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…
Sunny Hostin!
The co-host of ABC’s The View scored a big win with 63 percent of the vote. Hostin won with her biased math blunder that the Iran war has cost $50 billion, more money than the U.S. has spent since WWII. MS NOW host Lawrence O’Donnell came in second place with 22 percent. Finishing last was former ESPN and MSNBC host Keith Olbermann at 15 percent.
Check out the following clip (via the MRC Video team) to see the nominees in action:
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WINNER (63 percent of the vote)
Sunny Hostin: Iran War Cost $50 Billion, More Than Spent Since WWII
“You know, I just read that this war is estimated to have already cost us $50 billion. $50 billion, which is more money than this country has spent since World War II.”
— Co-host Sunny Hostin on ABC’s The View, April 22.
SECOND PLACE (22 percent of the vote)
Lawrence O’Donnell Praises “International Sound of Resistance” to “Hitler,” “Gangster” Trump
Host Lawrence O’Donnell: “The international sound of resistance to Donald Trump was heard in the British House of Commons, and the language used to describe Donald Trump was on a par with the language Winston Churchill used to describe Adolf Hitler during World War II.”
Winston Churchill (June 22, 1941): “Hitler is a monster of wickedness.”
O’Donnell: “A monster of wickedness. Words to describe the worst, most murderous dictator in European history and world history. And yesterday in the British parliament, the words ‘he is a dangerous and corrupt gangster’ [by MP Ed Davey] were used to describe the President of the United States, an office once occupied by the President who beat Adolf Hitler in World War II.”
— MS NOW’s The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell, April 14.
THIRD PLACE (15 percent of the vote)
Keith Olbermann: “Trump Is Entirely Full of S***” On Iran
“Trump is entirely full of shit. It is as if you took all the shit in the world, squeezed it into a bag, and made it President. He insists he has opened Hormuz, and Iran’s leaders fire on ships and insist it’s closed. He insists there are talks. Iran’s leaders say they know nothing about them. We are losing the war in Iran and as of today, a total idiot is still President and Commander-in-Chief.”
— Former ESPN and MSNBC host Keith Olbermann on his Countdown podcast, April 20.
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