Talk:Matt Taibbi

message: Our section on these releases uses poor sources. Some are Fox, which is not reliable for politics according to RSP; others are primary sources (Taibbi's Twitter) or opinion pieces in reason.com. Can we replace with proper RSs? I think the Twitter Files article might have better sources. BobFromBrockley (talk) 20:45, 28 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Sourcing

message: I believe that this entire "controversy" section may be written with a biased interest in defending Taibbi and minimizing the claims against him. Overall, it seems like more than 75% of this paragraph is written and presented so that readers see Taibbi's apology and arguments about it all being "satire." This appears to be a deliberate choice, and the focus is lopsided.
For example, look at the way this paragraph looked before my recent edits. Previously, the section used a Washington Post article by Kathy Lally to quote Taibbi's Facebook apology, despite Lally actually arguing that Taibbi (and the eXile as a whole) has a documented history of sexual harassment and misogynistic behavior. No mention of Lally's many claims, some with documentation and evidence, appeared previously; instead, Lally's writing was used to further express Taibbi's defense of himself. 2601:601:51C:43FF:A1B2:6994:FA21:386C (talk) 00:05, 15 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  checking the "controversy" section for accurate citations and potential bias favoring Taibbi 

message: On March 7, 2024 Taibbi won the inaugural Samizdat Prize along with Jay Bhattacharya (Stanford) and Miranda Devine (New York Post reporter). The RealClear Media Fund awarded the Prize. I added this sentence to Taibbi's page along with a link to the Award and the link was deleted. So far there has been no third-party source covering the event that is acceptable, but the event did happen, the Prize was awarded.--Kmccook (talk) 00:53, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: 2024 Samizdat Prize

message: Since MT is himself adopted, I'm not sure I follow this logic: "According to Taibbi, his surname is a Sicilian name of Lebanese origin; however, he is of neither Sicilian nor Lebanese descent because his father was adopted."  My personal logic balks at that because I feel the key reason that MT is not of Sicilian nor Lebanese descent is actually because his adoptive father is not biologically related to MT; to me, the innate ethnicity of an adoptive parent is generally a non-issue although cultural aspects could theoretically be a factor.  I'm guessing the point of mentioning that is merely to address the ethnicity of the surname, which is interesting to those of us who are curious about such things. It's also interesting that his adoptive father is adopted.  Or am I not understanding and this instead a reference to his biological father?  I'm just a bit confused by this part.
And, as I read it, it was his adoptive parents who separated when he was young, correct?  (I just have trouble deciphering whether or not he knows the identity of his biological parents because of the specificity of information provided about them.) Thirddaughter (talk) 19:00, 9 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: You seem to be confused. Matt Taibbi was not adopted. His father, Mike Taibbi, was. Οἶδα (talk) 18:29, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adoptive father is adopted?