Chapotraphouse

Yes, it's a shame. Matt Taibbi did great on financial reporting and was THE journalist for 2008 crash. I still like his work afterwards as well. He's one of the few Russiagate skeptic who were proven right. He was a fantastic as on the field reporter for 2016 Democratic primary. Even his early work on Racket, I like when he and Walter covered short stories like Dostoevsky, Gogol, Tolstoy, etc. I even still liked Racket during the early 2024 primaries, as they provided an alternative populist POV when the media was so full on cheering for Biden. I stopped listening to their podcast after October 7th, I can't stand his both side'ism, hypocrisy on how they are supposedly free-speech absolutist but cheering against and making fun of college students who are protesting for Gaza. During peak 2024 election season apparently Walter Kirn went full on unhinged MAGA. I still kinda follow Matt like a lolcow, it's still funny that he's cancelled by a fictional character, made "why I left the Left" video, embarrassed himself in #TwitterFiles, and now his podcast and friendship with Walter imploded over disagreement over Covid and gain-of-function research, like literally who cares it's 2026. Matt thinks he's Hunter Thompson but he's just a rich kid who went to bourgie liberal arts college and ended up as lolcow journalist.