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Matt Taibbi

American author and journalist

Date of Birth: 02-Mar-1970

Profession: writer, journalist, editorial columnist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

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About Matt Taibbi

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  • Taibbi (; born March 2, 1970) is an American author and journalist.
  • He has reported on politics, media, finance, and sports.
  • He is a contributing editor for Rolling Stone. Taibbi began as a freelance reporter in the former Soviet Union, including a period in Uzbekistan, which he was deported from for criticizing President Islam Karimov.
  • Taibbi later worked as a sports journalist for the English-language newspaper The Moscow Times.
  • He also played professional baseball in Uzbekistan and Russia as well as professional basketball in Mongolia.
  • Taibbi also worked for a short time as an investigator at a Boston-based private detective agency.
  • In 1997, he moved back to Russia to edit the tabloid Living Here, but eventually left to co-edit rival tabloid The eXile.
  • Taibbi returned to the United States in 2002 and founded the Buffalo-based newspaper The Beast.
  • He left in 2003 to work as a columnist for the New York Press.
  • In 2004, Taibbi began covering politics for Rolling Stone.
  • In 2008, Taibbi won a National Magazine Award for three columns he wrote for Rolling Stone.
  • In 2019, he launched the podcast Useful Idiots, which he co-hosts with Katie Halper. Taibbi has authored several books, including The Great Derangement (2009); Griftopia (2010); The Divide (2014); Insane Clown President (2017); I Can't Breathe (2017); and Hate Inc.
  • (2019). Taibbi is known for his brazen style, having famously branded Goldman Sachs a "vampire squid" in a 2009 article.
  • His work has often drawn comparisons to the gonzo style of writer Hunter S.
  • Thompson, who also covered politics for Rolling Stone.

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