We’ve got a brand new, fun interactive series for the new year called Worst Media Take of the Week, where you — our loyal NewsBusters visitors and MRC supporters — get to vote on which leftist journalist or celebrity had the worst media take 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 Take of the Week are in and the winner is…

Chuck Todd!

The former moderator of NBC’s Meet the Press won with a whopping 65 percent of the vote. Todd ran away from the competition with his absurd take that the leftist media didn’t cover-up Joe Biden’s decline, as he deemed it a “manufactured right wing premise.” 

PBS contributor and New York Times columnist David Brooks finished in second place with 27 percent of the vote. White House Correspondents’ Association President and MSNBC correspondent Eugene Daniels finished third with 8 percent. 

The following is a montage of all the nominees: 

WINNER (65 percent of the vote)

Chuck Todd: Media Didn’t Cover for Biden, That’s a “Manufactured Right Wing Premise”

“This is not a media failure. This was a failure of the Democratic Party. And I just sort of, sort of the virtue signaling that some people have done to try to say that the media missed this story [Joe Biden’s decline]. They didn’t miss this story….I just refuse to accept this, this stupid premise because it’s a right-wing manufactured, right-wing premise in order to, to stain in the media.”
— Former NBC’s Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd on Chris Cillizza’s Substack podcast, April 28.

SECOND PLACE (27 percent of the vote)

Judge Who Allegedly Helped An Illegal Immigrant Escape is “Heroic” 

“On the issue of immigration, there are a lot of people who are appalled by what the administration is doing. And there will be times for civil disobedience….Let’s say she [Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan] did escort this guy out the door. If federal enforcement agencies come to your courtroom and you help a guy escape, that is two things. One, it strikes me as maybe something illegal, but it also strikes me as something heroic.”
— New York Times columnist/PBS contributor David Brooks on PBS’s News Hour, April 29.

THIRD PLACE (8 percent of the vote)

Overly Defensive Eugene Daniels: “We Care Deeply About Accuracy”

“We [journalists] care deeply about accuracy and take seriously the heavy responsibility of being stewards of the public’s trust. What we are not is the opposition. What we are not is the enemy of the people. And what we are not is the enemy of the state.”
— White House Correspondents’ Association President and MSNBC correspondent Eugene Daniels at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, April 26.

Thanks again to all who participated! 

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