We’ve got a brand new, fun interactive series for the new year called Worst Media Take of the Week, where you — our loyal NewsBusters visitors and MRC supporters — get to vote on which leftist journalist or celebrity had the worst media take of the week.
Much appreciation to all who voted last week via NewsBusters and the MRC’s various social media sites (Facebook, Instagram and X.com).
The results of the Worst Media Take of the Week are in and the winner is…
Jeffrey Goldberg!
The host of PBS’s Washington Week with the Atlantic won with 47 percent of the vote! Goldberg nabbed first place for his denial of the legacy media’s cover-up of Joe Biden’s cognitive decline.
CBS’s 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley finished in second place with 29 percent of the vote. Comedian and former ABC’s The View co-host Rosie O’Donnell finished third with 24 percent.
The following is a montage of all the nominees:
WINNER (47 percent of the vote)
Jeffrey Goldberg: It’s Not that We Covered-Up for Biden, It’s That the Audience Is Stupid
“I don’t understand how this narrative is developed….that the media was covering for Biden. I think what might be going on here is a lack of understanding about how reporting works.”
— Host Jeffrey Goldberg on PBS’s Washington Week with The Atlantic, May 23.
SECOND PLACE (29 percent of the vote)
Scott Pelley Scares Students At Commencement Address: “Our Country Is In Peril” from Trump
“Our sacred rule of law is under attack. Journalism is under attack, universities are under attack, freedom of speech is under attack. An insidious fear is reaching through our schools, our businesses, our homes and into our private thoughts. The fear to speak in America....In a moment like this, when our country is in peril, don’t ask the meaning of life. Life is asking, what’s the meaning of you?”
— CBS’s 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley during a commencement speech at Wake Forest University, May 19.
THIRD PLACE (24 percent of the vote)
Rosie O’Donnell: “Millions” Are Going to “Die Early” from Big Beautiful Bill
“Millions of people are gonna go hungry. Millions of people are gonna die early for not getting their medication. Millions of people are going to suffer as a result of the big, beautiful bill….This is the most blatantly corrupt thing that Mango Mussolini has ever come up with.”
— Comedian/former ABC’s The View co-host Rosie O’Donnell on her TikTok account, May 27.
Thanks again to all who participated!
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