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 and X.com).
The results of the Worst Media Quote of the Week are in and the winner is…
Bruce Springsteen!
“The Boss” barely won in a squeaker with just 36 percent of the vote. The leftist singer took first place for his on-stage rant against the “corrupt, incompetent, racist, reckless and treasonous” Trump administration. Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update co-anchor Michael Che came in a close second place with 35 percent. Finishing last was former NBC’s Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd at 29 percent.
Check out the following clip (via the MRC Video team) to see the nominees in action:
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WINNER (36 percent of the vote)
Bruce Springsteen Rants Against “Corrupt, Incompetent, Racist, Reckless and Treasonous” Trump Administration
“The America that I love, the America that I’ve written about for 50 years. That’s been a beacon of hope and liberty around the world is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent, racist, reckless, and treasonous administration! Tonight, we ask all of you to join with us in choosing hope over fear. Democracy over authoritarianism. The rule of law over lawlessness, ethics over unbridled corruption. Resistance over complacency, unity over division, and peace over war.”
— Singer/activist Bruce Springsteen from the stage at the Target Center in Minneapolis, March 31.
SECOND PLACE (35 percent of the vote)
Saturday Night Live’s Michael Che Makes Trump Assassination Joke
“President Trump attended the opening night of Chicago at the Kennedy Center, and I think that’s cool that the President is going to the theater. I mean, what’s the worst that could happen?”
— Weekend Update co-anchor Michael Che on Saturday Night Live, April 4.
THIRD PLACE (10 percent of the vote)
Chuck Todd: We’re Worried About Iran with a Nuke, But What About Trump?!
“You got to ask the question, we’re worried about a radical in Iran getting their hands on a nuclear weapon. What about what’s going on in our country?...I can see him [Donald Trump] talking himself into the ultimate weapon here in his head. I do. I could see him being that crazy.”
— Former NBC’s Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd on Chris Cillizza’s So What podcast, April 7.
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