I think Taibbi still is one of the more clear-eyed and least hyperventilating journalists we have.
His socioeconomic reporting is par excellence. If you haven’t read The Divide it’s a must (Griftopia is really good too).
And I have to say his “A Killing On Bay Street” about the police murder of Eric Garner was one of the most underrated books of his.
It does seem like he’s got more RW fans now. But that’s just because he’s critical of Biden and understood and isn’t afraid to explain why Trump won.
As his Substack attests his news reporting is always razor sharp, consistently good for a couple of lol HST-type takes and doesn’t pull punches on the fundamental criminality of the duopoly and its Wall St puppet masters.
I don’t think he’s unaware of the systemic rot in policing.
Reading between the lines it sounds like he’s implying that some are resigned to it just being a job that also happens to leave very little room for cops to be people too.
Cop culture is fucking completely rancid to the core. And I’d bet more than a few know just how toxic it is. Problem is there’s nowhere for a “good cop” to go. It’s all omertà, locker room, frat boy, don’t cross the blue line mafia shit. Just ask Serpico, Adrian Schoolcraft, Michael (something) in the Baltimore police, etc.
Until there’s a way for bad cops to be rooted out there are no good cops. There are good “people” on a personal level. Which is what I think he’s saying. And that can be true in a sense. But as long as this system exists there are no good cops. Because, as the decisions made by those three attest, it’s impossible in such a corrupt and concealing system to do your job as a good cop.
Look if you have to read between the lines there's probably nothing there, someone who touts himself as a communicator and journalist should be able to make their intention plain (you were able to do it easy enough with your last paragraph)
Either he knows what the system is and is more concerned with making asinine takes like "cops are people too when they hit you" or he doesn't know about the system, pretty damning either way for someone of his "caliber"
I think Taibbi still is one of the more clear-eyed and least hyperventilating journalists we have.
His socioeconomic reporting is par excellence. If you haven’t read The Divide it’s a must (Griftopia is really good too).
And I have to say his “A Killing On Bay Street” about the police murder of Eric Garner was one of the most underrated books of his.
It does seem like he’s got more RW fans now. But that’s just because he’s critical of Biden and understood and isn’t afraid to explain why Trump won.
As his Substack attests his news reporting is always razor sharp, consistently good for a couple of lol HST-type takes and doesn’t pull punches on the fundamental criminality of the duopoly and its Wall St puppet masters.
Too bad he doesn't apply that "clear-eyed, non-hyperventilating" style to policing
The man seems completely unaware of the systemic and ideological nature of police as demonstrated by his sappy trash tweet above
I don’t think he’s unaware of the systemic rot in policing.
Reading between the lines it sounds like he’s implying that some are resigned to it just being a job that also happens to leave very little room for cops to be people too.
Cop culture is fucking completely rancid to the core. And I’d bet more than a few know just how toxic it is. Problem is there’s nowhere for a “good cop” to go. It’s all omertà, locker room, frat boy, don’t cross the blue line mafia shit. Just ask Serpico, Adrian Schoolcraft, Michael (something) in the Baltimore police, etc.
Until there’s a way for bad cops to be rooted out there are no good cops. There are good “people” on a personal level. Which is what I think he’s saying. And that can be true in a sense. But as long as this system exists there are no good cops. Because, as the decisions made by those three attest, it’s impossible in such a corrupt and concealing system to do your job as a good cop.
Look if you have to read between the lines there's probably nothing there, someone who touts himself as a communicator and journalist should be able to make their intention plain (you were able to do it easy enough with your last paragraph)
Either he knows what the system is and is more concerned with making asinine takes like "cops are people too when they hit you" or he doesn't know about the system, pretty damning either way for someone of his "caliber"
You can always be :dorner:
If you've got Right Wing fans, you're not a leftist in my eyes.