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In reply to the discussion: Allow me to join Manny in my condemnation of Matt Taibbi. [View all]One of the 99
(2,280 posts)21. Your argument seems to be
that as long has he is going after bad people, or people you don't like he should be given a free pass on the truth.
This is not the first time that someone on the left has called out Taibbi for playing fast and loose with the facts. http://prospect.org/article/errors-matt-taibbi
We just cheer on anyone who attacks the other side simply because they are attacking who we don't like, then we are just as bad as those who listen to Rush and watch FAUX News. We need to require a higher standard based on the facts because the facts are on our side. Someone like Taibbi who is at times fact-challenged, only hurts the credibility of our case.
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Like the time when HSBC made $22 billion and got fined $2 for drug money laundering?
Octafish
Jan 2013
#10
Will one of you guys expose how these right wing think tanks for blog posts work?
grahamhgreen
Jan 2013
#77
The point that you think a post about Naomi Wolf is actually about Naomi Klein?...
SidDithers
Jan 2013
#19
I also get them confused with Nomi Prins. All 3 loathe corruption, warmongers and banksters.
Octafish
Jan 2013
#66