Book · 2019 · Political Science
Hate Inc
How, and Why, the Media Makes Us Despise One Another
Why people recommend it
Hate Inc by Matt Taibbi is a critical examination of the modern news media industry, analyzing how news organizations exploit cultural divides and manufacture outrage for financial profit. Joe Rogan repeatedly brought up the book across multiple episodes of The Joe Rogan Experience, including discussions with Tim Pool, Anthony Cumia, and Jonathan Zimmerman, praising it as phenomenal and noting how it clearly explains media manipulation and news business models. Bill Maher and Tim Dillon also discussed the book on the podcast, with Dillon highlighting how Taibbi traces the roots of sensationalized media back to the 1980s under Reagan, and Maher noting its critique of how modern cable news hosts have evolved. Additionally, Tulsi Gabbard shared on the show that she was listening to the audiobook version and enjoying its insights. Anthony Cumia asked Rogan about the title and premise, while Bill Burr read a viewer's email on the Monday Morning Podcast recommending the text for understanding how news outlets prop up culture wars for money. Overall, the speakers frequently cited the book to examine contemporary media bias, audience targeting, and the historical escalation of political polarization.
Who recommended it
- Joe Rogan Recommended
- Tulsi Gabbard Discussed
- Anthony Cumia Recommended
- Bill Maher Discussed
- Tim Dillon Discussed
- Bill Burr Recommended
Joe Rogan — 4 mentions
“i read your book um with her and uh who else on the couch is in the car is that hating hate ink that's right”
“He made that same point in what's it called hate speech is that his book hate Inc hate Inc is a book that he released last year that's phenomenal”
“and one of the things that taibi outlines so well in his book is what went wrong with the trump thing is that initially trump was this buffoon who was running for president he was saying a bunch of crazy [ __ ] and everybody thought he was not going to win and so they would highlight how ridiculous he”
“i think matt tybee has a great book i think it's called hate inc where it discusses fantastic”
Tulsi Gabbard — 1 mention
“yeah i uh when i i'm in the middle of matt tybee's book hate inc which is i haven't read it yet it's very good although i sent him a a message today i'm like why don't you read your own books because i'm listening to the audio book and it's something these are always best when the author reads”
Anthony Cumia — 1 mention
“have you ever read uh matt tybee's book hate inc no that's what it's called right isn't it called hate inc”
Bill Maher — 1 mention
“Matt taibi's book is basically saying that Rachel Maddow has become Bill O'Reilly”
Tim Dillon — 1 mention
“i just read hate inc from matt taibi yeah and he he goes into depth about how this started really in the 80s with reagan”
Bill Burr — 1 mention
“check out matt tabi's book hate inc produced pronounced taibi okay t-i-e-e-b-e-e you didn't capitalize any of it so i don't know where to stress”