Thread by @KarlBode

this whole bullshit shtick where rich substack dudes (with rich and famous dads) who haven't bought their own groceries in fifteen years whine about the "media class" not understanding "real america" can go die in a hole

performative grift

https://twitter.com/themattdimitri/status/1491348779466833925

I actually grew up relatively poor in rural america and these two rich smug fucks wouldn't know real rural america if it fired a neon crossbow bolt at their noggin

Taibbi's a substack millionaire with a slipping grip on factual reality and his dad is a famous NBC reporter

and while NYT and Politico are equally out of touch, they now publish fifty interviews a year with MAGA yokels at small town diners

I admired Taibbi's early corruption reporting but the victimization complex he developed after people called him out for misogyny filled his brain with pudding and turned him into just another influencer grifter telling dumb young white 4chan nerds what they want to hear

oddly he still follows me (waves)

yes, outlets like NYT and Politico are filled with rich white people who don't understand reality well. duh.

but you were born into media elitism and now make millions spreading trolling gibberish (Russia hoax! cancel culture!), so spare me the "I know real america" stuff

only I, a wealthy British comedian and/or trolling substack millionaire, am truly in touch with the REAL "red" America, which as we all know is entirely comprised of poor, misunderstood doe-eyed men in grimy, coal-stained dungarees, clinging to their food stamp booklets

every reporter I know is paid terribly and in a constant state of existential and financial terror

I'd wajor most reporters understand "real america" much better than a British comedian turned conspiracy theory flinging youtube influencer ever could

also this!

like go throw some of your substack troll millions at funding a decimated local news outlet. go do some reporting. instead they gaslight dumb 4chan tweens on youtube

https://twitter.com/MichaelEHayden/status/1491496867955417089