Below are a list of the award categories and
their winners. They link to the MRC pages containing the worst of the
worst in media bias from 2006.
God, I Hate America Award
Arthur Sulzberger, Jr., New York Times publisher, for his May 21, 2006 graduation address in which he apologized to SUNY-New Paltz graduates that they were "graduating into an America fighting a misbegotten war in a foreign land."
See the full quote, which also won Quote of the Year, here.
Dan Rather Memorial Award for the Stupidest Analysis
CBS's Katie Couric, for using a schoolyard quip-- "Who made us the boss of them?"-- to question Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on foreign policy.
See full quote here.
The I'm Not a Political Genius But I Play One on TV Award
'The View' co-host Rosie O'Donnell for saying "radical" Christians were as present a threat to America as radical Muslims.
See full quote here.
Tin Foil Hat Award for Crazy Conspiracy Theories
CNN's Jack Cafferty, hinting that an Osama bin Laden videotape release may have been timed to take wiretapping hearings out of the media's focus.
See full quote here.
Puppy Love Award
ABC 'World News' anchor Charles Gibson forhis fawning treatment of new Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on the Jan. 4, 2007 program.
See full quote here.
