It is time for a new round of nominations for nefarious news nonsense! In recognizing the efforts of the unprofessional press, journalistic sloth, and deserved media mockery, we nominate the efforts for end-of-the-year honors. To commemorate the past of muckraking reporting and shoe leather investigation, we have created The Golden Remington Awards. Our trophy honors the olden days when hard-scrabble hacks committed actual journalism and hammered out dispatches on those hefty wordsmith devices.

Regularly, we compile some of the most fractured examples of journalism, nominating them for the un-coveted dishonor of “winning” our un-distinguished Remmy Award. At the end of the year, we recognize the greats by gathering examples in a number of categories and judiciously choosing the deserving performances. 

Here are the latest nominees for The Remmys.

Distinguished National Reporting

A few weeks ago a number of governors were on The Hill to sit for a hearing on sanctuary cities. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz made an appearance, and for reasons known only to his local paper, they felt it was newsworthy to point out that he was not seated with water bottles before him, but instead had Diet Mountain Dew made available.

We take this to mean that, given the paper felt this was the vital detail of his appearance, that what he had to say to Congress was not all that important.

Distinguished Breaking News

Ms. Kayyem appears to be confused easily by protests. Recently she was complaining about President Trump addressing the riots in Los Angeles, but when Canadian truckers were voicing their free expression, she called for their tires to be slashed and have their trucks to be hauled away by the government.

With a related story she was again shown to be confused. Kayyem joined in with others in the press to excitedly praise the Los Angeles Dodgers for blocking ICE agents from entering their stadium to apprehend fans who might be illegals.

A few problems. Those were not ICE agents but those from the Border Patrol, and they were not looking to detain anyone from the team or the fan base. They were staging in the parking lot before going elsewhere for a planned mission. Once these details were revealed and shamed Kayyem, she did the appropriate thing – she blamed DHS for not correcting the story early enough to prevent her from embarrassing herself.

Distinguished Investigative Journalism

Maybe stick to tech issues, gang?

At Wired they felt it was news to report that they learned that outside of the Small Business Administration, the Appeal To Heaven flag was displayed. If you are saying to yourself, “So what?!”, allow Wired to explain.

The flag is “controversial.” It “has recently become associated with the Stop The Steal movement.” (Well, over five years ago…) And of course, they found an expert who declares that it “should be shocking to anyone who doesn’t want to live in a theocracy.” That seems… a bit of a stretch for a pre-revolutionary flag seen flying at a small bureaucratic agency.

Of note was how these two writers were unable to find any experts who had a supportive stance on the flag – or at least one that was not unhinged.

Distinguished Explanatory Reporting

Amidst all of the media pushback against the Iranian bombing mission there was this helpful bit of information from CNN’s primetime hostess. She was recalling a time when she was an international correspondent and while working in Iran she was in contact with the people in that country.

Erin was here to inform us that when Iranian people chant “Death To America” they are doing so in an open-hearted, ebullient, and welcoming manner meant to foster goodwill with… with their intended target…???

Distinguished Editorial Reporting

Following the bombing, significant controversy erupted when Natasha Bertrand came out with a report that a leaked internal memo from the Pentagon stated the mission was not successful. Many noted Bertrand fell prey to a preliminary report made with “low confidence,” and that she and few others were aware yet what the damage was.

CNN was in full-scale defense mode, and Brian Stelter was trotted out to preserve the honor of the network. He was less than helpful, as he went on at length to explain their reporting and then ultimately said, “We just don’t know all the facts.”

Yes, Brian – that is exactly the problem most were complaining about, “reporting” on the bombing without having all the facts.

Distinguished Sports Reporting

During an ESPN broadcast of a WNBA game, a commentator was discussing disagreements during a timeout and made the rational comment that being able to disagree in a civil fashion is a noble reality. “That’s what makes America great, right?”

After a few minutes of dead air - a sign that the production was in Lobo’s ear urging her to walk back the comment – she came back on to state she needed to rephrase her words. 

Apparently, it is not great if the network disagrees with you saying something close to President Trump’s catchphrase.

Distinguished Feature Writing

The Supreme Court finally came out with the sane ruling that individual judges from district courts do not have the authority to overrule Executive Branch policies by fiat. The un-sane minds over at The Bulwark saw this decision and came up with a very mentally-impacted conclusion: This becomes permission for President Trump to ignore court decisions. That is based on the decision by (rechecking the news) the Supreme COURT.

Distinguished Cultural Criticism

With the blockbuster “Jaws” enjoying its 50th anniversary, we get served this overwrought explainer about how impactful the film has become. Harper takes the position that the film shows a division between the town populace and the university expert, played by Richard Dreyfuss. He notes that in Peter Benchley’s novel, the expert is the one who is respected, but in the movie they switched the impact and the townsfolk opposed the proposals of the university professor.

Harper suggests this change ends up predicting the populist movement and the opposition to expertise that rose up in 2016. So yes, he is suggesting a film that was (at the time) 40 years old was reflecting on the rise of Donald Trump.

Editor's Note: The mainstream media continues to deflect, gaslight, spin, and lie.

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