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Patrick's avatar

Thank you for including Kathleen Parker. On the face of it, some might think she doesn't belong with Owen, Watters, Musk, etc. But she represents the smug complacency of the establishment news media, that coddle, rationalize and normalize so much of Trump's behavior and actions, and perfectly encapsulates the MSM's total prostration to Trump and the Project 2025 agenda.

Eric Purchase's avatar

Excellent. Thank you. Marc Thiessen didn't make it?

Mark Jacob's avatar

Thiessen missed the last cut. I even wrote an item about him ...

Marc Thiessen.

The Washington Post opinion writer has penned pieces headlined “Yes, Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize” and “The Signal chat’s big takeaway? Trump has built an effective team.”

Graham Smith's avatar

Thiessen has always been an embarrassment for the Post. I could tolerate his presence before Bezos gutted the Newspaper, but he made it easier to cancel my subscription the day Bezos laid off 33% of the staff and Thiessen’s columns were going to remain.

Thanks also for including Bill Maher on the list. I stopped watching his HBO show during the pandemic when he platformed anti vax conspiracists, called for young people to just continue on as though the pandemic didn’t exist, and whined constantly about being shut in at his Hawaii home.

Carol Norris's avatar

Maher is a worthy inclusion. 🏆 He gives me the willies, and has for years.

SL's avatar
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Anchors on Business channels such as CNBC. They are mostly entirely focused on "Business" and completely ignore the legality or ethics of whatever Trump and Musk are doing.

Barbara Johnson's avatar

I was hoping to see a posthumous award for Rush Limbaugh, who first blazed this trail of trash.

Joe Weicher's avatar

How did you have the discipline to stop at 25?

Richard Wronski's avatar

Good list. Still wondering why Chicago Magazine put Nick Fuentes at No. 7 on it's list of "50 Most Powerful Chicagoans." Really! Not, however, without saying "loathe him or loathe" him. Does Fuentes have a PR agent?

Susan's avatar

I stopped watching CNN because of Scott Jennings.

Leon Rubis's avatar

Steve Bannon, Alex Jones

SL's avatar

How about the good ol' chyrons on the bottom of the news channels that are usually pro-Trump talking points/Trump propaganda messages.

Dennis Hathaway's avatar

I'd add Josh Hammer to your excellent list. His repeated claim that domestic terrorism is almost all the province of the left wing is enough to qualify him, but he also loudly broadcasts his Islamophobia and Christian nationalism while cheerleading whatever Trump and Netanyahu cook up together. He's all over the media, but I'm forced to see his weekly excretions in my hometown newspaper, the L.A. Times.

Jonathan Rand's avatar

Parker also is a total mediocrity who writes off the couch and embarrasses herself any time she attempts actual reporting. Also, does Laura Loomer not qualify?

Nancy Kullman's avatar

Basket of deplorables.

Bill Hoikala's avatar

Agree - Add David Urban

Snoozer's avatar

I’d add Stephen Miller to the list of miscreants.

Alexandra Barcus's avatar

Bari Weiss? Jesse Watters?