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Matt Taibbi on Mainstream Media: "You Can Run Any Sh** Up the Flagpole and These Reporters Will Salute It" [VIDEO]

Posted by Adam Howard, AlterNet at 4:22 PM on January 13, 2008.

The Rolling Stone political reporter laments the media spin on McCain, the surge and more.

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Rolling Stone's excellent political reporter Matt Taibbi (whose work regularly appears here on AlterNet) stopped by Bill Maher's returning Real Time with Bill Maher this weekend and talks about the exhaustive experience of covering the presidential campaigns. He laments the glowing, fan-boyish coverage John McCain receives, the widespread acceptance and reporting that the surge has worked and also the oddity that we may end up with the two establishment candidates the press had coronated originally (Clinton and McCain) after all. Check out the video to your right for more.

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Adam Howard is the editor of PEEK.

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funny [Report this comment] Posted by: Richard House on Jan 13, 2008 11:14 PM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] Too bad the clip is cut off when super-patriot Snow gets offended, and the spat gets interesting. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » That clip is available at this link Posted by: Beastly » RE: That clip is available at this link - ty Posted by: johnclark » snow Posted by: bookie decent clip. i don't pay for hbo (rather provide my family with health care) but... [Report this comment] Posted by: ABetterFuture on Jan 13, 2008 11:53 PM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] ...MT does make nice points. would have been nice to see more, but paying for edutainment would have jeopardized my family's well-being. thanks for the one-liners! [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » RE: decent clip. i don't pay for hbo (rather provide my family with health care) but... Posted by: Lauren For more stories that are being avoided [Report this comment] Posted by: thoughtcriminal on Jan 14, 2008 12:08 AM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] try Iraq Veterans Against the War . As far as Tony Snow... he must have forgotten about Walter Reed... MR. SNOW: That’s why — again, I would refer you, Bill, to the Department of the Army, which runs the Walter Reed Army Medical Center. This is the place where if you want to get – Q That’s just an easy way for you not to have to talk about it. . . MR. SNOW: No. David asked where the outrage — of course there’s outrage that men and women who have been fighting have not received the outpatient care — if you read the stories, there are many who are happy with it, some who are unhappy, and it’s important that we show our commitment to the people who have served. I don’t know what more you want me to do. Part of something special? That must be why... Post-traumatic stress symptoms often delayed for years for war veterans., NYT, Sep 2007 But that's okay, because the care is top notch, the best available. . . Veterans Affairs Hospitals Suffer Problems Found at Walter Reed, AP, March 2007 Well, it's at least better than the medical care they'd get in a Baghdad hospital. . . 1 in 8 Iraqis dies before fifth birthday - In Baghdad's poorest area, hospital lacks basic supplies, staff, SF, May 2007 [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » RE: For more stories that are being avoided Posted by: Lauren Matt was great - Can I have some more, please? [Report this comment] Posted by: Susan Kipping on Jan 14, 2008 1:23 AM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] Matt made point after point. I loved listening to him talk. His point of view is seldom heard. This is a fixed election and the Illuminati couldn't be more pleased. Kucinich and Gravel are the only real democrats and Ron Paul is the only real republican. All three have been aced out. They cannot speak of their love of the constitution and their country. They cannot bring up the war or impeachment. This is such an injustice. Snow is a kiss ass, lies through his paid off teeth. I cannot stand to listen to this bully speak. He is a tool for the NWO elites that are taking this country down. Iraq has been painfully destroyed and Snow acts like we did them a favor. Our military has been betrayed time and time again. Now I know what they mean by a Snow job. Pure lies. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » RE: Matt was great - Can I have some more, please? Posted by: Lauren All the cool kids use the F word. [Report this comment] Posted by: kepstein7777 on Jan 14, 2008 3:11 AM Current rating: 2 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] Interesting to see Taibbi after reading all those columns, but I think he sounds better in writing. I went on YouTube looking for a longer version of this. I didn't find it, but I did find this bit on Imus, where Taibbi falls into the same herd mentality that he bashes the media for on this clip, apparently jumping to conclusions with respect to Hillary and New Hampshire. http://youtube.com/watch?v=wH1snp9_kaE When Maher starts throwing around the F word, it reminded me of George on Seinfeld, when he turns his hat backwards while he's talking to the "cool" guy. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » RE: All the cool kids use the F word. Posted by: nochicagoboys Title Is A Great Summary [Report this comment] Posted by: redbird30328 on Jan 14, 2008 5:42 AM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] Matt Taibbi's comment in the title is a great summary of his own commentary vis-a-vis the AlterNet blogosphere. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] Tony Snow is a self-serving, chickenhawk asshole. [Report this comment] Posted by: thekidde on Jan 14, 2008 6:58 AM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] His pitiful performances as Shithead's press secretary disqualifies him from having an opinion about anything meaningful. Maher fucked up having him on his show. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » RE: Tony Snow is a self-serving, chickenhawk asshole. Posted by: Sissy » RE: Tony Snow is a self-serving, chickenhawk asshole. Posted by: Doubtom Toni Snow - another Closet Homosexual [Report this comment] Posted by: tommy1957 on Jan 14, 2008 9:45 AM Current rating: 4 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] Rumor is when the gay escort was visiting the white house he had two routine customers. One named Karly and the other named Toni "the tiger". The surge is a complete and utter failure. None of the stated goals were achieved. Death is still a permanent resident in Iraq. He moves around to place where he can get the most for his buck. Bush is only worried about his legacy; like his daddy he will be known as a loser. Republicans who are closet members of the "Party of the Wide Stance" are the biggest whiners in the world. Please, Bill Maher; give Toni a Kleenex. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] Good clip - Tony Snow hasn't changed. [Report this comment] Posted by: leland61 on Jan 14, 2008 12:53 PM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] He maintains his Fox like position as apologist for the Bush lie machine. At least he is consistent - wrong all the time. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] loubranch [Report this comment] Posted by: loubranch on Jan 14, 2008 7:55 PM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] I am sick and tired of all this crap about the surge being a success. If it was such a success why didn't the "Decider" cross the border from Kuwait and wave his tattered MISSION ACCOMPLISHED" banner? As they say on the blogs==That's a lot of Bushit! [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] Never Admit Anything [Report this comment] Posted by: InsertNameHere on Jan 14, 2008 9:50 PM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] I love Tony Snow's outburst. It's proof that he actually believes the lies he helped carry. Even when he's out of the administration he refuses to concede an inch in the face of the truth. That's why these assholes are so dangerous. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » RE: Never Admit Anything Posted by: Doubtom Matt [Report this comment] Posted by: pizzmoe on Jan 14, 2008 11:38 PM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] Matt handled himself quite well, especially during Tony Snow's shoveling of huge mounds of manure. Personally, my head exploded, but Matt kept his cool. Would be nice if Bill called Tony on his s**t, but oh well. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]