Hate, Inc.

Matt Taibbi is a contributing editor for Rolling Stone and winner of the 2008 National Magazine Award for columns and commentary. His most recent book is I Can’t Breathe: A Killing on Bay Street, about the infamous killing of Eric Garner by the New York City police. He’s also the author of the New York Times bestsellers Insane Clown President, The Divide, Griftopia, and The Great Derangement.

The best explanation of media behavior since Manufacturing Consent.” —Glenn Greenwald“Fantastic... Everyone should read [it].” —Krystal Ball“The best American journalism has to offer. ” —David Sirota“Where other mainstream news sources fail, Matt Taibbi madly embraces his role as an honest political observer/writer/citizen in a democracy. ” —Janeane Garofalo“Excellent.” —Joe Rogan“An invigorating polemic against tactics the news media use to manipulate and divide their audiences.” —Kirkus Reviews “Taibbi, a writer of striking intelligence and bold ideas, is as hilarious as he is scathing.” —Publishers Weekly “In a smart and scathing freewheeling analysis, the Rolling Stone journalist analyzes political campaign coverage and other media powder kegs.” —The New York Times “Taibbi aims a cannon, blasting [the] American media industry.” —The Washington Post “Scathing and irreverent.” —The Los Angeles Review of Books “A raucous updating of Noam Chomsky and Ed Herman’s classic dissection of capitalist news. Its message is hilarious yet grim: behind the buffoonery of the 24-hour partisan news machine is a propaganda system devoted to upholding the power of entrenched elites.” —Jacobin “Brilliantly captures the current circus atmosphere and explores its roots in the political, economic and technological transformations of the last half century. ” —CounterPunch “A bracing piece of media analysis… Should be required reading in all three remaining journalism schools. ” —Paste