EZRA KLEIN v MATT YGLESIAS

they were vicious to her simply because she was writing dishonest sociopathic articles about a major public health crisis

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looking at data for which system of plunder had the best outcomes is so MattY. It's like ranking Slave Plantations based on the SAT scores of the descendants of the slaves who worked them.

I missed the news of this new Yglesias podcast.

On the new show, they will tackle one “bad take” per week. The show will take the form of conversations between a writer and an editor, with McGann pushing Yglesias to strengthen his argument.

She said the show developed out of their own conversations, in which they would talk about a bad tweet or a bad argument they had seen online. The show’s producer, Olivia Reingold, pushed them to bring their offline dynamic to the show.

“He starts with a fairly clear point of view. I think I play a role in forcing him to pause and think through his argument,” McGann said. “I really do find myself talking to Matt the way I would talk to him as a writer. I think it forces Matt to step up his game and convince his editor of something.”

i love how that entire blurb leaves open the possibility that the "bad take" or bad tweet that they will be discussing will in fact be one of Yglesias' bad takes

so Matt we found a tweet that’s actually a book where this idiot says there should be a billion americans, nobody could defend such a thought, have at it

really unnecessary to center the podcast episode around a tucker carlson monologue, especially when there were a million other dumbshits making the same points

i love how that entire blurb leaves open the possibility that the "bad take" or bad tweet that they will be discussing will in fact be one of Yglesias' bad takes

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Haha yes. It's also just funny that she admits that his arguments are usually half-baked.

matt as we all know is an incredibly lazy loser, my job as an editor is to make him not be like that

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i love how all the other pundits have some pet theory in mind -- even if it's something as abhorrent as 'jews will not replace us' -- and in 20 years all matty has come up with is ONE BILLION AMERICANS

why does he have a following? just impossibly mediocre

oh

I don’t know if the @maggieNYT defense squad needs another member, but one reason journalists don’t always tell you everything they know right away is that which things people are willing to tell you hinges in part on what you are planning to disclose and when.

— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) September 27, 2022

One reason governments lie to you is that you won't like things they want to do

I often read his name as "Matty Glesias," which sounds like a brand of cheap beer.

the big brain

IMO the relationship between Twitter content moderation policies and electoral outcomes is a little ambiguous — letting Trump back on here almost certainly good for Dems, letting more Nazis and bigots back on also probably good for Dems. https://t.co/CFmELzyz4t

— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) October 4, 2022

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More Nazis?
Maybe be more specific about a number.
How about 1 Billion Nazis!

what this country needs is a big challenge to unite us all. like 700 million nazis

or you know what, a billion will work, that's more of a challenge

the billion nazi march is so disrespectful in every way, but it is not dangerous. dems should just take the w. click here for more hot takes.

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I’m in a hotel room right now with two sets of curtains on the wall but one actual window. I guess it looks more symmetrical with an implied second window

listened to a few minutes of the bad takes pod, it was terrible. and i liked the weeds

Anytime Yglesias offers one of his stupid-ass social prescriptions (people should live in windowless rooms!) the only appropriate response is "You first, fucker."

Matty: Windowless rooms are the future!
Tokyo: *yawn*

MattY: People are going to have to learn to live without their noses. Prove me wrong.

it's impossible to have a functioning nose and read MattY's tweets

blue check marks in absolute shambles pic.twitter.com/2Xg3JWLK01

— brandon access memories (@uncledoomer) October 10, 2022

if he did his own dishes maybe he'd know about his indicator lights too somehow pic.twitter.com/w1yptAoclF

— The Pumpkin Dipshit (@ParSpec) October 11, 2022

hot take probably but it would be good if matt yglesias got banned from the internet

someone should create a twitter account of just his hot takes, called "Y Glesias?"

but then it might get shut down because it would just be all of his tweets.

it's more cost effective for MattY to crowd source reading his vehicle's owner manual. You don't want a mind like that wasting time.

wish someone had convinced him that it meant his engine was about to blow

i just remembered the “organizing my toolbox” tweet

Well well well actually look who’s the guest on the Ezra Klein Show today

lol

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Yglesias meets data sorta like friedman meets cabdrivers. Always foreign significant and revealing. Possibly imaginary.

Living the unverified life

— Matthew Yglesias (@MatthewYglesia1) November 1, 2022

reading the latest twitter and SBF news and stunned at the prescience of the GOAT. how does he do it pic.twitter.com/dyPYXXWRWr

— Dr Lyingin Tweets, MD (@FuzzyMarth) November 11, 2022

wow that second thread is impressive even for him; "a few years ago" lmao

can practically see the kickback checks sticking out of Matty's pocket there

It's worth remembering how nice it feels to win.

Like if you're a Democrat who follows politics at all, you're really psyched that Laura Kelly won. You don't know much about her or her positions on the issues, you're just glad she won.

That's why pandering is good.

— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) November 9, 2022

its funny to simultaneously be a "nothing you do while governing matters to voters" and a "everything you do while campaigning matters to voters"

what if and just hear me out we could give our people that nice winning feeling all the time

I honestly don't know what point he's trying to make there, but I may have suffered brain damage from the previous "checkmark drama is cuz NYT did journalism" tweet

I think he's on his "Tell the undecided voters what they want to hear" thing

the problem with tech coverage is that it's not glowing enough

Instead of covering the industry with a business press lens or a consumer lens they started covering it with a very tough investigative lens — highly oppositional at all times and occasionally unfair.

Almost never curious about technology or in awe of progress and potential.

— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) November 3, 2022

Matty is probably still in awe of the potential represented by Theranos and its game-changing technology

its a small thingin the wider world -- and sure he's not unflawed himself -- but jeet heer's open contempt for yglesias, increasingly robustly and directly stated ("reactionary cetnrist" etc etc), is funny and good

Fascinating piece from Matthew Yglesias from a few months ago defending the intellectual integrity of Sam Bankman-Fried ("SBF is for real"). Worth revisiting in light of recent news https://t.co/xKzyijbAFz

— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) November 12, 2022