Staff Report
Matt Taibbi, contributing editor of Rolling Stone, will offer a fresh look at the presidential race Wednesday as part of Perspectives 2012, the Raymond and Florence Witt Lecture Series at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
His topic: “Wanted: One Good Candidate: Why Both the Tea Party and the Occupy Movement Are Right About the 2012 Election.”
He will cover:
* What it’s really like to cover a presidential campaign and the truths he believes are missing in mainstream media.
* What happened (and continues to happen) in the financial crisis.
Taibbi’s presentation starts at 4 p.m. in the University Center auditorium. Admission is free. Seating is first come, first served.
For information, visit www.utc.edu/Outreach/Perspec tivesLectureSeries.
ABOUT MATT TAIBBI
* Founded the Buffalo, N.Y.-based newspaper The Beast in 2002.
* Has edited and written for The eXile and the New York Press, among others.
* Won the 2008 National Magazine Award for Columns and Commentary for three columns he wrote in Rolling Stone: “Worse Than Bush,” “My Favorite Nut Job” and “Obama’s Moment.”
* His New York Press column on George Bush’s prewar news conference, “Cleaning the Pool,” was included in the Best Political Writing 2003 anthology.
* Was named one of the 35 most influential New Yorkers under 35 by the New York Observer.
* Is the author of two essay collections, “Spanking the Donkey” and “Smells Like Dead Elephants,” as well as books including “The Great Derangement” and “Exile: Sex, Drugs and Libel in the New Russia.”