Matt Taibbi’s Wikipedia Defaced After Writing He “Couldn’t Be Happier” Breitbart Died

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Matt Taibbi’s Wikipedia Defaced After Writing He “Couldn’t Be Happier” Breitbart Died [UPDATE]

http://www.thejanedough.com/matt-taibbi-human-excrement/

As far as Wikipedia pranks go, this may be among the most outrageous we’ve seen.

Rolling Stone staffer Matt Taibbi slammed late conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart today, writing that he “couldn’t be happier that (Breitbart is) dead.” Then, this afternoon, Taibbi’s Wikipedia page listed him as a “piece of human excrement” and his spouse as “Vaseline and a sock.” His profile snapshot features elephant droppings.

The Jane Dough captured a screenshot of the description, which is sure to change:

[NRaleighLiberal]

1. 12:29 - already back to what it should be.....pretty quick!

[MH1]

3. The Wikipedia community has a good vandal patrol

It could very well have been reverted by someone who isn't very happy herself with what Taibbi said.

Dedicated Wikipedia contributors take pride in keeping the articles reasonably neutral. That's part of why Wikipedia is so useful (although one should never reference it directly in a school paper, of course).

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

2. I don't understand why. Taibbi was complimentary as one could be in his piece. nt

[earthside]

4. Matt was civil and restrained ...

... compared to the things Breitbart himself said in regards to Sen. Kennedy's death.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

12. Yes, I thought he was quite gracious. Unlike the people who messed with his Wiki page. I actually

read the thing past the headline.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

14. I am willing to bet that a large number of people didn't understand the piece at all.

It's the kind of writing that allows one to see what's on the surface, or to see what's underneath. Freepers were ready for a battle with "libruls" yesterday. They just used Taibbi's piece as a convenient excuse, and by doing so, displayed their ignorance.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

15. Now correct me if I'm wrong here. But isn't a freeper displaying its ignorance, kinda like

a bear shitting in the woods?

[Amerigo Vespucci]

17. Yes, it's a matter of redundancy...I'll cop to that.

[edhopper]

5. He merely stated his feelings

He did not say anything negative about Beerfart. You may agree with him, or feel it reflects badly on him.
But it's not like he said he was a worthless piece of scum the world is better without.

[gratuitous]

6. I wonder if the Wikipedia vandal's friends are upbraiding him, telling him he's better than that?

I crack myself up sometimes.

[Pisces]

7. If you want to state hateful feelings then don't be surprised when they come back at you.

I am not outraged that his wikipage was vandalized. I am sure he expected it. A person is dead, no need to
grave dance.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

16. And that just proves my point again

That piece can be read one of two ways.

When you classify it as "stating hateful feelings," my immediate reaction is that you didn't actually read the piece, but there's also the possibility that you read it and saw what you wanted to see. It's not "gravedancing." You simply chose to see it that way.

And I'm not trying to start an argument with you...you're entitled to your opinion. Maybe Taibbi wasn't getting a dose of "karma." Maybe he simply triggered the ignorance that provided Breitbart with an audience in the first place.

[Pisces]

18. I do not defend the ignorance of the Breitbart fan base, but when you write I am happy someone is

dead the rest is immaterial. Taibbi doesn't care that his wiki page was defaced. He expected it.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

20. But Breitbart was happy when Ted Kennedy died. He danced and pissed all over Ted's grave.

Taibbi basically wrote an obit for Breitbart in his own voice.

And a lot of people didn't get it.

[HangOnKids]

19. Of course you weren't outraged n/t

[Amerigo Vespucci]

21. No, I wasn't outraged, because I understood the context....

and other people didn't. It's that simple. Most of the people who were pissed off and / or offended by the piece didn;t understand what was being said. It's not always about the literal meaning of the words on the page. Writing isn't always context-free.

[HangOnKids]

22. I Was Replying To the Fish Upthread

I agree with everything you've said in this thread. Sorry you misunderstood.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

23. My apologies, I did...

...I followed the line up and thought you were replying directly to me. I see now that you weren't.

[Liberal_in_LA]

8. kinda funny they replaced his pic with pic of poop. sorry... I laughed.

[MrCoffee]

11. "Vaseline and a sock" was pretty good too

You know Taibbi thought that was funny.

[Ikonoklast]

9. I bet Matt had a good laugh at their feebleness.

Taibbi craps smarter than those people.


Oh, and just one more thing, Breitbart is STILL dead.

[SharonAnn]

10. He gets a lifetime pass from me for his statement "Goldman Sachs is like a giant vampire squid

wrapped around the face of humanity, relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like money."

As far as I'm concerned, he can do no wrong.

[Iggo]

13. He'll get over it.