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Introduction |
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Welcome to the
Media Research Center’s annual awards issue, a compilation of the most
outrageous and/or humorous news media quotes from 2005 (December 2004
through November 2005). To determine this year’s winners, a panel of 52
radio talk show hosts, magazine editors, columnists, editorial writers and
media observers each selected their choices for the first, second and third
best quote from a slate of six to nine 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. Each judge was also
asked to choose a "Quote of the Year" denoting the most outrageous quote of
2005. The winner and top runner-up appear on page eight. A list of the
judges, who were generous with their time, at the
end of the issue. The MRC’s Michelle Humphrey and Karen Hanna distributed and counted the ballots,
then produced the numerous audio and video clips that accompany the
Web-posted version. Brent Baker and Rich Noyes assembled this issue and
Michael Gibbons posted the entire package on the MRC’s Web site:
www.mrc.org.
And please save this date: Thursday, March 30, 2006. At our annual gala
celebration that night in Washington, DC, the MRC will announce the winners
of its DisHonors Awards of 2006: Roasting the Most Outrageously Biased
Liberal Reporters. Check www.mrc.org in
early 2006 for ticket information. |
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Content |
 A
printable Adobe Acrobat PDF of the "Best of NQ" awards issue is
included here and at the top of the left side bar for your convenience.
All content is divided into seven pages. Click Next> or <Back
to Navigate.
Hi-bandwidth users can view the 2005 "Best
of Notable Quotables" in one large file. |
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Media Coverage |
Most of the coverage for these awards took place on
radio talk shows, but below are links to some of the print media
coverage:
- January 5 op-ed by Patrick McGuigan,
"Media
Research Center's 'Best,'" published in the Tulsa Today. (Text
as posted by MRC.)
- January 3 editorial, “From media
liberals' mouths,” on the Free Press editorial page of the Chattanooga
Times Free Press. (Text as posted by MRC.)
- December 31 New York Post editorial:
"Hoist By Their Own Petard." (Text
as posted by MRC)
- December 30 column by Mike Rosen in
Denver's Rocky Mountain News: “Liberals Shine in Media.” (Text
as posted by MRC)
- On
December 19, Media Research Center President Brent Bozell unveiled the
winners of the Best Notable Quotables of 2005 on FNC's Fox &
Friends.
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