Why a Former Magazine Reporter Says the Intel Leaker Story Will Get Ugly Fast
Matt Vespa / Townhall Tipsheet
To those who haven’t followed Matt Taibbi’s work, I
could see how you might view him as pro-Trump, anti-liberal, or whatever
labels suit your fancy regarding going after people who call out
Democrats on their illiberal nonsense. But Taibbi has also torched
Republicans; he’s no fan of Trump, and he’s not a conservative. Taibbi
has mocked everyone because they’re all part of the same political class
that will screw over the average voter in one way or another. He’s a
classical liberal who defends freedom of speech and civil liberties. He
might not like your views, but he doesn’t think you should be censored
or banned from platforms. His in-depth analysis of the Twitter Files, an
unholy alliance between Silicon Valley and the Feds that morphed into a
surveillance and political censorship workshop, is why the Left has
viewed him with ire. He couldn’t care less.
Other liberals have been skeptical of things like the Russian
Collusion narrative—Taibbi wasn’t alone there. Michael Tracey is another
left-leaning journalist who has attacked the Democratic Party for this
hoax that has virtually destroyed the credibility of the news industry.
That’s how fragile liberalism has become: one disagreement, and you’re
ostracized and labeled a Nazi. Taibbi has landed in purgatory, but,
again, he doesn't care.
