%%Remember Last Name, First Name for Alias%% # Matt Taibbi %%Archived photo URL%%  ## TL;DR ## URLs ## Aggregate > Matthew Colin Taibbi (; born March 2, 1970) is an American author, journalist, and podcaster. He has reported on finance, media, politics, and sports. A former contributing editor for Rolling Stone, he is the author of several books, co-host of Useful Idiots, and publisher of the newsletter Racket News (formerly TK News) on Substack. > > Taibbi began as a freelance reporter working in the former Soviet Union. He later worked as a sports journalist for the English-language newspaper The Moscow Times. In 1997, Taibbi and Mark Ames co-edited the tabloid newspaper The eXile. In 2002, Taibbi returned to the United States and founded the Buffalo-based newspaper The Beast. He left a year later to work as a columnist for the New York Press. In 2004, Taibbi began covering politics for Rolling Stone. In 2008, Taibbi won a National Magazine Award for three columns he wrote for Rolling Stone. Taibbi became known for his brazen style, having branded Goldman Sachs a "vampire squid" in a 2009 article. His work often has drawn comparisons to the gonzo journalism of writer Hunter S. Thompson, who also covered politics for Rolling Stone. In 2019, he launched the podcast Useful Idiots, co-hosted by Katie Halper. In 2020, he began self-publishing his online writing on Substack. In recent years, Taibbi's writing has focused on culture war issues and cancel culture. He has criticized mainstream media, including its coverage of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections. In 2022–23, Taibbi released several installments of the [Twitter](Twitter.md) Files. > > Taibbi has authored several books, including The Great Derangement (2009); Griftopia (2010); The Divide (2014); Insane Clown President (2017); I Can't Breathe (2017); and Hate Inc. (2019). > - *from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt%20Taibbi)* # Tags #MediaFigure ---- - **First Indexed:** 06-18-2023 - 3:48 pm - **Last Updated:** 06-18-2023 - 3:52 pm %% - [x] Date of birth: - [ ] Place of birth: - [ ] Death Date: - [ ] Death Location: - [ ] Nationality: - [ ] Citizenship: - [ ] Parent: - [ ] Spouse: - [ ] Sibling: - [ ] Child: - [ ] Notable Family: - [ ] Religion: - [ ] Gender: [ ] Employer: - [ ] Position Held: - [ ] Member of: - [ ] Alma Mater: %%