Mike Taibbi

Michael G. Taibbi (born ) is an American retired television journalist best known for his work at NBC News. He covered, among other events, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and retired in 2014. During his career, he also worked at CBS News. He is the recipient of an Emmy Award and a four-time recipient of the prestigious Edward R. Murrow Award.

Early life and education Taibbi was born Loren Ames Denny to a Filipino-Hawaiian mother, Camila Salinas, in Hawaii, about 1949. At the age of seven or eight he was adopted by Salvatore and Gaetana Taibbi (whose surname is of Sicilian and Lebanese origin). Thereafter, he took the name Mike Taibbi, and grew up in Malverne, New York, on Long Island. After high school, Taibbi attended Rutgers University in New Jersey. He graduated in 1971 with degrees in journalism and sociology. He attended the University of Chicago Law School in Hyde Park, Chicago.

Taibbi worked for WNEV-TV in Boston until 1983 when he left to study law at the University of Chicago Law School. In 1984, Taibbi was hired by WNBC-TV in Midtown Manhattan, New York. He moved to WCBS-TV, also in midtown, in the autumn on 1987. In the early 2000s, he reported on the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars for NBC News.

Personal life Taibbi's son, Matt Taibbi, is a well-known independent journalist, media critic, and former contributing editor at Rolling Stone.