Which is it Charles? Thrown from the train, or thrown under the bus? Both, thrown from the train and then under the bus? /mixed metaphor alert
Fact is that the whole enterprise they put together was a mess - too many high strung egos that don’t like to play nice with anyone around them. Prima donnas. And Greenwald.
Omidyar saw that things weren’t working right, so he’s already cut back his funding from what he claimed would be a $250 million plan.
But this posting shows just how badly things are going behind the scenes. That all of them felt compelled to write a response to Taibbi’s departure speaks volumes. They each have their own egos to protect.
This isn’t an outfit that does journalism. It’s more opinion advocacy mixed with hagiography.