Matthew Colin Taibbi(born March 2, 1970) is an American author, journalist, and podcaster. He has reported on finance, media, politics, and sports. A former contributing editor for Rolling Stone, he is an author of several books, co-host of Useful Idiots, and publisher of the newsletter Racket News (formerly TK News) on Substack.
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Are Mike Taibbi and Matt Taibbi related?
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Yes, Matt Taibbi is the son of Mike Taibbi. Taibbi is married to Siobhan Walsh. His son, Matt Taibbi, is a well-known independent journalist, media critic, and former contributing editor at Rolling Stone.
Taibbi’s father, Mike Taibbi, is an NBC television reporter of mixed Filipino and Native Hawaiian descent who was adopted by an Italian-American couple. According to Taibbi, his surname is a Sicilian name of Lebanese origin; however, he is of neither Sicilian nor Lebanese descent because his father was adopted.
Taibbi began as a freelance reporter working in the former Soviet Union, including a period in Uzbekistan, from where he was deported for criticizing President Islam Karimov.
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