We’ve got a brand new, fun interactive series for the new year 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…
Kristen Welker!
NBC’s Meet the Press moderator won with 47 percent of the vote. Welker took home first place with this loaded question to President Donald Trump:
“What do you say to those who believe you are taking the country down an authoritarian path?”
PBS contributor and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart finished in second place with 35 percent of the vote. Documentarian Ken Burns finished third with 18 percent.
The following is a montage of all the nominees:
WINNER (47 percent of the vote)
Kristen Welker to Trump: Are You Taking the Country Down an “Authoritarian Path?”
“People who have lived in countries like the Philippines, Hungary, Russia, they look at some of your actions, going after civil service, going after universities, law firms, the media, they say it’s out of an authoritarian playbook. What do you say to those who believe you are taking the country down an authoritarian path?”
— Moderator Kristen Welker to Donald Trump as aired on NBC’s Meet the Press, May 4.
SECOND PLACE (35 percent of the vote)
Trump’s “Fundamental Attack On Our Constitution”
“I think what the President is doing, it is a fundamental attack on our Constitution, on the foundation of this country.….When you have a President of the United States who is making it his mission to attack the free press, we should all be concerned, whether we are at PBS or whether we are at MSNBC, because he’s focused on us too.”
— Washington Post associate editor/PBS contributor Jonathan Capehart on PBS’s News Hour, May 2.
THIRD PLACE (8 percent of the vote)
Ken Burns: PBS “Puts the Us in the U.S.”
“The enrichment that PBS has brought to my life, to our collective lives is just undisputable. I think PBS is part of the pursuit of happiness machine….This is the Declaration of Independence applied to broadcasting….It’s just one of our crown jewels, like higher education that you mentioned at the beginning, like our national parks. This is who we are. It puts the us in the U.S.”
— Documentarian Ken Burns on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360, May 2.
Thanks again to all who participated!
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