Matt Taibbi

Everything Matt Taibbi said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.

ALL-IN Assertion Partly supported

Taibbi: Bottom 99% lost wealth while top 1% gained millions under Obama

“During the Obama years the bottom 99% saw their average wealth decrease by 4900 dollars, whereas the top one percent saw its wealth increase by an average of 4.9 million dollars.”

Matt Taibbi May 28, 2022 ▶ 8:30 #AIS: Glenn Greenwald & Matt Taibbi discuss the new political divide, moderated by David Sacks

ALL-IN Assertion Partly supported

Taibbi: Democrats represent 41 of the 50 wealthiest US congressional districts

“41 of the richest 50 congressional districts in America had Democrats in those seats, and all of the top 10 richest districts were won by Democrats.”

Matt Taibbi May 28, 2022 ▶ 26:42 #AIS: Glenn Greenwald & Matt Taibbi discuss the new political divide, moderated by David Sacks

ALL-IN Assertion Not checkable as stated

Taibbi: A handful of people control 95% of US media distribution

“These are people who've been absolutely comfortable With, you know, a handful of people controlling you know, 95 to 98% of the media distribution in this country you know, for years now.”

Matt Taibbi May 28, 2022 ▶ 35:05 #AIS: Glenn Greenwald & Matt Taibbi discuss the new political divide, moderated by David Sacks

ALL-IN Assertion Not checkable as stated

Taibbi: Fox News pioneered the media audience optimization business model

“Fox pioneered a new way to make money in media, which is sort of like the audience optimization model. Like you pick a group a demographic, and then you try to dominate it by feeding it news that you know that those people are going to respond to.”

Matt Taibbi May 28, 2022 ▶ 30:05 #AIS: Glenn Greenwald & Matt Taibbi discuss the new political divide, moderated by David Sacks

The other half of the tape: Matt Taibbi's own voice is left out of every number here. Other people bring the name up 34 times in 19 episodes across the shows. 2 statements on the record name them. every mention, with the transcript →

Who brings them up most David Sacks 21Jason Calacanis 9Chamath Palihapitiya 3Tucker Carlson 1

Statements about Matt Taibbi, by other people (2)

ALL-IN Assertion Partly supported

Carlson: Social media platforms were riddled with salaried intel officers

“They were all locked down, and they were all riddled with intel, in some cases, actual salaried intel officers. Matt Taibbi's amazing reporting has shown this. Not just American, either, from foreign countries.”

Tucker Carlson Dec 1, 2023 ▶ 1:12:28 Tucker Carlson: State of America, leaving Fox News, Media Control, Politics, and more

ALL-IN Disclosure

Calacanis: Speakers refused to attend All-In Summit due to political lineup

“One of the major challenges I had in this event Was certain people attending the event made some people in that group unwilling to come to the event. No offense, Keith. In other words, like, Keith, Sachs, you know, and then even Glenn Grunwald and... Greenwald…”

Jason Calacanis May 26, 2022 ▶ 26:53 #AIS: Tim Urban on political discourse + Keith Rabois on early-stage investing in 2022

Every mention by year

One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Matt's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.

Show	Role there	Eps	Statements	Record
ALL-INLEDGER	Publisher, Racket News	1	4	0% 0/2	full record on All-In →