It’s time to find out who had the Worst Media Quote of the Week. This interactive series is where you — our loyal NewsBusters visitors and MRC supporters — get to vote on which leftist journalist or celebrity had the worst media quote of the week.
Much appreciation to all who voted last week via NewsBusters and the MRC’s various social media sites (Facebook, Instagram, X, and Truth Social).
The results of the Worst Media Quote of the Week are in and the winner is…
Lawrence O’Donnell!
In a very close three-way race, the MS NOW host won with 38 percent of the vote! O’Donnell took first place for absurdly blasting Republican Senator Rand Paul for turning the Dr. Anthony Fauci hearings into a “Stalinist tribunal.” Comedian DL Hughley came in second place with 32 percent. Comedian and former ABC’s The View co-host finished in third place with 30 percent.
Check out the following clip (via the MRC Video team) to see the nominees in action:
Watch the Worst Quotes here from @Lawrence, Rosie, and DL
Video by @Schineman pic.twitter.com/azmCfnXDip— Media Research Center (@theMRC) August 6, 2026
WINNER (38 percent of the vote)
Lawrence O’Donnell: Dr. Anthony Fauci Hearing Was a “Stalinist Tribunal”
[Clip of Dr. Anthony Fauci: “Under the advice of my attorneys, I will invoke my right under the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution to refrain from answering your questions. Thank you.”]
Host Lawrence O’Donnell: “And that led Rand Paul to turn his hearing room into the most disgraceful Stalinist tribunal the United States Senate has ever seen.”
— Host Lawrence O’Donnell after playing a clip of Dr. Anthony Fauci on MS NOW’s The Last Word, July 29.
SECOND PLACE (32 percent of the vote)
DL Hughley: Mayor Zohran Mamdani is “Putting Christians to Shame”
“This Muslim [Mayor Zohran Mamdani] is putting Christians to shame….There is more to say for a man that lifts the poor, that feeds the hungry, that employs the people who are unemployable, that walks among the people, than powerful white men who consort with a pedophile. Who’s the more Christlike?”
— Comedian DL Hughley on the Uncertain with DL Hughley podcast, August 3.
THIRD PLACE (30 percent of the vote)
Rosie O’Donnell Sings Anti-Trump Song
“His approval rate is 30. His diaper’s always dirty, I think the guy’s insane. He ain’t no stable genius. Got a teeny tiny penis and he doesn’t have a brain.”
— Comedian Rosie O’Donnell singing an anti-Trump parody song (to the tune of If I Only Had a Brain) as aired on the On with Kara Swisher podcast, August 3.
Thanks again to all who participated!
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