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…
Anand Giridharadas!
The frequent MS NOW guest won with a whopping 73 percent of the vote. Giridharadas took first place for claiming Adolf Hitler wasn’t as bad as President Donald Trump because at least he wasn’t “selling merch.” Former ESPN/MSNBC host Keith Olbermann came in second place with 16 percent. Finishing last was ABC’s The View co-host Joy Behar at 11 percent.
Check out the following clip (via the MRC Video team) to see the nominees in action:
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WINNER (73 percent of the vote)
Anand Giridharadas: Hitler Was Not as Bad as Trump, At Least He Wasn’t “Selling Merch”
“I think he’s [Donald Trump] like, a highly incompetent person trying to do an authoritarian attempt and trying to barnacle the authoritarian attempt with so much personal stealing or whatever, which, by the way, a lot of these authoritarians have the discipline to not do. I don’t know. Someone’s going to call me on. Maybe I’m wrong. I don’t think Hitler was selling merch.”
— Frequent MS NOW guest Anand Giridharadas on Real Patriotism with Terry Moran, March 11.
SECOND PLACE (16 percent of the vote)
Keith Olbermann: Trump Has Personally Turned Iran Into “Instant Processed Vietnam”
“Trump is personally losing the war in Iran. Trump is personally turning Iran into instant processed Vietnam! If we do not want the United States to lose this war, to be materially hurt by this moron’s buccaneering bullshit – and we don’t! We all live here! He has to go!...Iran could never - in a million years - harm this country as much as Donald Trump has harmed it, in the last two weeks.”
— Former MSNBC/ESPN host Keith Olbermann on his Countdown podcast, March 16.
THIRD PLACE (11 percent of the vote)
Joy Behar: Trump Is a “Shell of a Human Being”
“He [Donald Trump] doesn’t care if there’s a war or that people are suffering or - I mean, he stopped AIDS relief for people in Africa. He’s just a shell of a human being.”
— Co-host Joy Behar on ABC’s The View, March 18.
Thanks again to all who participated!
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