Pick the Worst Liberal Media Bias of 2011
By NB Staff | December 13, 2011 | 10:09 |
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Every year a panel of leading expert conservative media observers pick the most-biased media quotes for the Media Research Center’s annual awards for the year’s “worst reporting.” And these judges have done so again this year to decide the 2011 award “winners,” with the choices to be announced on Monday, December 19.
In the meantime, you can have some fun making your own choices now in this unofficial “public ballot” tabulation.
For each of the 16 categories, pick one quote – the one you think is the most outrageous in the category.
Then move on through all of the categories. If the buttons are grayed out, that’s because you’ve already cast your votes, but you can still read the quotes and play the videos.
This public Web balloting opened on Monday, December 12 at 10 a.m. EST and will close at 4 p.m. EST on Thursday, December 15.
The “public ballot’ winners and results will be posted on Friday morning, December 16. Then, on Monday December 19, we’ll post the official results as selected by the judges and you can compare their picks to yours.
Be sure to vote at our MRC.org ballot page and leave your comments below about whom you picked and why.
Originally posted on December 12 at 10:15 a.m. EST. Reposted with new date and timestamp on December 13.
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Wow
Submitted by Blonde on Mon, 12/12/2011 - 11:09am.
Some of those categories should have allowed for multiple choices.
The celebutards....Roseanne had me going until that faux-pseudo-intellectual rant by Steve Weber. Self important little jerk.
Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 200 (and Counting)
At least Chrissy M. got his own page...
Submitted by Grumpy in Arizona on Mon, 12/12/2011 - 12:46pm.
So I know I got one right... (maybe). I hope the grading isn't like that "Test Your Scientific Knowledge” Test Posted by BK the other day… :o)
(h/t to BK for posting that one).
- Grump :o)
Yeah, Weber hands down.
Submitted by Quasi-socialist on Mon, 12/12/2011 - 1:25pm.
I still can't believe that Maher didn't say anything more deserving of a belt to bite down on than the quote on the page, though.
Forget it!
Submitted by Newsbubba on Mon, 12/12/2011 - 11:35am.
Choosing from that "universe" is like reading a book on quantum physics!
I did that once, and my head still hurts.
Voted for Krugman
Submitted by Demonhunter on Mon, 12/12/2011 - 12:09pm.
Voted for Krugman, but Margaret Carlson was close on the first one. I wonder if we played these again, would "moderates" recognize that the appropriate parallel is the Occupy protests?
Re: Lois Romano
Submitted by Quasi-socialist on Mon, 12/12/2011 - 1:13pm.
"[Bachmann] and her allies have been called a maniacal gang of knife-wielding ideologues."
Well, Obama has been called a cocaine-snorting homosexual by people citing Larry Sinclair. He has been called a "Marxist", a "Manchurian Candidate", how far out do you have to go before "have been called" is questionable?
And why can't I vote "All the above" for the Matthews-isms?
Missing?
Submitted by Fredy on Mon, 12/12/2011 - 1:46pm.
I thought one of the most absurd rambling media fantasies of the year was the re-stating of what Sarah Palin mentioned about Paul Revere.
While the historians pointed out what Palin stated was factually correct, the msm, and many other Palin haters, made false claims for days. Even to the point of trying to re-write history to claim she was wrong.
I had Brian Williams, and nbc news, as the winner with 3 broadcasts of absurdly compounded lies instead of simply admitting they were wrong in the first place.
Palin and MSM
Submitted by Jaxad0127 on Mon, 12/12/2011 - 3:05pm.
Don't forget her completely accurate statement about why the British troops were sent to Lexington and Concord. Or her reference of the year of the Boston Tea Party (not the Declaration of Independence). What little gray matter the MSM has gets shut down when Palin speaks....
Maybe Steve Krofts butt kissing last night on 60 Quaaludes?
Submitted by NJRightWinger12 on Mon, 12/12/2011 - 2:27pm.
Saying he was so smart and well-spoken, as well as not pressing him on all his failures, but that he hasnt "done" enough? A late entry into this race, but still,,,
The single most egregious
Submitted by celator on Mon, 12/12/2011 - 4:25pm.
The single most egregious example of media bias is their continuous, over the the top, rump swabbing for President Pinocchio Obama. Completely shameless.
What! No Harry Reid quotes!
Submitted by zenman1661 on Mon, 12/12/2011 - 8:45pm.
Maybe its be kind to senile politicians week.
If We Had the Chance To Put Them In Order
Submitted by Avitar on Tue, 12/13/2011 - 1:31am.
You would have a weighted database and would be able to tell who the worst media pop off was.
⇒ Help NB!
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Tue, 12/13/2011 - 10:19am.
On the right side of my screen, there is a picture of a woman peeling latex off of her face. That's bad enough, but the obnoxious ad keeps jumping all over the place. I hope this ad is in violation of some kind of nuisance clause in your terms of advertisement.
⇒ 51 yr old woman looks 25!
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Tue, 12/13/2011 - 10:21am.
No! she looks like a moving target, and if I could afford replacing the screen, I'd be tempted.
⇒ Thank you
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Tue, 12/13/2011 - 10:41am.
She's not jumping all over the screen anymore.
It was more than I could stand.CA
Submitted by Blonde on Tue, 12/13/2011 - 10:53am.
Are you running Firefox?
I use FF for NewsBusters, and the AdBlock Plus add-in does wonders for the annoying ads. (Plus I can block the troll pics on my Gator boards). Give it a shot, you won't be disappointed.
Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 200 (and Counting)
Cool: Just curious...
Submitted by Grumpy in Arizona on Tue, 12/13/2011 - 11:28am.
... Does that ad say "51 Year-old woman in [your cities name]... The ad on my screen lists my town - but I have never seen her around.
- If your town is listed, and it is differnt from mine - Would that violate any "honest advertising" clause???
- Grump :o)
She's here in Wildwood , Ga,
Submitted by jkwtrading on Tue, 12/13/2011 - 12:01pm.
She's here in Wildwood , Ga, or population 12 last week. I also live in Chesterton, Indiana and Casselberry, Florida. She follows me around...lol..
the ad reminds me of democrats, they lie, they lie, they keep lying. That reminds me.. has anyone seen the Liar in Chief lately...Has Obama finished visiting all 57 states in the continental railroad yet?
jwktrading - She's here in AZ!
Submitted by Grumpy in Arizona on Tue, 12/13/2011 - 12:08pm.
She sure get's around a lot.
- Grump :o)
Yeah, that 51 yr old woman is a big lib!
Submitted by NJRightWinger12 on Tue, 12/13/2011 - 10:54am.
She should be number one!
Im surprised the lib media didnt pounce on Bachman
Submitted by NJRightWinger12 on Tue, 12/13/2011 - 10:55am.
When she mixed up Elvis's birthday to his day of his death! That was a deal breaker for me-dont DARE confuse facts about the King! Dont be cruel, baby!
I reviewed all the questions
Submitted by jkwtrading on Tue, 12/13/2011 - 12:03pm.
I reviewed all the questions and statements and concluded the actual title should not be bias, but are any of these nimrods sane.
at this point in history we need to notch it up some...and measure if these liberals are sane. We already know they are biased.
My pick: the MSM's blaming of Palin for the AZ shootings
Submitted by Rusty Shackleford on Tue, 12/13/2011 - 2:07pm.
My pick: the MSM's blaming of Palin for the AZ shootings
While this example is not glitzy or funny like a lot of the others, I believe it is the most heinous and therefore the best pick for the year. Within hours of the shooting the MSM was nearly unanimous in blaming the attack on Palin, and I think in a couple days it basically was unanimous.
The reason this one is so important is because there was no connection whatsoever between Palin and the shooter, but within hours the MSM was blaming her for it. It clearly came off as a per-arranged smear campaign waiting for a tragedy to exploit in order to launch into it. Someone clearly decided, within minutes, that this incident would be the tragedy they'd exploit to condemn Palin, and the rest of the media followed suit.
So while everything else is and will be great examples of bias, this should win due to how prearranged and disgusting it was.
Another reason is that it happened in early 2011 and annual lists like these tend to forget about things that happened earlier in the year. :)
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Chris Matthews: The Joy Behar of MSNBC.
Bill Maher: The Joy Behar of HBO.
Paul Krugman: The Joy Behar of The New York Times.
If you think 2011 was a banner year for liberal stupidity...
Submitted by drsamherman on Tue, 12/13/2011 - 8:22pm.
...wait until 2012 right after the Iowa caucuses. The idiocy, lunacy and filth coming from the left will start to intensify as the year progresses towards the election. Even after the election, there will be another crescendo depending on the results. If Ear Leader is kicked out, we can look forward to 2013 being worse.
Worst Liberal Media Bias
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Wed, 12/14/2011 - 8:05am.
I vote with the firing of Christianne Ahman Burkha (Is she Muslim), replacing her with George Pappadopolous.
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