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Mentioned in 12 episodes

Hate Inc.

Why Today’s Media Makes Us Despise One Another

Book • 2019

In this book, Matt Taibbi provides an insider's guide to the ways in which today's mainstream media distorts the news.

He argues that the news has become a twisted wing of the entertainment business, where media companies master the art of monetizing anger, paranoia, and distrust.

Taibbi, drawing from his extensive experience covering elections, offers a rich taxonomic survey of American political journalism's dirty tricks and how the media has evolved into a form of entertainment that fosters division and conflict.

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Mentioned in 12 episodes

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Joe Rogan

as a book arguing that mainstream media thrives by keeping people at odds.

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Mentioned by

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Mentioned by

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Mentioned by

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Mentioned by

Scott Horton

as one of

Matt Taibbi

's books.

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Mentioned by

Glenn Loury

in the context of political polarization, though he has not read it.

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Mentioned by

Bari Weiss

as his most recent book.

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Mentioned by

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in relation to the ethics of marketing and media polarization in the US.

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Quoted by

Mike Peska

, explaining the media profits from our anger and divisiveness.

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