POLL: What was the worst media take of the week? (Vote below)
NOMINEES:
1. MSNBC’s Measuring Scale for Trump
“On a fascism scale of one to ten with ten being peak fascism, how would you rate Trump’s first week?”
— Substitute host Katie Phang to Democratic strategist James Carville on MSNBC’s The Beat, January 24.
2. You Voted for Trump and Eggs Are Still Expensive, “Great Job White Folks!”
“I wrote specifically about this issue — what he [Donald Trump] was going to do to the Department of Justice.…A majority of white people voted for this. This is the disgusting version of America that people want, and, oh, by the way, eggs are still more expensive. So you didn’t even get that. Great job, white folks.”
—The Nation justice correspondent Elie Mystal on MSNBC’s Velshi, January 25.
3. I’m Not Saying Elon Is a Nazi But…
“The first time that Elon Musk decides to declare that globalist Jews are responsible for the Great Replacement of brown people into the United States, maybe it was a misunderstanding. You know? The second time he said that ‘Jews are pushing hatred against white people,’ that’s a quote, you know, that was a little iffy. By the second Sieg Heil, I think he kind of loses the benefit of the doubt to be not accused of playing footsie with these Nazis. I’m not saying he’s a Nazi, I’m saying the Nazis think he’s a Nazi.”
— Washington Post columnist Catherine Rampell on CNN Newsnight with Abby Phillip, January 27.
