We’ve got a new 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…
Sunny Hostin!
The ABC’s The View co-host won with 54 percent of the vote. Hostin took first place for blasting the Democrats for backing down on the shutdown, as she claimed they “caved” to President Donald Trump’s “cruelty.” MSNBC host Joe Scarborough came in second place with 32 percent. PBS contributor Jonathan Capehart finished in third place with 14 percent.
The following is a montage of all the nominees:
WINNER (54 percent of the vote)
Sunny Hostin: Democrats “Caved” to Trump’s “Cruelty”
“This was a choice by Republicans to cut SNAP benefits! This was a choice Republicans to cut ACA subsidies! This was a choice by the Republicans to gut the federal government and federal employment! Democrats had nothing to do with it. I want an opposition party! I think the Democrats caved! I think the Democrats let down the American people!...We’re not gonna get better, because with Donald Trump the cruelty is the point! He does not care! It’s a Republican choice!”
— Co-host Sunny Hostin on ABC’s The View, November 10.
SECOND PLACE (32 percent of the vote)
Joe Scarborough: Democrats Backing Down on Shutdown Amongst “Great Retreats” Like George Washington, Dunkirk
“Sometimes….strategic retreats actually lead to eventual victory….When George Washington retreated from Long Island in 1776. That retreat helped us eventually win the Revolutionary War….There have been movies made about Dunkirk. I mean, one of the great retreats in the history of modern warfare allowed the British to live to fight another day.…Why did these Democrats do what they did?...Because Democrats, unlike a lot of Republicans, actually care about the hungry. They just do. Are Republicans going to be rewarded because they don’t give a damn about helping the hungry in their own districts?”
— Host Joe Scarborough on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, November 10.
THIRD PLACE (14 percent of the vote)
Jonathan Capehart: “There’s a Meanness and a Cruelty” to Trump’s Shutdown Strategy
“There’s a meanness and a cruelty here when you put all of these things together, using the shutdown, using these things to pressure Democrats to come to the table and come up with a deal.”
— Contributor Jonathan Capehart on PBS News Hour, November 7.
Thanks again to all who participated!
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