No. 28 in America · Week of November 9, 2026
Journalist, Racket News
Matt Taibbi is a journalist and author who publishes Racket News.
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Score breakdown
Nine parts, measured fresh each week. This is where Matt Taibbi's points came from, and the evidence behind each one.
Debate record
Won the 2022 Munk Debate on distrusting the mainstream media, with Douglas Murray.
Taibbi was a contributing editor at Rolling Stone and has written books on finance, media and politics.
He began his career as a reporter in Russia.
On the record
2024
October 9, 2024
Formal debateWon the audience vote
Against Bret Stephens and James Kirchick · The Free Press and FIRE, Symphony Space, New York
Taibbi and Lee Fang argued against. 81 percent of the audience started on the other side; Taibbi and Fang moved 2 percent and won the night by changing more minds.
2023
April 2023
Broadcast debate
Against Mehdi Hasan · MSNBC, The Mehdi Hasan Show
Taibbi, who had proposed a public debate, faced Hasan's challenges over his Twitter Files reporting in a tense exchange; afterward he wrote that he would not be lectured by MSNBC.
2022
November 30, 2022
Formal debateWon the audience vote
Against Malcolm Gladwell and Michelle Goldberg · Munk Debates, Toronto
Matt Taibbi argued for the motion with Douglas Murray. The pro side won the audience vote, swinging 19 percent.
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