re: #76 Bagua

As far as “repeating talking point you’ve heard somewhere” please, don’t be patronising you know me better than that I hope, this is a subject I know very well. Most of these media hacks didn’t know a swap option from a flea market before the “credit crunch”. Now they have boned up on the subject and are looking for scalps, memes, political points and to sell their rags.

No, i wouldn’t patronise you at all— and i don’t even disagree with you about the other media hacks. We just disagree about the worth of Taibbi’s stuff, and from the above I did wonder if you’d read him or really knew him, or were just lumping him in with the (actual) hacks.
Taibbi does do that gonzo thing, hence my initial comment that his style isn’t for everyone. those who are turned off by it might not finish reading, either. FWIW, I find it a tad irritating too at times.
later, folks!