Malcolm Gladwell

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The Munk Debates Podcast · Be it Resolved, don't trust mainstream media · 28 Jul 2026 podcast

such affection and say that's the gold standard and we should trust the mainstream media precisely at the moment when the mainstream media is least representative is really puzzling to me.

I would point out that at the height of Walter Cronkite's reign in American media, neither people like Michelle and I wouldn't have been on the stage, right?

We weren't part of the conversation.

So I don't know why we should hold such a kind of affection for that moment.

I was also struck by the contradictions between the comments that both of you made.

When Douglas said that he was very upset at the way the Canadian media acted as an amen chorus of the Canadian government with respect to the truckers, I would just point out that the reason Walter Cronkite was so beloved by people like Matt Tiabi's father and grandfather is that he was an amen chorus for the United States government.

The two of you should really get together in the next five minutes and work out your story.

One last comment, and that is I was most amused by the particular subjects that seemed to have excited the imagination and outrage of the two of you.

I'll just listen before I go in my last 19 seconds.

Donald Trump's relationship with Russia, the Canadian truckers, ivermectin,

Jordan Peterson, and then something about the singing.

These aren't things driven by the mainstream media.

These are obsessions of the non-mainstream media.

Once again, work it out, guys.

I was astonished to listen as Matt Taibbi doubled down on his defense of Walter Cronkite.

I feel like there should be a giant picture of Walter Cronkite behind...

And he said, the most incredible quote was, the era of that era in journalism was distinguished by people, journalists, quote, making the effort to talk to everybody.

Now, he's talking about the 1950s and 60s.

I just wanted to make a short list of the people who were not spoken to by journalists in the 1950s and 60s.

And you may want to add some, if I miss some,

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