Matt Taibbi expected some degree of consternation to follow his reporting on the Obama Administration's favorite nephew treatment of Wall Street, and his prescience was borne out here, here, and here.
Taibbi takes the time to rebut his detectors, proving, on the whole, he is a far better writer, and certainly more intellectually honest than those who disagreed with his Rolling Stone piece, which they tried to pan off, but are unable to factually support, as being highly inaccurate. Felix Salmon of Reuters particularly takes Tim Fernholz to task for trying to spin Taibbi's article as being highly challenged in terms of facts, even as Fernholz does nothing to prove, beyond one inconsequential error, that assertion.
Judging by the reaction from the Washington access whores, Taibbi's reporting is hitting some nerves among this speak-no-evil bunch who seem to believe progressives are better off to stew in silence while Obama continues to over-analyze, abdicate, and avoid the need to brawl on tough legislation, while meekly handing Wall St. everything she wants. They're wrong; Taibbi's right, and we could sure use a few more of him.
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