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, X, and Truth Social).
The results of the Worst Media Quote of the Week are in and the winner is…
Joy Reid!
The former MS NOW host won with 46 percent of the vote! Reid took first place for buzzkilling Independence Day as she declared: “nobody black,” is “excited about the Fourth of July.” ABC’s Good Morning America co-host Robin Roberts came in second place with 44 percent. Former NBC’s Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd finished last with 10 percent.
Check out the following clip (via the MRC Video team) to see the nominees in action:
Watch the worst quotes from @chucktodd, @RobinRoberts and Joy Reid pic.twitter.com/UEdXUBfYz0
— Media Research Center (@theMRC) June 25, 2026
WINNER (46 percent of the vote)
Joy Reid: “Nobody Black” is “Excited About the Fourth of July”
“Nobody black I know is really excited about the Fourth of July. Because it is a, it is what Frederick Douglass said it is. It is the celebration of slaveholders who freed themselves from having to pay taxes to the Crown for their slave empire.”
— Former MS NOW host Joy Reid on her podcast, June 19.
SECOND PLACE (44 percent of the vote)
Robin Roberts to Barack Obama: Your Presidential Center is About the “Promise of Democracy,” So How Do You Deal with the “Freedoms Being Taken” By Trump?
“And walking the halls here, the museum really, it’s about the promise of democracy. And it’s very difficult for people right now when they feel a lot of their freedoms are being taken from them. They’re very familiar now with Project 2025, many of your policies are being rolled back. How do you, when you see these things, these things happening, how do you deal with that?”
— ABC’s Good Morning America co-host Robin Roberts to President Barack Obama, June 17.
THIRD PLACE (10 percent of the vote)
Chuck Todd: The Only Reason People Think Barack Obama Was Liberal Is Because He’s Black
Former NBC’s Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd: “What policy was he [Barack Obama] that liberal on, Chris? It’s one of the biggest-”
Former CNN correspondent/current NewsNation contributor Chris Cillizza: “It’s because he was black.”
Todd: “Thank you. The only reason people think he was liberal is because he’s black.”
— So What with Chris Cillizza podcast on Substack, June 22.
Thanks again to all who participated!
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