| Cal Thomas, Neal Boortz,
Herman Cain, Mary Matalin, Michael Steele, G. Gordon Liddy, Pat Sajak,
Ward Connerly and "Osama bin Laden" highlighted the presentations and
acceptances of the MRC’s "2007 DisHonors Awards: Roasting the Most
Outrageously Biased Liberal Reporters of 2006" -- the showcase of the
MRC's 20th Anniversary Gala -- presented on Thursday night, March 29,
before an audience of more than 1,000 packed into the Independence
Ballroom of the Grand Hyatt hotel in Washington, D.C. Following the presentation of the DisHonors Awards
videos in five categories (see links to videos below), a
look at some "funny clips"
from 2006, a highlight reel of past galas and the audience
picking the "Quote
of the Year," the evening was topped off with Rush Limbaugh
accepting the MRC's first annual "William F. Buckley Award for Media
Excellence."
DisHonors Awards winners were selected by a
distinguished panel of 13 leading media observers, including Limbaugh,
Tony Blankley, Ann Coulter, Steve Forbes, Mark Levin, Robert Novak,
Walter E. Williams and Thomas S. Winter, who served as
judges.
Cal Thomas, a syndicated columnist and panelist on FNC's Fox News
Watch, served as Master of Ceremonies and explained how illness
prevented scheduled presenters Sean Hannity and Ann Coulter from
attending. Syndicated radio talk show
host Neal Boortz presented the first two awards, followed by business
leader Herman Cain who set up the funny clips and presented the third
award. Mary Matalin, a former adviser to President Bush and Vice
President Cheney, handled the fourth and fifth awards.
In place of the journalist who won each award, a conservative
accepted it in jest. Those standing in for the winners: Former Maryland
Lieutenant Governor Michael Steele, radio talk show host G. Gordon Liddy,
game show host Pat Sajak and Ward Connerly, President of the American
Civil Rights Institute. Plus, "Osama bin Laden" accepted an award via
video from a cave in Pakistan.
The evening began with welcoming remarks from Cal Thomas, an
invocation by Father John Hopkins and the Pledge of Allegiance led by
Rear Admiral James J. Carey (Retired). Between the fifth award and the
"Quote of the Year" competition, Cain and Dick Eckburg, the Chairman of
the MRC Board Trustees, honored MRC President L. Brent Bozell with a
Steven Penley painting of Bozell and conservative opinion leaders
integral in the MRC's 20-year history. |
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Rush Limbaugh accepts the MRC's "William F. Buckley Jr. Award for Media
Excellence."
Transcripts and Limbaugh's radio
re-cap
Brent Bozell is joined on stage by G. Gordon Liddy,
Ward Connerly, Hermain Cain, Neal Boortz, Mary Matalin, Pat Sajak, and
Cal Thomas for the selection of the “Quote of the Year” by audience
participation.
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