It’s a challenging task but we here at NewsBusters are going to try to sift through all the crazy, angry and ridiculous observations made by leftist journalists every night of the Republican National Convention coverage and pick one for Worst of the Night. So without further ado, the Worst Media Outburst for Wednesday night goes to MSNBC’s Joy Reid for insanely suggesting that Joe Biden coming down with COVID was the “same thing” as Donald Trump getting shot.      “These two men are both elderly. Donald Trump is an elderly man who, for whatever reason, was given nine seconds to take a photo-op during an active shooter situation….His survival of that and bouncing right back and going right to his convention is being conveyed in the media world as a sign of strength. This current president of the United States is 81 years old and has COVID, should he be fine in a couple of days, doesn’t that convey exactly the same thing? That he’s strong enough — older than Trump —  to have gotten something that used to really be fatal to people his age. So, if he does fine out of it and comes back and is able to do rallies, isn’t that exactly the same?” — MSNBC’s The ReidOut host Joy Reid on night three of MSNBC’s live coverage of the Republican National Convention, July 17.   TUESDAY'S WORST OF THE NIGHT     It’s one thing to present a kinder, gentler version of the Republican Party and they might veer into outright racist or dog-whistling or bull-horning. But you also have to pay attention to who’s sitting in the room, Tucker Carlson, who’s taking the stage and the language that they’re using. Bernie Moreno, who’s running for Senate in Ohio, used the term “illegals” when talking about undocumented migrants coming over the border….This is where we’re going to see whether this unity theme, whether this kinder-gentler version of the Republican Party is going to come through and I have no confidence that they’re going to be able to do that.— PBS contributor/Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart on night two of PBS’s live coverage of the Republican National Convention, July 16.   MONDAY’S WORST OF THE NIGHT     “The greatest purveyor and promoter of political violence really [Donald Trump], you know, since anyone can remember, since George Wallace...and people are concerned...we will allow Donald Trump as he is, you know, bathed in the glory and grandeur of his party, to rewrite himself as both a hero and a victim. That people who are the most vulnerable to not just the things he’s done but the things he’s promising to do, and that that will then happen without a guardian saying, ‘Wait, stop,’ and that the media will acquiesce to this rewrite.”— MSNBC’s The ReidOut host Joy Reid on night one of MSNBC’s live coverage of the Republican National Convention, July 15.     Please return to this space for the rest of the week to find out who had the most obnoxious take of the night. 

During the Wednesday taping of ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Anthony Anderson showed why he was selected to guest host during the week of the Republican National Convention as he compared the GOP to the Ku Klux Klan while labeling the party “fascists.” After recalling how the rapper The Mayor of Magaville performed at the RNC, Anderson had a list of other GOP-inspired puns, “But I'm looking forward to all the MAGA rap groups performing this week. There’s Run RNC, Assault and Pepper, Bone Spurs and Harmony, Cypress Hillary's Emails.”     Anderson concluded his word plays with “my favorite: the Wu Klux Klan.” Moving on, Anderson recalled: That wasn't the only tribute to Trump last night. A lot of people wore bandages over their ears out of solidarity and stupidity. Now, these are the same folks who wouldn't put a piece of cloth on their face during COVID, because they thought it looked ridiculous, and for all the other fascists, oops, I mean, fashionistas in the Republican Party, remember when Donald Trump sold those $400 gold sneakers? Well, now, Trump's got a new shoe with the image of him pumping his fist after the attack on Saturday. There they are, they’re called the Ear Jordans. They go for $299 a pair. Apparently, Anderson didn’t get the memo about the need to dial down the heated rhetoric. Here is a transcript for the July 17-taped show: ABC Jimmy Kimmel Live! 7/18/2024 12:11 AM ET ANTHONY ANDERSON: But I'm looking forward to all the MAGA rap groups performing this week. There’s Run RNC, Assault and Pepper, Bone Spurs and Harmony, Cypress Hillary's Emails. Oh, and here's my favorite: the Wu Klux Klan. That wasn't the only tribute to Trump last night. A lot of people wore bandages over their ears out of solidarity and stupidity. Now, these are the same folks who wouldn't put a piece of cloth on their face during COVID, because they thought it looked ridiculous, and for all the other fascists, oops, I mean, fashionistas in the Republican Party, remember when Donald Trump sold those $400 gold sneakers? Well, now, Trump's got a new shoe with the image of him pumping his fist after the attack on Saturday. There they are, they’re called the Ear Jordans. They go for $299 a pair.

Katy Perry’s just come out with a new single, and the general reaction is not great. “She does have a beautiful voice, but the values behind the song and then who’s behind it — it’s a little disturbing,” Allie Beth Stuckey of “Relatable” says, before calling the song a “feminist anthem.” The song is aptly titled “Woman’s World” and features lyrics like “Sexy confident / so intelligent / she is heaven sent / so soft, so strong.” “Actually awful,” Stuckey scoffs, adding, “This ‘Woman’s World’ song, that’s supposed to be a feminist anthem, that’s supposed to make you and I feel really empowered.” Despite the song being about empowering women, there were six writers who worked on the song — and four of them were men. All the producers of the music video were male, the choreographer was male, and three producers of the song were male. One of the men who worked on the song is Dr. Luke, who was accused of sexual abuse by the pop star Kesha, alongside other women. “So, on this feminist anthem, not only is it mostly headed up by men, also by a pretty credibly accused sexual abuser,” Stuckey says, adding, “This is just very hypocritical.” “You would think that she would have been able to find someone who wasn’t accused of sexual abuse, or just find a woman. Are there no women in this women’s world that can produce this?” Want more from Allie Beth Stuckey?To enjoy more of Allie’s upbeat and in-depth coverage of culture, news, and theology from a Christian, conservative perspective, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

MSNBC hosts Joy Reid and Jen Psaki agreed that if Democrat President Joe Biden recovers from COVID-19, that should "convey exactly the same thing" as Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump surviving Saturday's assassination attempt and "bouncing right back and going right to his convention."Reid and Psaki on Wednesday night were on the MSNBC dais for the cable network's coverage of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. Video shows Reid saying, "These two men are both elderly. Donald Trump is an elderly man who, for whatever reason, was given nine seconds to take [an] iconic photo-op during an active shooter situation. Weird situation; we’ll figure that out one day. But his survival of that and bouncing right back and going right to his convention is being conveyed in the media world as a sign of strength."Numerous commenters ... were dumbfounded by the comparison between Biden's presumed recovery from COVID and Trump surviving an assassination attempt and getting an ear wound as a result.Reid then turned her attention to Biden, who on Wednesday tested positive for COVID-19, according to the White House.“This current president of the United States is 81 years old and has COVID," Reid continued. "Should he be fine in a couple of days, doesn’t that convey exactly the same thing? That he’s strong enough — older than Trump — to have gotten something that used to really be fatal to people his age. So, if he does fine out of it and comes back and is able to do rallies, isn’t that exactly the same?”"It should," Psaki replied before Reid clarified, “I mean, it’s not exactly the same; it’s not the same incident; it’s an elderly man coming ... out of an illness.” Psaki nevertheless repeated, "It should."How are observers reacting?Numerous commenters on the video, which was posted to X, were dumbfounded by the comparison between Biden's presumed recovery from COVID and Trump surviving an assassination attempt and getting an ear wound as a result:"Holy f***ing s**t that is next level," one commenter remarked."We are living in the death of shame," another user declared."Truly despicable," another commenter stated, "but honestly nothing these two horrible women say would surprise me anymore.""@msnbc is in its death throes," another user wrote. "This is really beyond the paid call of duty.""Every time I think it is not possible to hate the legacy media more ..." another commenter shared.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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