{"id":64308,"date":"2022-11-30T19:58:53","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T00:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=64308"},"modified":"2022-11-30T19:58:53","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T00:58:53","slug":"be-it-resolved-dont-trust-mainstream-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=64308","title":{"rendered":"Be it Resolved: Don’t Trust Mainstream Media"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Be it Resolved: Don’t Trust Mainstream Media<\/a><\/h3>\n

My opening remarks for the Munk Debates in Toronto tonight<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Tonight at the Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto, I’m teaming up with The War on the West author Douglas Murray in the prestigious Munk Debates. Our opponents are Malcolm Gladwell, bestselling author and New Yorker staff writer, and Michelle Goldberg, MSNBC contributor and columnist for the New York Times. The subject tonight: “Be it resolved: Do not trust the mainstream media<\/a>.”<\/em><\/p>\n

You can probably guess which side I’ll be arguing. Below, a transcript of my opening remarks (you’ll receive this as the event begins). More on the event after its completion. Thanks to everyone for being patient this week as I prepared.
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\u201cBe it resolved: don\u2019t trust mainstream media<\/strong>.\u201d My name is Matt Taibbi, I\u2019ve been a reporter for 30 years, and I argue for the resolution. You should not trust mainstream media.<\/p>\n

I grew up in the press. My father was a reporter. My stepmother was a reporter. My godparents were reporters. Every adult I knew growing up seemed to be in media. I even used my father\u2019s TV mic flag as a toy. I\u2019d go in the backyard, stand with my back to the house, and play \u201clive shot\u201d:<\/p>\n

Chet, I’m in Norwell, Massachusetts, where firefighters are battling a three-alarm blaze…<\/em><\/p>\n

I love the news business. It\u2019s in my bones. But I mourn for it. It\u2019s destroyed itself.<\/p>\n

My father had a saying: \u201cThe story\u2019s the boss.\u201d In the American context, if the facts tell you the Republicans were the primary villains in this or that disaster, you write that story. If the facts point more at Democrats, you go that way…<\/p>\n

\u2026click on the above link to read the rest\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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