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 ABC’s The View co-host won with 67 percent of the vote! Hostin took first place for laughably claiming that there was “very limited destruction” during the “Black Lives Matters uprisings.” MS NOW’s senior Washington correspondent Eugene Daniels came in second place with 22 percent. Finishing last was singer Bruce Springsteen with 11 percent.
Check out the following clip (via the MRC Video team) to see the nominees in action:
Watch @Schineman present the worst quotes from @EugeneDaniels2, @TheView, @springsteen pic.twitter.com/h0WJFdJvHt
— Media Research Center (@theMRC) May 28, 2026
WINNER (67 percent of the vote)
Sunny Hostin: “Very Limited Destruction” During BLM Protests
“I just think we need to make it clear that there can be no comparison between the Black Lives Matter movement and what we saw on January 6th. I just want to make that clear….There were very limited destruction of property and violence during the uprising of — the Black Lives Matter uprisings.”
— Co-host Sunny Hostin on ABC’s The View, May 21.
SECOND PLACE (22 percent of the vote)
Eugene Daniels: Democrats Can Win By Talking About “Kitchen Table Issues” Like Services for Trans Kids
“You can use ‘identity politics,’ quote unquote, as a kitchen table issue, right? When you talk about whether or not people can have access to healthy abortions — safe abortions, that is a kitchen table issue, right? Whether or not a trans kid can get the services they need, that is a kitchen table issue for families.”
— Senior Washington correspondent Eugene Daniels on MS NOW’s Chris Jansing Reports, May 21.
THIRD PLACE (11 percent of the vote)
Bruce Springsteen to Stephen Colbert: “You’re the First Guy in America” Who Lost His Show Because “We Got a President Who Can’t Take a Joke”
“I am here in support tonight for Stephen, because you’re the first guy in America who’s lost his show because we got a president who can’t take a joke. And because Larry and David Ellison feel they need to kiss his ass to get what they want….These are small-minded people, they got no idea what the freedoms of this beautiful country are supposed to be about.”
— Singer Bruce Springsteen on CBS’s The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, May 20.
Thanks again to all who participated!
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