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So I checked for other sources

Breitbart didn't break the story. It seems to have started with something Aimee Levitt wrote in the Chicago Reader, was followed by a piece in HuffPo, then ended up in Breitbart.

https://m.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2017/10/27/twenty-years-ago-in-moscow-matt-taibbi-was-a-misogynist-asshole-and-possibly-worse

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/matt-taibbis-not-so-secret-russian-past_us_59f729e9e4b06acda25f4b8e

NPR questioned him about the book last week and a speaking engagement has since been cancelled.

It took me about 30 seconds to figure that out.

(In response to this post by Joey Wahoo)

Posted: 11/05/2017 at 09:55AM

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