Munk Debate, Nov. 2022: Be it resolved, don’t trust the mainstream media.
On the PRO side of the debate were Douglas Murray (The Spectator) and Matt Taibbi (TK News on Substack). On the CON side of the debate were Malcolm ‘Malc’ Gladwell (The New Yorker, Revisionist History) and Michelle Goldberg (The New York Times).
At the beginning of the debate, 48% voted in favour of the resolution, while 52% voted against the resolution. At the end of the debate, 67% voted in favour of the resolution, while 33% voted against it, representing a 39% switch to the PRO side, the biggest switch in Munk history.
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Be it resolved, don’t trust the mainstream media.
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It is impossible for 13% of the world population to control the narrative forever.
It’s a bit difficult to take all this pearl clutching about independent media seriously when it all comes from corporate media whose bottom line is threatened by people choosing a different news source.
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And just to say it, who owns the wall street journal, boys and girls?
