It’s a challenging task but we here at NewsBusters are going to try to sift through all the crazy, angry and ridiculous observations made by leftist journalists every night of the Republican National Convention coverage and pick one for Worst of the Night.
So without further ado, the Worst Media Outburst for Wednesday night goes to MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace for whining that the because of conservative talk radio the GOP is “totally codependent on disinformation.” This was especially grievous when you consider MSNBC contributors have been spreading debunked conspiracy theories surrounding the assassination attempt on President Donald Trump.
“We kind of started putting the pieces together about how we got here, we talked about talk radio grafting onto the Republican Party, rhetorically. This is a political movement….that’s totally codependent on disinformation. And so, as sort of the right-wing media ecosystem became more — people used to change channels, right? Now they are locked into Fox News. And then, if they flip around, they’ll see how Newsmax is covering the same conspiracy.”
— MSNBC’s Deadline: White House host Nicolle Wallace on night four of MSNBC’s live coverage of the Republican National Convention, July 18.
WEDNESDAY'S WORST OF THE NIGHT
“These two men are both elderly. Donald Trump is an elderly man who, for whatever reason, was given nine seconds to take a photo-op during an active shooter situation….His survival of that and bouncing right back and going right to his convention is being conveyed in the media world as a sign of strength. This current president of the United States is 81 years old and has COVID, should he be fine in a couple of days, doesn’t that convey exactly the same thing? That he’s strong enough — older than Trump — to have gotten something that used to really be fatal to people his age. So, if he does fine out of it and comes back and is able to do rallies, isn’t that exactly the same?”
— MSNBC’s The ReidOut host Joy Reid on night three of MSNBC’s live coverage of the Republican National Convention, July 17.
TUESDAY'S WORST OF THE NIGHT
It’s one thing to present a kinder, gentler version of the Republican Party and they might veer into outright racist or dog-whistling or bull-horning. But you also have to pay attention to who’s sitting in the room, Tucker Carlson, who’s taking the stage and the language that they’re using. Bernie Moreno, who’s running for Senate in Ohio, used the term “illegals” when talking about undocumented migrants coming over the border….This is where we’re going to see whether this unity theme, whether this kinder-gentler version of the Republican Party is going to come through and I have no confidence that they’re going to be able to do that.
— PBS contributor/Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart on night two of PBS’s live coverage of the Republican National Convention, July 16.
MONDAY’S WORST OF THE NIGHT
“The greatest purveyor and promoter of political violence really [Donald Trump], you know, since anyone can remember, since George Wallace...and people are concerned...we will allow Donald Trump as he is, you know, bathed in the glory and grandeur of his party, to rewrite himself as both a hero and a victim. That people who are the most vulnerable to not just the things he’s done but the things he’s promising to do, and that that will then happen without a guardian saying, ‘Wait, stop,’ and that the media will acquiesce to this rewrite.”
— MSNBC’s The ReidOut host Joy Reid on night one of MSNBC’s live coverage of the Republican National Convention, July 15.
Please return to this space for the rest of the week to find out who had the most obnoxious take of the night.
