POLL: What was the worst media take of the week? (Vote below)
NOMINEES:
You Know Who Else Was Voted Into Office? Hitler!
Co-host Joy Behar: “This is not a normal inauguration. This is not a normal person. He’s a convicted felon. Why do they go as if this is a normal inauguration? And it’s not.”...
Co-host Sara Haines: “The normalizing of President Trump happened when the American public went out and voted.”
Behar: “The Germans voted also. Just saying.”
— ABC’s The View, January 17.
Worried By All the White People in “This Crowd”
“I have to say, I’m looking at this crowd, I do not see many people of color. Has any – has anybody else besides me observed that? I’m fascinated by why that is.”
— CBS Mornings host Gayle King on CBS News’s live coverage of Donald Trump Inauguration, January 21.
CBS Spin: Actually Biden Was Great!
“In many ways, he [Joe Biden] did deliver. His administration oversaw the successful rollout of the covid vaccines, the stock market steadily rose to record highs, while unemployment fell to a near-record low….He did so while racking up legislative victories, including massive new investments in clean energy and semiconductor manufacturing….And scored a win that had eluded his predecessors, signing a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill.”
— Correspondent Nancy Cordes on CBS Sunday Morning, January 19.
