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…
Don Lemon!
The former CNN anchor won with a whopping 71 percent of the vote. Lemon took first place for bragging that he “could be President” and would “definitely run this country better than Donald Trump.” ABC’s The View co-host Sunny Hostin came in second place with 19 percent. Finishing last was former CNN correspondent Jim Acosta at 10 percent.
Check out the following clip (via the MRC Video team) to see the nominees in action:
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WINNER (71 percent of the vote)
Don Lemon: “I Could Be President” and “I Could Definitely Run This Country Better Than Donald Trump”
“Look, if I wanted to – I know people gonna think I’m crazy, this is gonna be the headline, and people are gonna laugh about it – I think I could be President of the United States. I could definitely run this country better than Donald Trump.”
— Former CNN anchor Don Lemon on Pod Save America, March 29.
SECOND PLACE (19 percent of the vote)
Sunny Hostin: It’s “Reckless” to Encourage People to Have “Children”
“I think it’s just really reckless to be suggesting that people should have children when you now know in this country there’s this affordability crisis and for a two-person household, a married household you need over $400,000 for childcare.”
— Co-host Sunny Hostin on ABC’s The View, March 30.
THIRD PLACE (10 percent of the vote)
Jim Acosta Laughing at “Very Funny” Protest Sign That Wishes Death on Donald Trump
“These are some very colorful and clever signs here. It says, ‘OK, cholesterol, do your job.’ I think I know what that means. That’s very funny. It’s very clever.”
— Former CNN correspondent laughing at anti-Trump signs at a No Kings rally in Washington DC as aired on The Jim Acosta Show podcast, March 28.
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