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The Move Along, Nothing to See Here Award
for Denying Obama’s Scandals - The Obamagasm Award
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The Blue State Brigade Award
for Biased Campaign Coverage - The Media Hero Award
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The Planet in Peril Award
for Climate Hysteria -
The Obama’s Orderlies Award
for Championing ObamaCare -
The Ku Klux Con Job Award
for Smearing Conservatives
with Phony Racism Charges - Damn Those Conservatives Award
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The Pantsuit Patrol Award
for Boosting Hillary Clinton - America’s Royal Baby Award
- MSNBC = Mean-Spirited, Nasty, Belligerent Chris Award
- The Twisted Tweets Award
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The Audacity of Dopes Award
for the Wackiest Analysis of the Year -
The Barbra Streisand Political IQ Award
for Celebrity Vapidity - Quote of the Year
- 2014 NQ Judges
Media Coverage
In addition to discussions on numerous radio talk shows where hosts cited quotes or interviewed MRC representatives, the Best of NQ Awards issue has been highlighted by these outlets:
Print:
- Denver Post, column by Mike Rosen on December 21: “Liberal media ravings of 2014”
- Waterbury [CT] Republican-American editorial on January 1: “Chronicles of Bias XXVII”
- World magazine, by Marvin Olasky, posted on December 19 (Jan. 10, 2015 printed publication): “Lap dogs and attack hounds; My votes for the worst reporting of 2014.” Also posted January 9 on TownHall.com: “Lap Dogs and Attack Hounds”
Online:
- National Review Online, by Quin Hillyer on December 1: “H8ers Gotta H8: In 2014, the media delivered a torrent of anti-conservative bile”
- FoxNation on December 21: “MRC’s Year-End Awards: The Biggest Obamagasms of 2014"
- NewsBusters on December 23: “The Worst of 2014: ‘Victory for the Haters,’” a syndicated column Brent Bozell and Tim Graham.
- The Daily Signal, by Genevieve Wood on December 26: “Here Are the Most Biased Media Quotes of 2014”
- Washington Examiner, by Paul Bedard on December 29: “Worst liberal media quote of 2014: CNN’s Carol Costello’s slap at Bristol Palin”
- TownHall.com on December 31: “Year-End Awards: The Most Outrageous Media Quote of 2014”
- CapitolBeatOK.com, by Patrick B. McGuigan on January 6: “The best of the worst: The Media Research Center’s ‘Notable Quotables’ for 2014”
Video:
- Fox News Channel’s Hannity segment with MRC President Brent Bozell on December 18. Video.
- Fox News Channel’s Fox & Friends segment with Genevieve Wood on December 30. Video.
- Newsmax TV’s America’s Forum segment with the MRC’s Tim Graham on December 30. Video, part 1; Video, part 2.
- NewsmaxTV’s Steve Malzberg Show segment with the MRC’s Tim Graham on December 30. Video, part 1; Video, part 2.
Radio:
- Partial list (not including discussions by hosts without a guest): Interviews with MRC staff include appearances on WIBA in Madison, Wisconsin; with Mark Larson on KCBQ in San Diego; KFMB in San Diego; David Webb’s show on SiriusXM; WHO in Des Moines and KBAR in Twin Falls, Idaho.
The Twisted Tweets Award
Winner
Roger Simon (60 points)
“Rick Perry sending 1,000 National Guard troops to border to shoot small children. Could make good headlines — in Russia.”
— Tweet from Politico’s chief political columnist Roger Simon, July 21.
Runners-Up
Alan Pyke (51 points)
“I hope Roger Ailes dies slow, painful, and soon. The evil that man has done to the American tapestry is unprecedented for an individual.”
— August 14 Twitter message posted by Alan Pyke, deputy economic policy editor for the far-left Think Progress blog, in reaction to the Fox News Channel’s coverage of the unrest in Ferguson.
MSNBC (29 points)
“Maybe the rightwing will hate it, but everyone else will go awww: the adorable new #Cheerios ad w/ biracial family.”
— A January 29 posting to MSNBC’s official Twitter page. After many outraged responses, the post was removed and replaced by an apology: “It does not reflect msnbc’s position and we apologize.”
Bette Midler (29 points)
“Well, we can look forward to: unregulated banks, no health care, filthy air and oceans, and WAR, WAR AND MORE WAR. Thanks, folks!”
— Post-election message posted on Twitter by actress Bette Midler, November 5.