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    Hate Inc.: Why Today's Media Makes Us Despise One Another
    Hate Inc.: Why Today's Media Makes Us Despise One Another
    Hate Inc.: Why Today's Media Makes Us Despise One Another
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    Hate Inc.: Why Today's Media Makes Us Despise One Another

    Written by Matt Taibbi

    Narrated by Robert Fass

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    Part tirade, part confessional from the celebrated Rolling Stone journalist, Hate Inc. reveals that what most people think of as "the news" is, in fact, a twisted wing of the entertainment business.

    In this characteristically turbocharged new book, celebrated Rolling Stone journalist Matt Taibbi provides an insider's guide to the variety of ways today's mainstream media tells us lies. Part tirade, part confessional, it reveals that what most people think of as "the news" is, in fact, a twisted wing of the entertainment business.

    In the Internet age, the press have mastered the art of monetizing anger, paranoia, and distrust. Taibbi, who has spent much of his career covering elections in which this kind of manipulative activity is most egregious, provides a rich taxonomic survey of American political journalism's dirty tricks.

    Heading into a 2020 election season that promises to be a Great Giza Pyramid Complex of invective and digital ugliness, Hate Inc. will be an invaluable antidote to the hidden poisons dished up by those we rely on to tell us what is happening in the world.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateMar 10, 2020
    ISBN9781705206201
    Hate Inc.: Why Today's Media Makes Us Despise One Another
    Author

    Matt Taibbi

    Matt Taibbi is a reporter for First Look Media. He has been a contributing editor for Rolling Stone, and is the author of five previous books, including the New York Times bestsellers The Great Derangement and Griftopia. He lives in New Jersey.

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    • 5/5
      Written by a left leaning journalist, it shows the biases kept by journalists on both sides of the political spectrum. This is a book everyone should read, no matter your political standing.

      2 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      This is such an important book. Loved it. Everybody should read this.

      2 people found this helpful

    • 4/5
      Taibbi is so studiously hands-off on the subject of Trump/Russia but so hands-on about the reporting and “investigation.” What keeps him outside?

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Scratching your head at the shallow yet vitriolic nature of American political discourse in the 21st century? Read it. You'll walk away from this book armed with a new perspective on power and the media. It's also rather funny.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      Interesting points raised about “news* and those who purvey it. With the events after the book publication, some of his points about the Mueller inquiry are outdated.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      I liked that taibbi was able to criticize both sides (obviously he still has liberal bias) . Synopsis : media makes money selling hate and fear. Both sides. The end.
    • 4/5
      It’s nice to hear a journalist examine journalism. It should happen more often.
    • 1/5
      Left wing pundit trying to come to grips with "Why they hate us". Tries to portray himself as a centrist giving an even-handed portrayal of "both sides do it".

      I kinda lost interest when he repeated the Charlottesville fine people hoax.
    • 1/5
      Excellent, a must-read so why only 1 star?!
      It's full of ad hominem attacks, a hallmark of Fox's rhetoric.

      Taibi sets up an equivalence between left and right wing media which is completely wrong. Yes they both have the same business model but that's where it ends. The intent to create hate is Fox's M.O. and purpose and the reasons go beyond its business model to Murdoch's political objectives.

      This book opened my eyes and shocked me about left wing main stream media (vs. e.g. Young Turks) and Im a better viewer for it, but I still don't see the left wing media trying to create such hatred.

      Does left- wing hatred of the right exist? Damn sure, but caused by Trump and pretzeled Republicans not by MSNBC.

      Taibi's justification of his book's cover would be correct if the title were "Media Inc." but not Hate Inc.
    • 1/5
      This is a journalist? He has TDS so bad he cannot get a sentence out without Trump bad. So many lies and distortions it's pathetic..He is correct about the media, both sides, but his complete left-wing mind has blinded him to true reality. Big problems with both sides but books like this will do nothing but exacerbate the problem. Books like this make the left happy, the right mad, and the
      centrist stop reading, very sad.

      2 people found this helpful