Mike Taibbi

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. ==Career==

Taibbi worked for the Central New Jersey Home News while going to Rutgers University. 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. ==References==