In my opinion, we all owe Matt Taibbi an abundance of gratitude for his part in exposing those who are enthusiastically trampling our first amendment. He could retire today and consider his life a success. Why bother listening to the haters.

@monotech20.14

Ай бұрын

Except Twitter Files were trash, a lie pushed by HACKS like RFK Taibbi Shellenberger Elon and others.

Matt has no obligation to report on anyone else’s particular obsession. They can do it themselves.

@medicinalpurposes4860

Ай бұрын

And they do. By the BOATLOAD.

@threeofeight197

Ай бұрын

We simply want more. Cover free speech issues from all angles. The more angles you cover the more ppl you will win over. And that’s a good thing.

@threeofeight197

Ай бұрын

@@medicinalpurposes4860do they? I don’t see it. And while no one is OBLIGATED to cover Free Speech issues, more ppl should.

@morenitomoreno1282

Ай бұрын

Lol but if other journalists dont write 50 articles about that boring "Twitter file" they're sellouts uh?

@tourist1313

Ай бұрын

@@morenitomoreno1282 I’m not sure I understand what you mean

The fact that Matt spent his whole career roasting the right wing and switched to roasting the democrats is actually an indication that he wasn't captured by his audience

@StinkCabbage

Ай бұрын

No what it shows is that there is more butter on your bread shilling for the right because in a previous life he criticized both sides.

@BradSamuelsPro

Ай бұрын

@@StinkCabbage considering democrats outed themselves as the party of internet censorship, I can't imagine anyone supporting that party anymore. And like taibbi, I voted for Bernie Sanders twice

@brentpnw9091

Ай бұрын

@@StinkCabbageor it shows just how far the window has shifted left. I think a lot of us were more critical of the right than the left in the Bush administration for instance. The values of the left have changed. Mine haven’t.

@StinkCabbage

Ай бұрын

@@brentpnw9091 Depends on what you mean by the left Because in this country what's called the left would be considered center right in most of the world. And what's called the right here now is so far off the spectrum of normal parliamentary politics there really isn't a category for it. The distinction never really meant much because both political parties are just different wings of the Business Party who share the same unstated goal, maintain corporate control of the society.

@NirtieDigger

Ай бұрын

​@@StinkCabbage ur tin foil hat must be super good quality foil. And whatever u smoking share it with us!

Matt you are not doing your job properly unless you are ruffing feathers... Keep it up my brother.

@leighalaughlin4056

Ай бұрын

He's not ruffling anything 😂

@Knowallwithmyphone

Ай бұрын

If he isn’t ruffling feathers, why are all the dems mad at him! He used to be their poster boy

@coblogan75

Ай бұрын

​@@leighalaughlin4056 feathers?...

@leighalaughlin4056

Ай бұрын

@Knowallwithmyphone No one is mad at him. They are just stating the truth. Saying Republicans have no institutional power is hilarious. See the house the Supreme Court. He's audience captured and covering hos shift

@stevensica5918

Ай бұрын

AFTER his insane flirtation with Musk, let us hope that MT returns to sanity.

OMG, He’s saying things we don’t like! Quick, call him right wing and all will be well!

Bri is ridiculous in this segment. Her softball interviews with M Wilimanson and others undermine her 'arguments' here.

@johnybalohny

Ай бұрын

There was nothing softball about her interview with Williamson, she disagreed with her and challenged her on multiple topics. I bet you never watched it.

@karen-qm7og

Ай бұрын

No, she's never "ridiculous". You just disagree with her - as do I, in this case. I just feel strongly, like Robby in this instance, that the focus needs to be on censorship itself instead of on the side issue of whether censorship is applied more often against the political left or the right.

@joshuaghiroli2513

Ай бұрын

In THIS segment? Is this your first time watching her? Lol

@TTFN55

Ай бұрын

Someone tell Palestine doesn't exist. Neither does the Land of Oz.

@FM-ln2sb

Ай бұрын

@@johnybalohny Oh I watched, it was softball. If that is your understanding of 'challenging' than you haven't seen real journalism.

Bri: " it's not good for a journalist to only investigate the democratic party because they were mean to him..."; Which is not what Taibbi said btw... Also Bri: "What they discovered with the twitter files isn't as important as the fact that they didn't go after the Republicans for more dirt..." They investigated to find out if there was any collaboration between social media and the Government/FBI, which there was. They were given access, but limited. They had to stick to only that subject and they couldn't be there forever, so they had to be selective about their search requests to get the most broad overall look possible. They made requests, and the information was given to them, and they found that the majority of the censorship was coming from the left, which was obvious unless you were under a rock for the last 8 years. All the Twitter files did was confirm it. Honestly this is just Bri's entire thing. "Only i'm honest and genuine. If I were to interview someone or investigate it would be perfectly executed". She doesn't investigate, she just sits there trashing everyone elses work and virtue signalling. And her commitment to the truth and evidence changes depending on the subject.

@Mr.Boring_Man

Ай бұрын

Exactly! Thank you for articulating this perfectly. I was getting flamed for this observation 5 years ago.

@TTFN55

Ай бұрын

Bri: "And he doesn't cover Palestine." Me: That's because Palestine doesn't exist, dear.

@Far2hip

Ай бұрын

It’s getting difficult to listen to Bri and try to let the obvious bias. I was SO hopeful that this would be two of the younger generation in balanced argument in a productive way. But if you I can’t clearly hear the words of reality in an endlessly consistent manner that Taibbi puts forth for exactly what it is, that’s a problem for me. But I will keep trying. 🧐

@cecebarnes7715

Ай бұрын

She (Brie) becomes, again, such a bore. I have had to avoid this podcast because of her predictable woke rhetoric but missed hearing Robbie. Have returned to find nothing has changed.

@BRexxors

Ай бұрын

She can’t help but strawman.

During this video's 1044 sec opinion segment: -Robbie spoke for 330 seconds (32%) -Bri spoke for 714 seconds (68%) -Of the 11 times that each of them spoke, Robbie's longest stretch of uninterrupted speech was 1 minute and 29 seconds, near the start of the opinion segment. He would never again speak uninterrupted for more than 60 seconds for the entire rest of the video. -By contrast, Bri's longest stretch of uninterrupted speech was 2 mins and 40 seconds. Unlike Robbie, she would also speak uninterrupted for 60 or more seconds during 3 other points in the video. -Robbie was completely cut off while speaking roughly 5 times. -Bri was cut off roughly 3 times, but also regained control of the conversation, on average, roughly 2 to 4 times more quickly than Robbie. Note: I excluded about 144 sec of the run time, mostly from the intro and outro where news was reported but no personal opinions were given. Conclusion: If it feels like Bri monopolizes the time on this show, it's because she does. I just wanted the math to prove it.

@jwf2125

Ай бұрын

Thank you for this breakdown. It’s typical. Robbie lets her ride over him. Instead of telling her, “I’m not finished”, he lets her run and then starts interrupting her himself. But he can’t win that game because she can’t help herself. She doesn’t understand that, while her bubblemates may agree with her, her style won’t win anyone over.

@thebeanstalker631

Ай бұрын

Wow

@alemswazzu

Ай бұрын

I had that same thought. Thanks.

@psychotogether5114

Ай бұрын

Just like Saggar. They can’t put their foot down or it would be sexist.

@wolfwind1

Ай бұрын

Excellent. Thank you!

Calling Taibbi's current body of work a "shift" is ridiculous in a context where liberals have themselves *shifted* very far to the right on free speech, the deep state, international human right, corporate accountability, and a host of other issues. Jilani and other detractors can't see the forest for the trees.

@truthstarved

Ай бұрын

The "Woke" left has been faithfully carrying water for the democratic establishment.

@threeofeight197

Ай бұрын

They simply want a more thorough coverage of free speech issues. There is a difference between criticizing someone you’re a fan of and trashing someone. I think this is an example of the former. Matt does great work, but let’s expand on it. And if Matt doesn’t do it maybe others will.

@rworded1

Ай бұрын

@@threeofeight197 If it's criticism and not "trashing," why did Jilani not consult with Taibbi before publishing tweets that he would later have to delete?! I just think left/liberals have been slowly sheep-dogged to the right over these last few decades and now they can't see that guys like Taibbi have done an excellent job of exposing the seamless merging of the deep state and the private sector (two historical enemies of the left). I'm old enough to remember when the left would've stood on principle. Those days are gone.

@GeorgeEugeneBarrett

Ай бұрын

The left have always wanted to control speech.

@beckyjohnson5057

Ай бұрын

@@rworded1 Me too. I just turned 70.

What's the quote, 20 years ago I was a classic liberal, now I am considered far right wing...but I didn't change.

@tedmarley4341

2 ай бұрын

Ok Dave rubin 😂

@bmass0828

2 ай бұрын

@@tedmarley4341 Thats called pattern recognition, and using critical thinking skills to determine that something has changed. Sorry that others are not as shallow as you are. Drink some tea with honey, your throat must be raw.

@jacquescousteau217

2 ай бұрын

Spot on !

@thehouseofcm

2 ай бұрын

Me too!

@RJL612

2 ай бұрын

Watch it'll be Ana Kasperian next.

Brie is conflating journalism and commentary. “He didn’t say this about musk” lines make no sense. Matt isn’t in the business of having opinions about all the things. He is an investigative reporter with sources and a beat and a body of work that reflects that. When he comes on a show he should be expected to talk about and defend his work, not engage in commentary. That’s your job not his.

@LBoytz

2 ай бұрын

Matt publishes a lot of "commentary" to his Substack subscribers (I am one), and I do think the commentary side of his writing has become more right-wing. I don't know if it's a reaction to the stupidity of the Congressional Democrats in response to the Twitter files or what, but I do see it happening, and I think it's pretty sad. I think you can point out the flaws of any political actors without abandoning your own principles. I'm not going to give up a commitment to equal rights for people of all races, ethnicities, or gender identities, for example, just because some people have weaponized those ideas to defend some of their own bad actions. Bri tries really hard to make people see that distinction. I'm not sure Matt sees it.

@utah_koidragon7117

Ай бұрын

@@LBoytz I subscribe to his substack as well. Can you give me some examples of his right wing commentary?

@user-fc9fy6em5v

Ай бұрын

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@joshpattison8323

Ай бұрын

@@LBoytz Do you believe that Matt Taibbi has "given up a commitment to equal rights for people"?

@josephbartell8175

Ай бұрын

Her point was Musk is not a free speech absolutist and has banned articles about the Indian govt. Tailbi was crickets on that. Mainly bc Elon gave him the ability to make a TON of money on his twitter files.

Imagine if Briahna were to apply her spirited defense of journalistic ethics without prejudice to the Left. LOL.

@medhue

Ай бұрын

Bri has ethics? She thinks other people do things for money, so my bet is that she does things for money, and just assumes everyone is like her.

@diIbert

Ай бұрын

She covers topics like Gaza well. But. She still stays in her wheel house at all times. With all subjects. Same as Matt. So her criticism wasnt mathing. Imho the right this year has had great reporting, from Ukraine to "antisemitism". And the left reporting on Gaza was valuable. Let both sides do their jobs well. We dont need bi-Jounalism. 😂

@januarysson5633

Ай бұрын

I think it’s adorable that Bri thinks the Democrats care about giving people healthcare. 😂

@bristlefist

Ай бұрын

@januarysson5633 it's mindbending.

@l.w.paradis2108

Ай бұрын

When you realize you cannot agree the facts, attack the person . . . Which is less bad than putting out fake facts, actually.

Bri just can’t help but complain about Elon at every opportunity. I’m just waiting for her to blame the Israeli war on Elon/Taibbi.

@LawsonBarnette

2 ай бұрын

Yeah, she's the absolute worst. I find that if you listen to her take and then you flip it, you'll pretty much be on the correct side of things. The DNC has been purchased by corporatists and they, in turn, have hollowed out the Democratic party. The GOP was gutted back in the Obama years, leaving a power vacuum allowing Trump to take control. People like Bri have a hard time acknowledging the obvious manipulation of their more aligned party. She should just be honest with herself. The Twitter files were damaging to the left simply because the company was owned by the left. Musk is pretty transparent about where he stands - unlike the prior management who outright denied and lied about their censorship efforts. She may not find favor in Taibbi's observations any more than she thinks that Musk manages X in a fair, balanced style. However, she'll have very difficult time illustrating that either was dishonest or manipulative. They're both straight shooters. Whereas, she's an idealogue. She can kick and scream all day long, but that won't make everyone agree, and it won't make her right.

@TheLouisisawesome

2 ай бұрын

He's the richest man in the world and a complete hypocrite, he helped rig the Turkish election! He's the biggest threat to free speech now

@HaleTheFreeVoice

2 ай бұрын

He’s white what did you expect

@agoogleuser704

Ай бұрын

Imagine defending a blubbering billionaire

@nyvarsitysports

Ай бұрын

Hmm…well…about that Israel thing…it would make me friggin scream.

The fact that defending free speech has shifted from a Left wing mantra to the right should tell you something about the change in power dynamics. Matt and Glen and ordinary people like me who actually believe in the 1st amendment, rather than using it as a weapon when it works for us and disavowing it when used against us, are called consistent people of character. It doesn't matter if the speech is left leaning, right leaning, or congruent with anyone else: YOU GET TO SAY IT

@user-pq7jj3vs3e

2 ай бұрын

That’s in your little information bubble. The politics of free speech been working well for the right wing. Though not at the ballot box

@FreefallSC

2 ай бұрын

Literally the backbone of progressivism is supposed to be free speech. It’s the dumbest arguments you can even imagine to argue that fighting for free speech is right wing.

@FreefallSC

2 ай бұрын

Free speech is literally supposed to be the backbone of progressive thought

@AgxntOrange

2 ай бұрын

​@FreefallSC Thats liberalism, I would argue progressivism has been in direct opposition to free speech principles since its inception.

@OnimenoJason

Ай бұрын

@@FreefallSC Nah. The backbone of Progressivism is whatever for their utopia. Which we're finding they aren't at all against all sorts of authoritarian methods to get there. Liberalism, as AgxntOrange points out, has free speech as it's core value and both the right and left have liberal access. The left liberals are the classic liberal that are getting labeled as right wing and the right liberal are libertarians which you'll find a lot more of that thinking on the right wing majority currently.

For me, the Twitter files were not so much about “left vs right” as they were about what “the government” wants us to think and believe, or not think and believe.

@therealcirclea762

Ай бұрын

Exactly. John Q is not the enemy. The State is the enemy.

Bri’s continued focus on this is bizarre and not even remotely the huge issue she thinks it is.

@jayware4219

2 ай бұрын

She’s pointing out Elon’s and Matt’s hypocrisy and I’m proud of her for doing so

@Flike245

2 ай бұрын

The motivations of a leaker are irrelevant. Her sole interest in the Twitter Files seems to be as an Elon PR stunt.

@vivalaleta

2 ай бұрын

The freedom of reporters to write and speak whatever they feel they need to can't be over esteemed as an important issue.

@17Clovers

2 ай бұрын

​@@jayware4219 comes nowhere close to the Left's hypocrisy lol

@bropitt

2 ай бұрын

while avoiding her's@@jayware4219

After Bri's hilariously one side coverage of Williamson, followed by a protracted silence....it's a hoot to watch her try to go after Taibbi for his non-coverage of Musk.

@LastBref

Ай бұрын

She has actually been critical of Williamson on some issues and raised these disagreements when speaking to her directly in interviews that you can watch on her channel. You want her to be completely against Williamson, and that's just not her position. Matt Taibbi literally won't acknowledge ANY of the substantive critiques of Musk. Do we need to review Musk's history of violating free speech principles? In a private message to Musk, Taibbi stated that he had been going out of his way to never say any negative about him because he wanted to maintain a good business relationship. And when Mehdi Hasan challenged Taibbi to say anything critical of Musk, even a minor quibble, he declined. Zaid Jilani has a history of criticizing both right and left cancel culture and calling out the excesses on both sides, which gives him more credibility than Taibbi's defenders want to admit.

@WhateverHappenedToGaryCooper

Ай бұрын

Remember when Norm Finklestein pushed back a little and she threw a tempter tantrum on him? She is thin skinned and very susceptible to cronyism

Matt was over the target then...and he's over the target now. One of the best.

What a silly criticism. If there is something false in the reporting, or bias, that’s relevant, Zaid just sounds petty.

@Independent365

2 ай бұрын

Bias reporting is literally the point she making lol.

@rynegade

2 ай бұрын

No, it's a rhetorical attack to censor Taibbi. This is how leftists operate.

@rickshawandy

2 ай бұрын

Disagree 100% with Brie on this.

@paulweeldreyer7457

2 ай бұрын

And Jilani is normally good. Weird for him to lash out like this. And of course Briahna is just disagreeing to disagree.

@michaellong9214

2 ай бұрын

This article could be written by any South American (left or right) regime. We have to destroy civil liberties to (protect the poor, protect the revolution, not embarrass the country internationally, etc...). I don't know why people in the USA don't see this.

The guy literally wrote a book about Trump called "Insane Clown President" - no doubt in an effort to "woo the right wing." : )

@rhys5567

Ай бұрын

Haha. Amen. And it was pro biden censorship. Biden who is not left or progressive.

@seasidesue816

Ай бұрын

Spot on! Thanks for the chuckle.

@Person0fColor

Ай бұрын

🤣 conservative shill

Glenn Greenwald is coming from the same angle. Taiibbi is in good company

@marywalters1181

2 ай бұрын

Except Glenn said he would NEVER do what Matt did with Musk. Let Musk pick and chose the information he wanted Matt to report on. Guess you left that part out.

@Akkbar21

2 ай бұрын

Exactly. The grift is so transparent. They just call balls and strikes, so I guess that means Trump just never did anything news worthy or corrupt, right? 🤔

@Akkbar21

2 ай бұрын

@@marywalters1181Glenn is goofy. Forget Elon Musk… GG simply is pandering to his conservative audience. He never wants to cross them on Trump. Hurts his bottom line if he did. Or he thinks trump will help the things he cares about. These illiberal populist republicans and trump will further his ideology? Is his judgement that bad? Or is he ignoring the biggest example of presidential corruption in trying to steal an election and illegally remain in power after losing? Both are bad. Greenwald is sad.

@Fenristripplex

2 ай бұрын

Yep

@jayware4219

2 ай бұрын

@@marywalters1181exactly and if musk is censoring just like the previous administration then that means he’s just as bad if not worse for claiming twitter to be the only place of free speech

I'm a Taibbi fan! Similar to Greenwald, the left as a cow when cherished reporters stray from lefty dogma. To me it also highlights the ridiculousness that left or right labels can often have. Love to have him on the show!

@user-pq7jj3vs3e

2 ай бұрын

Ok but trump and the GOP and all the right aligned influencers like Elon are untouchable sacred cows to you? To say you care about free speech and censorship but only if it is a perceived violation by the left, then you don’t care about free speech. You care about politicizing it.

I so appreciate Matt's reporting

Taibbi was doing a story on government censorship. He wasn't doing a take-down piece on Musk. I understand why Briahna wants others to provide her with their work so she can talk but that isn't his job. Briahna wants fodder for her ideology- not information.

Matt is the man! Zaid is just jealous and butthurt. Grow up,

@hehheh382

2 ай бұрын

Mark zaid helped mark waid blaquelyst Richard. Meyer from comics . Also he represented Eric charmallah And also represented pedraefoles

@Biggdogg59

2 ай бұрын

Exactly!

@gary7vn

2 ай бұрын

That's true, but he needs to talk about Gaza, which he ain't.

@Inferno361

2 ай бұрын

You sound butthurt?

@mboiko

2 ай бұрын

Matt Taibbi is 100% CORRECT and the Progressive Left...doesn't like that at all.

For Bri this is up there with homeschooling is child abuse

@rudyballchaser2356

Ай бұрын

Don’t forget, “This is white paper. This is yellow paper. They’re both paper”.

Brianna is unbearable.

@Person0fColor

Ай бұрын

🤣

Bri: "Reporters are not going after the right from every possible angle" Ok don't you consider yourself a reporter and/or have cadres of leftist friends that are reporters? How about you guys get on it instead of demanding Matt do it for you?....

Don't forget that the mainstream left media still says the Twitter files are a nothing burger. Matt has lots of "old school" Democrat followers as well as many Republicans and Libertarians.

@yoyo_ma7677

2 ай бұрын

No they don’t. I’ve heard many talk about it on different shows. Plus, how would you even know? I doubt you even watch it.

Matt has a superior level of intelligence and integrity. It serves him well when squaring off against idiots.

Wish Bri would stop imposing her values on other people. 🙄

@LastBref

Ай бұрын

The whole point of the show is for hosts who have different perspectives to give their opinions on current news stories. Opinions are determined by your values and what you care about. Bri represents a progressive point of view while Robbie attempts to represent a libertarian point of view. If you're into that type of thing, there are other channels you could watch that have very little opinionated commentary.

@Person0fColor

Ай бұрын

@@LastBref she is upset that he does not agree with her, he even said I can disagree with you bri doesnt believe that

This is the problem with Bri and Zaid, they’re more concerned about how much you cover this or that, who you are investing and their assumptions about your motivations behind it. Never a substitute issue about facts that are reported on.

@ak1342able

Ай бұрын

What an idiotic thing to say

Robby is so right, and it's disspointing that Briahna doesn't understand the twitter files. The point ins't that they were partisan, it's the fact that the government was interfering at all!

This should not have been a segment unless Matt was on here to explain/defend himself. Instead we have two people who are talking like they are inside Matt's head and know what his intentions are. Very unprofessional.

@jrad410

2 ай бұрын

The show has always done

@jesswalczak9946

2 ай бұрын

This episode was not really quality. It is too short for something this nuanced, and more importantly, it is missing Matt Taibi's explanation for his own words/actions.

@kathycollett4318

2 ай бұрын

Bingo!

@jaelancaster5506

2 ай бұрын

Good call❤

@dominickschrute3084

Ай бұрын

@@cassiescornerreviews6884If robbie isn’t as informed, and Bri is re-articulating a very pointed argument that I’ve already watched her put to Matt and this show and her bad faith podcast, then wouldn’t you find it uncharitable to make the same argument against Robbie?

Taibi is right about the left tbh

@jasonwhite6463

2 ай бұрын

Which side is arguing for the banning of books?

@user-pq7jj3vs3e

2 ай бұрын

I don’t know if he is right but he is definitely on the ‘right’. He knows where his bread is buttered

@jasonwhite6463

2 ай бұрын

@@user-pq7jj3vs3e Exactly so why not be honest about it?

@Inferno361

2 ай бұрын

Okay, boomer

@zelda1966

2 ай бұрын

@@Inferno361 the "boomers" are the ones defending the institutional left but okay

Hard to watch this show anymore with Breeze over Talking Robbie, so much and Robbie giving plenty of time to her uninterrupted. Robbie makes good points, and I would like to hear his thoughts fleshed out before she interrupts him. I lose respect more and more for Breeze as she does this.

I think I would be worried about Matt if he was putting out false narratives instead of just covering what he sees as news worthy at the moment. There are a lot of Ryan Grimms out there, maybe focus on them Bri....?

@jacquescousteau217

2 ай бұрын

Good call. Ryan Grimm , a name so fitting for a propagandist…

All leftists do is rhetorical attacks, ensuring everything left wing is congratulated, and everything right wing is censored. Zaid simply wants Taibbi to censor himself. All you have to do is check what the outcome would be.

@Bluebelle51

Ай бұрын

1: Zaid is not a leftist (don't make me defend him cause he's still a POS for this) 2: Leftists believe in free speech (were you thinking of democrats perhaps? cause they're right wingers) 3: I AM a leftist, and whether or not I like what you're saying, I will fight to the death to protect your right to say it. Free speech is fundamental to leftist principles

I don't think Bria has nearly the experience that Matt has. I find her quoting her experience to defend her assertions on Matt absurd. We ALWAYS hear Beia apply different standards for behavior on the left that are madly different from the standards she asserts should apply for the right. So is Matt failing some consistent set of standards? Or just not matching her own obvious bias? Has she ever brought up the fact that Israel is over 20% Muslim while Gaza is 99.9 percent Muslim? Only zero religious freedom gets you a population 99% religiously pure.i

@megauser8512

Ай бұрын

Exactly!

@elizabethaleman117

Ай бұрын

Gaza has been an open air prison where no one goes in and no one comes out for 15 years.

@Bike_Lion

Ай бұрын

While I disagree with Bri on this story about Taibi, your assertions about Gaza and "zero religious freedom" are completely wrong. There are (or at least until very recently were) Christian churches in Gaza, which Israel has been bombing over the past several months. Churches which had continually operated through centuries of Muslim rule, only to be bombed by the Israelis in 2023/4. In fact former Congressman Justin Amash, a Palestinian-American Christian, recently had some of his (Christian) family members killed by the Israeli Air Force's bombing of a church in Gaza where they were taking refuge.

@paulsnow

Ай бұрын

@Bike_Lion Those who are not Muslim are Christians, as you say. Once a large community, it's down to maybe a thousand Christians. Conversion to Christianity is a crime punished by death. True religious freedom. /s There are no laws against any religious conversion in Isreal.

@Bike_Lion

Ай бұрын

@@paulsnow - Israeli state policy quite openly discriminates against non-Jews. You've made a lot of unsubstantiated claims and insinuations here, which are simply inaccurate. A higher percentage of the Christian Palestinians have been able to immigrate to places like the US and Europe, to escape Israeli persecution. You try to twist this into them somehow lacking religious freedom under Muslim rule in the nominally Palestinian-controlled territories like Gaza. This is intellectually dishonest.

That convo on Bries show was her saying the same thing over and over to Matt and then finally saying what she meant 40 minutes in. What is going on with Brie?

Bri is awful on this issue. I learned a lot from The Twitter Files and so would anyone else who actually followed the stories.

@jayware4219

2 ай бұрын

The files that got canceled because Elon tried to keep a journalist from posting anywhere else on the internet

@ledaswan5990

2 ай бұрын

The Twitter Files bothered me because it was only stuff that Elon Musk gave them. It wasn’t like they had free access to the files. That’s weak

@bbchester6

2 ай бұрын

She's is so envious and jealous of Musk and Taibi...in that order.

@17Clovers

2 ай бұрын

No doubt, anyone would learn from the Files.

@therealcirclea762

Ай бұрын

@@ledaswan5990 Taibbi covered this....he had full access to the files. He said as much in his testimony. But do continue to push this narrative if you feel the need; it pushes more away from the DSA everyday.

Zaid Jilani made an absolute fool of himself. Most of his tweets were way more petty and ridiculous than the one they chose to use. More nonsense critique from Brianna about the people she doesn't like!

Bri referring to herself in the third person is her biggest fan. 😂

Brianna: why haven't you stopped smoking? Non-smoker: I stopped smoking months ago. Brianna: Why didn't you stop smoking months before that?

So glad Bri finally gave Robbie equal time😅

I’m disappointed in Zaid, he has been on the show before and he seemed reasonable

@TheShadowfakx

Ай бұрын

Never reasonable.

Im confused as Bri configures herself as a leftist in this segment?? She situates herself as somehow opposite of Taibbi. Im used to hearing her call out Democrats - I wonder why Taibbi’s tactics of calling out the Dem party is so strange to her???

@oronbaba

2 ай бұрын

Because Taibbi calls out ONLY the Democrats. Even when the GOP does things that definitely meet up to the standards of his scorn, he at most gives them a slap on the wrist and claims it doesn’t matter because “Republicans have no power.”

@deadgolfer6345

2 ай бұрын

Bri 'calls out the dems' when they aren't left enough for her. But when you put a Venn diagram on it, there is a lot of overlap with the dems and the leftists and virtually no overlap with the republicans and leftists. So she still generally fights conservatives and defends democrats as a default position.

@AgxntOrange

2 ай бұрын

She's controlled opposition, duh. 😂 Notice how economics always devolve into discussions on intersectionality and race relations? It's not an accident or a subconscious fixation. It's learned behaviour. She's the AOC of leftist reporters

@reinsmano

2 ай бұрын

Taibbi exposes the wrongs government commits, which many see as a reason not to allow the govt to seize more power. Bri thinks the govt isn’t using its power to do the things she wants, so she’ll go against people who want to hold govt accountable and have them stop taking certain actions entirely. She just wants more government and for it to function in the way that she wants, but she isn’t in power. “The worst thing that can happen to a socialist is to have his country ruled by socialists who are not his friends.” -Ludwig con Mises

@Bluebelle51

Ай бұрын

@@deadgolfer6345 Oh I can promise you, there's no "overlap" of Dems and leftists ask me how I know

All I have to say is this....Briana says she views Ryan Grim as a mentor and friend.

Doesn’t it seem that Bri is being hypocritical on this issue? Would this principle not make her journalism suspect??

Briana: “Matt should have investigated Republican censorship on twitter files” Really? 😅 Same twitter that actually Banned Trump was censoring left on his order ?? Please visit a psychiatrist asap 😅

Matt Taibbi declined to criticize Musk while he was a source. He's criticized him plenty since. Brie just hasn't been paying attention.

@jasonwhite6463

2 ай бұрын

Lies. Name a single time since the release of the Twitter files where Matt publicly criticized Elon or wrote a piece criticizing Twitter.

@Independent365

2 ай бұрын

So matt can only criticize when elon kicks him to the curb lol? Real brave...

@jasonwhite6463

2 ай бұрын

@@Independent365 Thats just it. Matt has never gone after Elon the way he has gone after those on the left, even though Elon personally tried to silence Matt in a very public way.

@theprogressivemichigander6588

2 ай бұрын

@@jasonwhite6463 Sure. Watch Taibbi's March 15th interview with Chris Cuomo.

@jasonwhite6463

2 ай бұрын

@@theprogressivemichigander6588 Which March and which Cuomo show?

Zaid is petty and is being a grifter.

@peetky8645

2 ай бұрын

socialist and palestinian?

What is interesting about Taibbi is that he is a lefty who is calling out the left. Until recently he was a Democrat and now he is an independent.

He is a millionaire ? That’s great to hear , good on ya Matt !

Talking in circles does not mean you are right.

Since when is telling the truth considered pandering?

The irony of Briahna's podcasst being called Bad Faith should give everyone a lot enjoyment.

Matt you are not doing your job properly unless you are ruffing feathers... Keep it up my brother..

@marywalters1181

2 ай бұрын

Once Matt went to work for Elon Musk and let Musk pick and choose information Matt would get, he lost all credibility. And I've been a fan of Matt's for many years but no more.

@samlee3039

2 ай бұрын

He's only ruffling one side's feathers tho. Aoc also ruffles feathers (of the right). By your logic that means she's also doing 'gods work'.

@roccocupido5082

2 ай бұрын

That is EXACTLY NOT WHAT HAPPENED..and a total distortion...but then again you seem to be one of the exhaustive purity test administrating types who coldly disapproves of any perceived lapse and smugly withdraws their approval...what a way to see the world man ‼️‼️‼️ ​@@marywalters1181

@jayware4219

2 ай бұрын

@@samlee3039lol exactly it’s hypocritical. And it’s turning a blind eye to a lot of censorship to keep close to a billionaire

@juicelino3867

2 ай бұрын

@@marywalters1181 BINGO! that's what all the righties and Musk sychophants don't see

Poor Zaid…desperate to be relevant. He’ll NEVER be half the journalist that Matt is!

@annettemacdonald9192

Ай бұрын

He’s working for the intercept tells you a lot about his choices

Bri is so hypocritical about this issue

@bbchester6

2 ай бұрын

She's a child with tablet and we call that "journalism" now.

Thank god for Matt Taibbi. And all the journalists like him who actually report stories that will not make them popular but are really important. And who actually investigate stories instead of just taking the word of the state.

I expect that Taibbi can weather this tempest in a teacup.🤣

Well, Matt is an independent journalist with an established record of passing up financially lucrative opportunities and relationships to maintain his journalistic integrity, and Zaid is a corpo journalist working for The Intercept, so I'm more inclined to take Matt's side on this dispute. Bri and Zaid's criticisms seem more like they were just hunting for something to nitpick him over.

@kathycollett4318

Ай бұрын

Bingo

"Free Speech" is a right-wing issue now, huh?

I am not saying Bri is wrong... I also think she doesn't go after people that agree with her as hard.

Journo envy... Bri is classless.

Matt is awesome ..notice wen ur doing something rite ur attacked ... KEEP UP GOOD WORK!

Zaid Julani has Matt Taibi's name in his mouth because Taibbi is relevant and Jilani is not. Jilani is trying to assert he is a "counterpart" to Taibbi but he actually is in the farm league.

I miss Zaid Jellani’s unkempt apartment during his segments on Rising lol

Bri wants everyone to report on what she sees as important. Maybe she should look into it herself and stop badgering others.

@juicelino3867

2 ай бұрын

Fool...she hasn't changed...least she is honest in her takes and doesn't switch sides like Taibbi

@reinsmano

Ай бұрын

@@juicelino3867 She’s so bad faith so often that I doubt she’s honest about most things. Either that or she’s legitimately delusional

Sometimes Brie just seems nit picking and petty.

@fs127

Ай бұрын

It's a good trait when you've got someone on the hook that is avoiding an important question or topic, but in instances like this it's glaringly myopic.

It's pretty obvious Zaid is jealous, and even points out what it is that he's jealous of, the number of readers Matt gets and the money he has made. From, you know, catering to all those "right wingers". And who's a right-winger? Why whoever reads Matt's work. See how this game works?

Bri sounds envious of Matt Taibbi.

socialists always look for saint while totally ignore whatever evil currently exists. elon is not jesus, but he is way better than most alternatives.

I don't understand why Taibbi has to weigh in on Musk or anything? He has to publicly comment on everything random ppl tell him to? AMERICAN free speech threats are one of the biggest (if not THE biggest) threats we face from the govt right now & that is his focus. Configuring everything in his life to attack that threat is not just acceptable, its the only smart thing to do in his shoes.

Matt's point is an excellent one: Censorship only becomes a "right wing issue" if you CONCEDE that the democrats have abandoned any support for the 1st amendment. I would also add to that the if it is right wing issue it is due to mainly conservatives being censored.

So, Matt isn't a 'real journalist' unless he does everything just like Brie and Zaid? Nope. Robby got it right: I have no interest in what Elon is doing now, I want to know what the government was doing before he took over.

@kathycollett4318

Ай бұрын

Brie is not 1/2 the journalist that Taibbi has proved himself to be. Maybe a little green-eyed monster at work here.

If me supporting the principles of free speech, opposing genocide, and wanting vaccines to be safety tested makes me a "right winger" now instead of a "lefty" then so be it. My principles do not change - apparently the party that supports them does.

Can you let him please. OMG This how left discussion goes agree with us or you will be interrupted all time and can’t finish one sentence.

Bri, a fake "journalist", could learn a lot from Taibbi, a real journalist.

gee brie thank you for clarifying what Julani said? why are you carrying water for him?

Matt is one of the best 4 journalists in the world for our times .

Bris arguments against Taibbi are just absurd nonsense. As Robbie said, India has no first amendment to violate; adhering to the laws of India isn’t hypocrisy. He says the same about content in America. The difference is that we do have a free speech right that central to our system and way of life. She says Taibbi lied bc he stated that the right is covered enough and used the phrase “from every angle” and bc the right or anything can technically be covered in infinite ways or angles. Ok, sure you got him there Bri!?! 🤦🏻‍♂️ I watched her interview with Taibbi and mostly consisted of her whining about no censorship from the right wing or about the left being reported or found. Taibbi did admit to not putting Bernie Sanders in the search however, it is not certain he put Trump in the search either(she did not ask and he did not say). But He did say he put the FBI and elections in the search and nothing regarding Bernie Sanders ever showed up and that if there had been a big suppression effort and/or documents were removed they would have noticed via missing pieces of conversations and/or date jumps (bc Bri alleged Musk was holding information back too hurt the left). Trump was in office in the time but these organizations were clearly working against him to undermine him and assist Biden in the election. That is a big part of what Taibei discovered. Also it was mostly if not all democrats and democrats funded snd created organizations that were involved in the censorship scheme and the content censored was almost always information aligned with the right wing. It came off as a partisan story in favor of the GOP bc it was a scheme against the GOP and their affiliates. Bri is just upset bc she thiught Bernie was being suppressed ws well and thier was zero evidence found of that so she feels the need to criticize the reporting. It’s essentially a way of refusing to admit she was wrong.

I recall when many, many fans booed Bob Dylan when he stopped playing the music THEY liked and played the music HE liked. I don't understand why so many people think THEY know what is right for the world and feel such empowerment as to go public with their opinions. Here!! Look at me... no, me!

@fs127

Ай бұрын

Before the media age most were treated as fools if they spouted off about things they didn't understand. By the time we got to the age of the internet, corpos encouraged uninformed prattle so they could harvest opinions.

Every segment Bri has to say "substantive" at least eleventy billion times. The word no longer has meaning.

@AndyWitmyer

Ай бұрын

Even worse is that she dominates every freaking conversation. In boredom, I actually tallied the time each of them spent talking during the opinion portion of this particular segment, and Bri's total more than doubled Robbie's, 68% to 32% respectively. It's insane that the Hill let's her get away with that - and I guarantee this video isn't an outlier. I feel like she dominates the same way constantly. If her contributions were more "substantative", it might not be as big of an issue, but that's cleary not the case 😂

The machine doesn't appreciate proper journalism.

You could say Bri does almost nothing to defend Free Speech while Matt Taibbi has continued to crusade.

Long Live The First Amendment.

Does Bri get paid by the word? All she does is filibuster and not let any cohost speak.

Without a robust 1st Amendment, we can’t cover all the other issues Zaid is interested in.

He's not right wing, he's just got common sense.

I’m not hate watching Bri anymore. I’m done

If you read between the lines, sounds like shes accusing him of pandering via lies by omission. Which I think is a result of her guilty conscience. Even if he was, an oppositional figure telling us the stuff MSM wont at least gives us the opportunity to get the full picture. If you restrict yourself to reporting from people like Zaid, you will only get half the story at best.

You can always tell who has what agenda when they switch from attacking someone's position to attacking the person.

Matt Taibbi is exactly right. Taibbi is one of the last, real journalists who’s producing credible, honest work.

@18:58 to the end sums up Bri's whole world view. 😂. I want popular and influencial content creators to shill for the left instead of being honest in their reporting on the topics they choose. Bri wants to write the script for people like Joe Rogan and Matt thinking they'll stay popular spouting her dumb takes. Bri's world view is not popular.

And Zaid Jilani (who's worked previously for totally neutral outlets such as ThinkProgress, Georgia Liberal and Center for American Progress, frequently writes for the Guardian) ... yeah, he's not pandering to anybody, mostly because you don't have to pander when you are a notorious Kool-Aid guzzling partisan from the start.

@LastBref

Ай бұрын

Lol Glenn Greenwald used to write for The Guardian, too. There's no such thing as totally objective journalism. Everyone has a perspective and things they care about, which will influence how and what they cover. Whether you are centrist, libertarian, progressive, liberal, conservative, far-right, or none of the above, you have a bias. But having a bias doesn't mean you're wrong about the facts. Zaid Jilani has a history of criticizing both right and left cancel culture and calling out the excesses on both sides, which gives him more credibility than Taibbi's defenders want to admit.

I would encourage you all to see that Matt Taibbi interview on Bri's _Bad Faith._ Matt breaks Bri's heart by saying that the left no longer poses a threat.

Covering our freedoms being at risk is not a left/right issue. It's universally a problem.

I like Zaid, but he’s way off base here. He sounds like a typical liberal here.