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…
Erin Burnett!
Burnett won in a landslide with 79 percent of the vote! The CNN anchor took first place for absurdly claiming there was a “friendliness” to Iranians who chanted “Death to America!” Actor Diego Luna finished in second place with 11 percent of the vote. PBS’s Jonathan Capehart finished in third place with 10 percent.
The following is a montage of all the nominees:
WINNER (79 percent of the vote)
Erin Burnett: There Was a “Friendliness” To Iranians Who Chanted “Death to America”
“I remember, Dana, at one point being in Tehran years ago and they’re chanting ‘death to America’ all around me, even as I say, ‘Oh, I’m an American, reporting for CNN.’ And they were happy to speak to me. So those two sort of jarring realities of the chant and yet, the friendliness have existed together.”
— Anchor Erin Burnett on CNN’s Inside Politics with Dana Bash, June 24.
SECOND PLACE (11 percent of the vote)
Diego Luna: I Don’t Understand How Trump’s “Hate Speech” Took Root In This Country
“I have never been able to fully understand how it is that someone like Donald Trump is able to acquire this level of power. I always struggle to understand how his hate speech can take root in a country whose nature has always been a welcoming one.”
— Actor Diego Luna substitute hosting on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!, June 23.
THIRD PLACE (10 percent of the vote)
Jonathan Capehart: Republicans Are Afraid That “Being Human” Will Get Them on Wrong Side of Trump
“There’s been silence, crickets, because they’re [Republicans] afraid of doing the right thing, of being human, will get them on the wrong side of the President of the United States. Folks should be very concerned about that.”
— Washington Post associate editor/PBS contributor Jonathan Capehart on PBS’s News Hour, June 20.
Thanks again to all who participated!
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