POLL: What was the worst media take of the week? (Vote below)

NOMINEES: 

1. Erin Burnett: There Was a “Friendliness” To Iranians Who Chanted “Death to America”

“I remember, Dana, at one point being in Tehran years ago and they’re chanting ‘death to America’ all around me, even as I say, ‘Oh, I’m an American, reporting for CNN.’ And they were happy to speak to me. So those two sort of jarring realities of the chant and yet, the friendliness have existed together.”
— Anchor Erin Burnett on CNN’s Inside Politics with Dana Bash, June 24. 

2. Diego Luna: I Don’t Understand How Trump’s “Hate Speech” Took Root In This Country

“I have never been able to fully understand how it is that someone like Donald Trump is able to acquire this level of power. I always struggle to understand how his hate speech can take root in a country whose nature has always been a welcoming one.”
— Actor Diego Luna substitute hosting on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!, June 23. 

3. Jonathan Capehart: Republicans Are Afraid That “Being Human” Will Get Them on Wrong Side of Trump

“There’s been silence, crickets, because they’re [Republicans] afraid of doing the right thing, of being human, will get them on the wrong side of the President of the United States. Folks should be very concerned about that.”
— Washington Post associate editor/PBS contributor Jonathan Capehart on PBS’s News Hour, June 20. 

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