article Taibbi published on his substack page, titled, On MSNBC and Authoritarianism, he writes: 

 Even by the low standards of the genre, "How the populist left has become vulnerable to the populist right" is a humorous standout. It argues that after I spent a month detailing how the FBI, DHS, DOD, CIA, and other agencies built a system for mass delivery of censorship requests to firms like Twitter and Facebook, I helped fuel a subculture that "could funnel people from leftism to authoritarianism." 

I must admit that these vacuous establishment types have become a little more clever in their criticisms of those who oppose or question their political opinions. Any complaint of them was responded to with "Putin Puppet," "Russian Agent,," Assad Apologist," etc. Again, calling leftist commentators 'funnels for an extreme political view' is clever, though, on its face, this claim is insane. Taibbi goes on to write: 

MSNBC and similarly foundering competitor CNN (which lost 19% and 27% of their audiences, respectively, last year) have been open for years now in their desire to serve as final revolving door destinations for the shadiest conceivable military and security officials.

If anything, these "left" commentators and journalists have only reported on the lies and propaganda that the government and MSM have told the general public for years. A prime example was the Russiagait disinformation campaign, lasting over 4 years, pushing unfounded conspiracy theories, calling the 2016 presidential election Russian-influenced, and calling the then President Trump, an agent of Putin, a traitor to his country. This was created by the Clinton campaign and fueled by the MSM by way of the intelligence agencies. All this disinformation turned out to be just that, conspiracy theories presented as fact. Somehow, high-profile leftist journalists and commentators funnel propaganda to shepherd people into a world of authoritarianism. 

A 2nd grader would see through this unfounded claim. 

What is that age-old adage in journalism: 'Never let the facts get in the way of a good story.' The corporate media practices this style of tabloid 'entertainment' and misinformation daily. 

In recent history, the CIA launched Project Mockingbird, where agents would infiltrate influential news organizations to plant stories that promoted their own ends. In the 21st century, no subterfuge is required because they hire ex-spooks and establishment shills right out in the open. 

The Twitter Files revealed this collusion between Intelligence agencies, corporate media, and social media to plant disinformation or prevent other news that might affect public opinion. 

Taibbi names these people. Most of which are ex-spooks and ex-political influencers. 

(See article).

Rather than report on Taibbi's factual reporting, these establishment geeks come out swinging with more lies and conspiracy theories. 

Considering corporate media's drastic plummet in their audience, they would try another tactic. Only more lies will do when you deal only with lies and propaganda. 

As the saying goes: 

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.