It’s time to find out who had the Worst Media Quote of the Week. This interactive series is where you — our loyal NewsBusters visitors and MRC supporters — get to vote on which leftist journalist or celebrity had the worst media quote of the week.   Much appreciation to all who voted last week via NewsBusters and the MRC’s various social media sites (Facebook, Instagram and X.com).   The results of the Worst Media Quote of the Week are in and the winner is… Robert De Niro! The leftist actor won with 48 percent of the vote! De Niro took first place for yelling from the Rise Up, Sign Out concert stage: “I can’t love a country led by a racist, misogynist, xenophobic tyrant!” ABC’s The View co-host Sunny Hostin came in second place with 34 percent. Former CNN correspondent Jim Acosta finished last with 18 percent.  Check out the following clip (via the MRC Video team) to see the nominees in action:     Watch the Worst Media Quotes from @TheView, @Acosta and Robert De Niro pic.twitter.com/8HRGmEfnRY — Media Research Center (@theMRC) June 18, 2026   WINNER (48 percent of the vote)   Robert De Niro: “I Can’t Love a Country Led by a Racist, Misogynist, Xenophobic Tyrant” “I can’t love a country that sends out masked militias to shoot citizens in the streets, torture our neighbors and separate families. I can’t love a country that’s led by a racist, misogynist, xenophobic tyrant. And let me just say it: I can’t love the country that’s led by Donald Trump and a sycophant Congress.”— Actor Robert De Niro at Rise Up, Sign Out: A Concert for the First Amendment, June 14.   SECOND PLACE (34 percent of the vote)   Sunny Hostin to Vice President Vance: Your Administration is Erasing Black People “I’m talking about a host of things. I’m talking about black history getting erased from public spaces. Black voter districts are being dismantled. Black leaders are being sidelined from our ranks. Where do Americans of color fit in this vision?! Because it doesn’t seem like we fit!”— Co-host Sunny Hostin to Vice President J.D. Vance on ABC’s The View, June 16.   THIRD PLACE (18 percent of the vote)   Jim Acosta: Trump’s Name Being Removed from Kennedy Center is Like Fall of Berlin Wall “This is a giant waste of time, and it’s a sign of what a petulant man-child he [Donald Trump] can be. But as we’ve been saying all night long and all day long, for that matter, this is very much like watching the Berlin Wall coming down. It is a sign that mankind, that humankind can stand up against tyranny.”— Former CNN correspondent Jim Acosta live-streaming on his podcast The Jim Acosta Show, June 13.   Thanks again to all who participated!    Sponsored by James P. Jimirro