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Be it Resolved, don't trust mainstream media

July 28, 2026 · 1 h 29 min

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This special episode features the full Munk Debate on Mainstream Media, held before a live audience of 3,000 at Toronto's Roy Thomson Hall in the fall of 2022.


Arguing for the resolution Be it Resolved, don't trust mainstream media, was the associate editor of The Spectator magazine, Fox News contributor, and bestselling author of The War on the West, Douglas Murray. He was be joined by Substack publishing sensation, former Rolling Stone contributing editor, and investigative journalist, Matt Taibbi. 


Arguing against the motion was the internationally acclaimed author, podcaster and veteran New Yorker staff writer, Malcolm Gladwell. His debate partner was Michelle Goldberg, New York Times columnist, MS Now contributor, former American Prospect senior correspondent and senior writer for The Nation. 

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