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
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Corresponde correspondent. And i didnt want anyone to say thats a trial project or a trump funded project over at trump directed project because it wasnt. Secondarily, and i was wrong about this come want him to run a more Traditional Campaign in terms of the traditional tools of campaigning, polling. Analytics, paid advertising and so on. He is skewed all those things. I didnt think he could when doing that. He was right, i was wrong. Hes a phenomenon unto himself or im not sure work for any other candidate but it did work for him. Host you describe them as using that unconventional approach to this unprecedented victory. It was different than the approach were talking about. Can you talk about in your book and how you described how he is able to overcome not having a traditional approach yet still winning in the states the republicans havent been able to win and what he didnt spend the same amount of money as the democrats or even republican machine . In your estimation of how was it
Is book and read day section and ask questions afterwards to get your book signed we encourage call to pick up a book and support independent publishing. Before we begin the author of the New York Times best seller and a contributing editor for Rolling Stone please join me to welcome our author. [applause] thankyou everybody for coming i am speaking tonight with a heavy heart and i got news on the way here that Wayne Barrett has died this afternoon my first boss was a mentor to me and many other reporters he dedicated his life to routine out corruption in new york so it is a very sad day node journalist in america do more than wayne he was his first biographer part of me thinks he could not face tomorrow he has been ill for a long time vatican think it is good he took the election very hard. He represented the Old School Approach of his job that is rapidly disappearing i would tell the story when it was like to work for him. He would be assessed with the evil characters digging everyth
Is book and read day section and ask questions afterwards to get your book signed we encourage call to pick up a book and support independent publishing. Before we begin the author of the New York Times best seller and a contributing editor for Rolling Stone please join me to welcome our author. [applause] thankyou everybody for coming i am speaking tonight with a heavy heart and i got news on the way here that Wayne Barrett has died this afternoon my first boss was a mentor to me and many other reporters he dedicated his life to routine out corruption in new york so it is a very sad day node journalist in america do more than wayne he was his first biographer part of me thinks he could not face tomorrow he has been ill for a long time vatican think it is good he took the election very hard. He represented the Old School Approach of his job that is rapidly disappearing i would tell the story when it was like to work for him. He would be assessed with the evil characters digging everyth