The veteran reporter and #TwitterFiles contributor leaves the Intercept and comes to Substack, kicking off with a fact-check of last week’s MSNBC fiasco
Impressed you managed to stay out of the fracas yesterday, even if on vacation.
It brought a huge smile to my face when Mehdi did the Islamophobia tweet. It was an instant loss, and something to be brought out whenever his dumb fans try to bump him up. (Yes, this is all extremely juvenile, but I can't help it.)
Also, loved the whining that Glenn didn't give him a "heads up" that he was going to criticize him. The whole reason his stans thought he was such a master debater was because he browbeat you to explain errors that were never presented to you. It would have been a lot more protective to note them in advance so you could have an actual adult discussion.
Lee rules. Keep fighting the good fight. I hope the honesty and integrity of yourself, Lee Fang and others like Aaron Mate can eventually convince people to stop being manipulated by the worst media people in history, who all just happen to think exactly alike on every subject.
Well, there's a clear difference between Hasan and Taibbi. Taibbi is a professional, investigative journalist who actually pounds the pavement looking for answers, whereas, Hasan is little more than a marginally clever sounding, but obnoxious junkyard dog.
I remember when Lee Fang got a lot of heat from his own colleagues at the Intercept when he factually reported on some of the riots that happened during the summer of 2020. I knew then that he was not the typical Intercept activist-journalist. Welcome, indeed.
As for Medhi, the guy is a pompous tool. The only good thing he ever did was join Ilan Pappe in a debate against pro-Zionist scholars regarding the plight of the Palestinian people.
I'm a new fan, Lee. He has the kind of clear-headed, reporter chops that is totally missing. We need more Matts and Lee to go up against MSNBCNNFBICIADHS
Matt, please keep repeating more easily understood language, like "the government bullied social media companies to silence dissenting opinion. They did it directly and often cleverly using agencies they funded."
Lead with the point: the government abused its power.
Lee's twitter file threads were comically ignored. They couldn't tar them with the "what about TRUMP?!" angle because they were on foreign policy so they just ignored.
I’ve honestly never heard of Mr Fang but your endorsement of his work is all we need, Matt. It takes a lot of character to actually hit both ways--a rare trait--but one that resonates with most of us who found you here!
That Hasan guy is the most insufferable person I have seen on teevee since O Reilly when he was in his post 911 heyday.
Back then I used to make jokes about O Reilly going home for dinner and his wife would present something nice, like a roasted turkey, and O Reilly would say, "Well, whats wrong with chicken?" And then the wife would say, "Nothing is wrong with chicken, you like turkey, too, I made turkey." And then Bill would chastise her, "Yes, I like turkey.... ON THANKSGIVING! Is it Thanksgiving? I am looking at the calendar and does it say THANKSGIVING? NO! What is wrong with CHICKEN?!"
Anyway, I see this word salad shooter Hasan as being the reincarnation of that archetype. He reminds of that Monty Python bit on paying for an argument, he could be the Cleese character.
It's gotten to the point where any reporters WITHOUT a Substack will be understood as having been captured by corporate or governmental masters.
Now if only Substack would create some kind of bundling deal. This is getting expensive for us plebs.
Welcome Lee, you legend.
Matt, this is the worst not-vacationing since the Civil War!! Go drink some tallboys and get out the Steely Dan records. ;)
Impressed you managed to stay out of the fracas yesterday, even if on vacation.
It brought a huge smile to my face when Mehdi did the Islamophobia tweet. It was an instant loss, and something to be brought out whenever his dumb fans try to bump him up. (Yes, this is all extremely juvenile, but I can't help it.)
Also, loved the whining that Glenn didn't give him a "heads up" that he was going to criticize him. The whole reason his stans thought he was such a master debater was because he browbeat you to explain errors that were never presented to you. It would have been a lot more protective to note them in advance so you could have an actual adult discussion.
Lee rules. Keep fighting the good fight. I hope the honesty and integrity of yourself, Lee Fang and others like Aaron Mate can eventually convince people to stop being manipulated by the worst media people in history, who all just happen to think exactly alike on every subject.
Well, there's a clear difference between Hasan and Taibbi. Taibbi is a professional, investigative journalist who actually pounds the pavement looking for answers, whereas, Hasan is little more than a marginally clever sounding, but obnoxious junkyard dog.
I remember when Lee Fang got a lot of heat from his own colleagues at the Intercept when he factually reported on some of the riots that happened during the summer of 2020. I knew then that he was not the typical Intercept activist-journalist. Welcome, indeed.
As for Medhi, the guy is a pompous tool. The only good thing he ever did was join Ilan Pappe in a debate against pro-Zionist scholars regarding the plight of the Palestinian people.
HUGE get.
Lee is well above the Intercept in his reporting and I am glad to see him move on to a place I can trust more.
I'm a new fan, Lee. He has the kind of clear-headed, reporter chops that is totally missing. We need more Matts and Lee to go up against MSNBCNNFBICIADHS
Matt, please keep repeating more easily understood language, like "the government bullied social media companies to silence dissenting opinion. They did it directly and often cleverly using agencies they funded."
Lead with the point: the government abused its power.
Lee's twitter file threads were comically ignored. They couldn't tar them with the "what about TRUMP?!" angle because they were on foreign policy so they just ignored.
Thrilled to hear about Lee but please fuck off while you're on vacation
Any chance we could pay ten bucks a month for Racket and get Lee and Aaron as part of the deal? This thing could get huge pretty quick.
My wife used to get really peeved when I vacationed this way.
Hasan is not worth the time and effort of such a stellar journalist.
I’ve honestly never heard of Mr Fang but your endorsement of his work is all we need, Matt. It takes a lot of character to actually hit both ways--a rare trait--but one that resonates with most of us who found you here!
That Hasan guy is the most insufferable person I have seen on teevee since O Reilly when he was in his post 911 heyday.
Back then I used to make jokes about O Reilly going home for dinner and his wife would present something nice, like a roasted turkey, and O Reilly would say, "Well, whats wrong with chicken?" And then the wife would say, "Nothing is wrong with chicken, you like turkey, too, I made turkey." And then Bill would chastise her, "Yes, I like turkey.... ON THANKSGIVING! Is it Thanksgiving? I am looking at the calendar and does it say THANKSGIVING? NO! What is wrong with CHICKEN?!"
Anyway, I see this word salad shooter Hasan as being the reincarnation of that archetype. He reminds of that Monty Python bit on paying for an argument, he could be the Cleese character.
But he isn't a skit, he is a real person.
https://youtu.be/xpAvcGcEc0k