I got online in 1994. Before the dot bomb. Before Amazon. Before Facebook and Twitter. When I started (and started a website) it felt like a wide open world of possibility, where anyone could do anything. I did not know we were headed for a cloistered world of paranoia - worse than a panopticon. I used to love how free the internet was. I think now it has killed off what journalism used to be. All of this to say that what you are proposing here is the first time I've felt that sense of possibility we had back in 1999 with a wild, wild web. You have found a way outside the suffocating trap of media + social media. And once you do that, the possibilities are endless. So thank you. I can't wait to see what comes next.
I am so damn weary of being forced to sift through various sites trying to find non-bullshit news that I've given up. Now there is hope. I am really looking forward to this!
Love it and am into it. I am glad to see you are diving deep into this opportunity and hopefully leading the way for other reputable journalists in the future. Also glad to see you’re having some fun with it! Also I am just a bit upset we didn’t get “Matt Taibbi’s Daily Atrocity” as the name, but, I think your decision is far wiser and maybe that can be a bonus column every now and then :-)
Matt, you are amazing. When I subscribed, I was thoroughly satisfied with your (ir)regularly delivered articles. This is now so much more than I anticipated, and I am thrilled!
>> TK is typesetting and journalistic slang for “to come.” Yes, I know the last word is spelled with a “c.”
This is another piece of evidence that Matt is a Russian agent. Do you know who else spells c-starting works with a K? Russian athletes in the Kontinental Hockey League!
Where do you get the energy for all this? Love your investigation reports which are mind-boggling - hope you continue on those "too big" to fail problems and keep your sense of humor.
The potential of this project is so, so exciting. I'm already reading through some of it right now. What the industry needs now more than ever is an injection of this kind of independent spirit. I'm waiting for the day a story in here inevitably becomes an international must-read and journalists realize they don't have to do things like they used to. Maybe we actually can turn this thing around. Thanks for all you do, Matt.
By the way, the tier I would've paid to sit in on that Tim Dillon x Matt Taibbi Zoom call...
I got online in 1994. Before the dot bomb. Before Amazon. Before Facebook and Twitter. When I started (and started a website) it felt like a wide open world of possibility, where anyone could do anything. I did not know we were headed for a cloistered world of paranoia - worse than a panopticon. I used to love how free the internet was. I think now it has killed off what journalism used to be. All of this to say that what you are proposing here is the first time I've felt that sense of possibility we had back in 1999 with a wild, wild web. You have found a way outside the suffocating trap of media + social media. And once you do that, the possibilities are endless. So thank you. I can't wait to see what comes next.
I am so damn weary of being forced to sift through various sites trying to find non-bullshit news that I've given up. Now there is hope. I am really looking forward to this!
I am going to be reading the fuck out of all of this.
Love it and am into it. I am glad to see you are diving deep into this opportunity and hopefully leading the way for other reputable journalists in the future. Also glad to see you’re having some fun with it! Also I am just a bit upset we didn’t get “Matt Taibbi’s Daily Atrocity” as the name, but, I think your decision is far wiser and maybe that can be a bonus column every now and then :-)
Matt, you are amazing. When I subscribed, I was thoroughly satisfied with your (ir)regularly delivered articles. This is now so much more than I anticipated, and I am thrilled!
thanks for the in depth update Matt!
love all of this. THANK YOU MATT!!
>> TK is typesetting and journalistic slang for “to come.” Yes, I know the last word is spelled with a “c.”
This is another piece of evidence that Matt is a Russian agent. Do you know who else spells c-starting works with a K? Russian athletes in the Kontinental Hockey League!
Hah. It's like you coming into our houses loaded down with presents and saying, ”I hope you don't mind these packages are taking up so much room”
This increased value is wonderful. Thanks.
Where do you get the energy for all this? Love your investigation reports which are mind-boggling - hope you continue on those "too big" to fail problems and keep your sense of humor.
Incredibly witty and sarcastic comment TK
Fantastic! Can't wait. Thanks, Matt.
Excellent, just in time
Well, this is a pleasant surprise.
I like the sound of it!
Do you plan to invest in moderating comments? I'd pay more if you did.
Developing a capable, positive commentariate, as for example on NC or War Nerd, pays back big time.
The potential of this project is so, so exciting. I'm already reading through some of it right now. What the industry needs now more than ever is an injection of this kind of independent spirit. I'm waiting for the day a story in here inevitably becomes an international must-read and journalists realize they don't have to do things like they used to. Maybe we actually can turn this thing around. Thanks for all you do, Matt.
By the way, the tier I would've paid to sit in on that Tim Dillon x Matt Taibbi Zoom call...