{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5fad6d24bc034454b53fe011/68b9a22f45004e42c96cb350?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Matt Taibbi: Has Elon Musk ruined politics?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5fad6d24bc034454b53fe011/1756995998366-c6137b5a-ccfa-4463-a87c-462576593e0c.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Try High Flavanol Cocoa (Stem Cells &amp; Nitric Oxide): (40% OFF PROMO FOR 48HR) https://blackforestsupplements.com/UNHERD</p><p><br></p><p>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.</p><p><br></p><p>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.</p><p><br></p><p>Has Musk delivered a freer public square? 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?</p>","author_name":"UnHerd"}