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Matt Taibbi’s appearance on America Right Now was a breath of fresh air for anyone tired of the predictable, reflexive outrage that passes for network journalism these days. Taibbi didn’t mince words: the way outlets cover Immigration and Customs Enforcement has flipped largely because Donald Trump is back in the Oval Office, not because the underlying policies are suddenly new.
Taibbi reminded viewers that street detentions and status checks are not novel inventions of this administration but longstanding practices that are suddenly treated as scandalous when enforcement is robust and visible. He pointed out the obvious — when agents are masked and operating in larger numbers, the action looks different, but the playbook has been used for years.
He also called out the predictable anti-Trump reflex in many newsrooms, the same outlets that once cheered similar policies when it suited their narratives. That pattern of selective outrage is precisely why trust in legacy media has cratered, and why millions of Americans are understandably tuning out and turning to independent voices.
Taibbi warned that the media’s heyday of narrative dominance peaked in 2020, and the public’s patience for politicized reporting is gone — a point any honest observer should admit. Social platforms have only accelerated polarization, but the rot began when news organizations stopped respecting facts and started chasing influence at the expense of truth.
As the editor-in-chief of Racket News and a longtime media critic, Taibbi has earned credibility by calling out bad behavior on both the left and the right, and by urging journalists to return to fundamentals: admit mistakes, consider all angles, and prioritize truth over trend. His lessons are simple and urgent for an industry that has traded integrity for applause.
Hardworking Americans should take Taibbi’s warning to heart: a free country depends on a free and honest press, and right now that institution is paying the price for partisanship and hype. Patriots who care about law, order, and fair reporting must support independent outlets that actually try to get it right and hold legacy media accountable when they betray the public trust.
