Best of Notable Quotables 1997 -- Media Research Center

The Best Notable Quotables of 1997:
The Tenth Annual Awards for the
Year’s Worst Reporting

Welcome to the Media Research Center's annual awards issue, a compilation of the most outrageous and/or humorous news media quotes from 1997. To determine this year's winners, a panel of 58 talk show hosts, magazine editors, columnists, editorial writers and media observers each selected their choices for the first, second and third best quote from six to eight quotes in each category. First place selections were awarded three points, second place choices two points, with one point for the third place selections. Point totals are listed in the brackets at the end of the attribution for each quote.

This issue covers quotes from late 1996 through Nov. 1997. The first quote under each award heading is the winner, followed in order by the top runners-up.

List of judges.

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Clinton Camelot Award	Bryant Gumbel Journalism Fellowship Award
The Harold Ickes "System Made Me Do It" Award	The Paul Wellstone Award
Lanny Davis No Controlling Legal Authority Award	Damn Those Conservatives Award
Evil Elephant Empire Award	Politics of Meaningless Award
Che Guevara Award	Media Hero Award
John Glenn Award	If The Bias Fits We Won't Admit Award
Good Morning Morons Award	Which Way Is It?
Satan of the South Award	Quote of the Year
1997 Award Judges