'Don't trust mainstream media': Conservative author Douglas Murray and journalist Matt Taibbi win...

As in previous Munk Debates, the audience voted both before and after the debaters duked it out. Before Wednesday's "Mainstream Media" debate, 52% of attendees and listeners voted against distrusting the media while 48% supported the resolution to distrust the mainstream media. Of those who participated in the pre-vote, 82% indicated they were amenable to be swayed in either direction.

After the debate, Taibbi and Murray secured a vote gain of 39%. The final result, in favor of the resolution "Don’t trust mainstream media" was 67% to 33%.