https://znetwork.org/author/matttaibbi/ Independent Left News, Analysis, Vision and Strategy Fri, 03 Mar 2023 17:18:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://znetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-Z_logo_512-32x32.png https://znetwork.org/author/matttaibbi/ 32 32 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/twitter-files-gec-new-knowledge-and-state-sponsored-blacklists/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/twitter-files-gec-new-knowledge-and-state-sponsored-blacklists/#respond Fri, 03 Mar 2023 17:18:12 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1240554 A new #TwitterFiles thread will be dropping in a few hours, at noon EST. It follows up the Hamilton 68 story of a month ago with examples of state-funded digital blacklisting campaigns run amok. It’s self-explanatory, but some advance context might help: In 2015-2016, during the brief, forgotten period when Islamic terrorism was fading as a national [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/twitter-files-gec-new-knowledge-and-state-sponsored-blacklists/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/zvideo/russiagate-was-a-hoax/ https://znetwork.org/zvideo/russiagate-was-a-hoax/#respond Sat, 11 Feb 2023 16:27:08 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=video&p=1239244 Journalist Matt Taibbi has revealed that the source of many of the claims of ongoing Russian disinformation during the Trump presidency, Hamilton 68, was itself a disinformation operation concocted by former US intelligence officials. Matt Taibbi joins The Chris Hedges Report to discuss his findings and dissect how legacy media, the public, and even Congress [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/zvideo/russiagate-was-a-hoax/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/move-over-jayson-blair-meet-hamilton-68-the-new-king-of-media-fraud/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/move-over-jayson-blair-meet-hamilton-68-the-new-king-of-media-fraud/#respond Sat, 28 Jan 2023 16:48:52 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1238081 Ambitious media frauds Stephen Glass and Jayson Blair crippled the reputations of the New Republic and New York Times, respectively, by slipping years of invented news stories into their pages. Thanks to the Twitter Files, we can welcome a new member to their infamous club: Hamilton 68. If one goes by volume alone, this oft-cited neoliberal think-tank that spawned [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/move-over-jayson-blair-meet-hamilton-68-the-new-king-of-media-fraud/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/zvideo/matt-taibbi-on-the-twitter-files/ https://znetwork.org/zvideo/matt-taibbi-on-the-twitter-files/#respond Mon, 16 Jan 2023 16:00:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=video&p=1237101 Matt Taibbi joins The Grayzone live for a discussion with Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate about his reporting on internal Twitter files exposing shocking levels of US government pressure on the social media giant to censor accounts dissenting against official deceptions and revealing some of the most titanic frauds of the Trump-era Russiagate drama.]]> https://znetwork.org/zvideo/matt-taibbi-on-the-twitter-files/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/americas-intellectual-no-fly-zone/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/americas-intellectual-no-fly-zone/#comments Sat, 23 Apr 2022 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