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Matt Taibbi: Has Elon Musk ruined politics?

Matt Taibbi: Has Elon Musk ruined politics?

Update: 2025-09-04
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UnHerd’s Freddie Sayers speaks with journalist and author Matt Taibbi. A former Rolling Stone reporter and now publisher of Racket News, Taibbi was chosen by Elon Musk to help release the “Twitter Files,” exposing political and government influence on online speech.


In this conversation, he reflects on Musk’s promise to turn Twitter into a “digital town square,” the re-platforming of Trump and other controversial voices, and the mission creep that has left X accused of amplifying right-wing politics while throttling critics.


Has Musk delivered a freer public square — or has X become a cesspit of untruth? And how do these questions play out in Britain, where viral flashpoints like “Sophie of Dundee” and the arrest of writer Graham Linehan at Heathrow over X posts about trans issues have turned free speech into a front-line cultural battle?


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Matt Taibbi: Has Elon Musk ruined politics?

Matt Taibbi: Has Elon Musk ruined politics?