Independent publishing and bookstores. Before we begin just a bit about matt. Matt taibbi is the author of New York Times bestsellers the divide and the great derangement. Derangement. Hes an editor for Rolling Stone and the wind of it 2007 National Magazine book magazine book columns and commentary. Please join me in welcoming matt. [applause] hello . Thats better. Here we go. Thank you very much. Thank you, everybody for coming. Before you start tonight, im speaking tonight with a bit of a heavy heart. I just got the news on the way here that the great Investigative Reporter Wayne Barrett has died this afternoon. Wayne was my first boss in this business. He was a mentor to me and hundreds of other reporters and other media people in this city. He dedicated his life to rooting out corruption in new york and i think new york is a better place because of him. Its a very sad day. I think its also, no journalist in america knew more about donald trump than wayne. He was his first biograph
Independent publishing and bookstores. Before we begin just a bit about matt. Matt taibbi is the author of New York Times bestsellers the divide and the great derangement. Derangement. Hes an editor for Rolling Stone and the wind of it 2007 National Magazine book magazine book columns and commentary. Please join me in welcoming matt. [applause] hello . Thats better. Here we go. Thank you very much. Thank you, everybody for coming. Before you start tonight, im speaking tonight with a bit of a heavy heart. I just got the news on the way here that the great Investigative Reporter Wayne Barrett has died this afternoon. Wayne was my first boss in this business. He was a mentor to me and hundreds of other reporters and other media people in this city. He dedicated his life to rooting out corruption in new york and i think new york is a better place because of him. Its a very sad day. I think its also, no journalist in america knew more about donald trump than wayne. He was his first biograph