We’ve got a new, fun interactive series 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…
Jory Rand!
The KABC anchor won with 59 percent of the vote! Rand took first place for playing down the L.A. rioters as he laughably observed they were “just a bunch of people having fun, watching cars burn.” MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell finished in second place with 33 percent of the vote. PBS special correspondent Marcia Biggs came in third with 8 percent.
The following is a montage of all the nominees:
WINNER (59 percent of the vote)
KABC Anchor On L.A. Riots: “Just a Bunch of People Having Fun, Watching Cars Burn”
“There’s a large group of people. It could turn very volatile if you move law enforcement in there in the wrong way and turn what is just a bunch of people having fun, watching cars burn into a massive confrontation and altercation between officers and demonstrators.”
— KABC anchor Jory Rand during live coverage of Los Angeles riots, June 8.
SECOND PLACE (33 percent of the vote)
Lawrence O’Donnell: There is No “Violent Mob” In L.A.
“There is no vicious and violent mob in Los Angeles. The National Guard troops are doing absolutely nothing. The Marines are invisible and obviously doing absolutely nothing. And peaceful protesters have been peacefully submitting to arrests in small numbers to make their point of protest against what Donald Trump is trying to do in their city.”
— Host Lawrence O’Donnell on MSNBC’s The Last Word, June 10.
THIRD PLACE (8 percent of the vote)
Marcia Biggs: L.A. is “Pretty Quiet, Festival-Like,” Except for Those Flashbangs!
“So the scene here has been pretty quiet, almost festival-like, for the last hour or so. We just heard a flashbang. We just heard another one. This is kind of how it's been going. This is what we saw last night. Of course, we mentioned some looting, but, in general, last night was pretty non-violent standoff.”
— Special correspondent Marcia Biggs on PBS’s News Hour, June 10.
Thanks again to all who participated!
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