I listened to this a while back and in my opinion the ad hominem and strawmanning was out of control. It actually got painful to listen to at some point.
I watched this last night and then listened to Malcolm Gladwell's "Revisionist History" podcast episode on how he felt it went.
([Revisionist History] Malcolm Goes to Debate School 🅴 #revisionistHistory
https://podcastaddict.com/episode/156114071 via podcast Addict)
Regardless of how you feel about the subject, it was a vigorous debate that Murray and Taibbi deserved to win. The Con side had some strong points but ultimately withered in the face of Murray's and Taibbi's masterclass in how to debate properly.
Gladwell's podcast acknowledges his somewhat arrogant approach and his lack of preparation, and it was good to hear he has learned from the experience. Michelle Goldberg unfortunately did not impress me at all.
#matttaibbi #munkdebate #gladwell #mainstreammedia #douglasmurray
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There certainly was a lot of strawmanning.