It is time for a new round of nominations for nefarious news nonsense! In recognizing the efforts of press unprofessionalism, journalistic sloth, and generally deserved media mockery, we nominate the efforts for end-of-the-year honors. To commemorate that past of muckraking reporting and shoe leather investigation, we have created The Golden Remington Awards. Our trophy honors the olden days when hard-scrabble hacks committed actual journalism and hammered out dispatches on those hefty wordsmith devices.
Throughout the year, we compile some of the most fractured examples of journalism, nominating them for the uncoveted dishonor of “winning” our undistinguished Remmy Award. At the end of the year, we recognize the greats by gathering examples in a number of categories and judiciously choosing the deserving performances. Here are the latest nominees for The Remmys.
Distinguished National News
During the media outrage over Tom Homan’s deportation raids, Griffin came out with this sympathetic inclusion, showing a group of California migrants swept up in a sting. This was odd at the start, given the current ICE raids were targeting gangs and other hardened criminals; they had not been doing workplace sweeps. Then Jennifer’s error became blatantly apparent.
This was a news report from January 10 about a raid taking place on the seventh – meaning, this predated Trump’s inaugural and was therefore a Biden administration action.
ICE already targeting undocumented immigrants who have not committed crimes…Citrus farmers in California and across the nation warn Trump’s mass deportations will disrupt nation’s food supply, lead to shortages. Here’s what’s happening in Bakersfield, CA. https://t.co/Ed6KQFCqlC
— Jennifer Griffin (@JenGriffinFNC) January 22, 2025
Distinguished Investigative Reporting
With all of the targeting against Elon Musk taking place we have to guess many journalists sense blood in the water and want to get in on the action. But Harwell went in a direction that is not likely to sway many away from supporting Musk’s efforts.
Harwell did a deep dive, expounding with around 1,700 words to expose the nefarious activity that is – Elon Musk cheating at video games.
Elon Musk — head of six companies, father of 11 children, a friend of the president and the richest man on the planet — often brags to the world about one of his great passions: his skill at video games.
This is my Watergate https://t.co/A8U4FeYZP7
— Drew Harwell (@drewharwell) January 29, 2025
Distinguished Sports Reporting
The network’s media maven attended the Super Bowl, and he began bemoaning that Donald Trump was also in attendance. Then, after commenting how it was so difficult to get away from the omnipresence of Trump since he was inaugurated, Stelter spent much of the balance of the game delivering regular updates on Trump’s activity while in his skybox.
BRIAN STELTER FROM THE SUPER BOWL:
“It is disgusting that Trump is here! It is impossible to get away from Trump, he demands attention!”ALSO BRIAN FROM THE S-B:
“I can see him! Here is my play-by-play on everything Trump is doing during the game. And halftime show!!” pic.twitter.com/mjmYkjs3Vu— Brad Slager: CNN+ Lifetime Subscriber (@MartiniShark) February 10, 2025
Distinguished Cultural Commentary
Ahead of the Super Bowl we were giving this primer on the party prep for Sunday’s championship with the various costs of food items. There was quite a bit askew about this one. Suggesting we substitute broccoli for chicken wings was bad enough, but it was augmented by the implication that the vegetable was cheaper “this year,” causing us to ponder just when it had been that the traditional bar staple had ever been cheaper than the raw vegetable.
But all of this apron-twisting was basically unneeded, as we get told that for a party of ten people, the cost of the selected foodstuffs had risen by ten cents since last year.
Winging it for the Super Bowl? Broccoli might be a cheaper party snack this year https://t.co/TMSlAs46oJ
— The Associated Press (@AP) February 1, 2025
DISTINGUISHED SPORTS REPORTING
It is bad enough how TDS permeates the press, but when it starts to bleed over to sports reporting, you know it is going to hit ridiculous levels. Here is the resident NASCAR correspondent looking at the news of Trump attending this year’s Daytona 500 and suggesting every time he has attended there has been a major wreck during the race. This being Daytona, we are wondering which years the race did NOT have a major wreck, but this is something beyond the skill set of a race reporter.
Journalism TDS Overcomes Logic: Now Trump Attending the Daytona 500 Will Lead to Accidents on the Trackhttps://t.co/kfbIrHP4bg
— RedState (@RedState) February 10, 2025
Distinguished Editorial Writing
Okay, there is no surprise whatsoever that a journalist would declare Trump’s first two weeks to be the worst ever seen in American history. That is just the type of hyperbole we have been inured to after years of press hysteria. But Marcus distinguished herself by seeing a different – dare we say completely contradictory – issue with Trump’s debut fortnight.
Considering we have been promised incessantly Trump will be a totalitarian and will overtake all aspects of government in a sweeping fashion, it is curious to see the complaint being made that he is a monster for…shrinking the government and cutting off its breadth.
Trump 2.0: The most damaging first two weeks in presidential history
Gift Article:https://t.co/VT1pXdvoDs— Gary DeVaan 🌊 (@GaryDeVaan) February 5, 2025
Distinguished Local Reporting
When you see a story about a politician crafting a bill to prevent people from petting sharks you would expect that to emanate from my region in Florida, as a probability. No, this has actually taken place in corn country. An Iowa state politician wants to ban shark petting after an aquarium had an incident where people can touch stingrays and small bottom-dwelling sharks.
Rep. Ray “Bubba” Sorensen proposed this in the name of public safety, based on an incident that did not involve the public. Even though Sorensen told a House subcommittee that his bill “doesn’t shut this place down, it just shuts down them having people pet a damn shark,” he does this as a result of a small bamboo shark having bitten an employee at the aquarium.
An Iowa lawmaker filed a bill to stop people from petting sharks. It went belly up. https://t.co/UhHnnQExCU
— Des Moines Register (@DMRegister) January 17, 2025
Distinguished Political Cartoons
There has been a not-at-all subtle effort in the press to drive a wedge between Donald Trump and Elon Musk by inflating the perception of Musk’s influence and expecting Trump’s ego to swell and then force Musk out of his position. It is such a transparent attempt that the president can see this coming like a beach ball tossed at him underhand style.
Time Magazine continues this desperate ruse by using its new cover to display Elon alone behind the Resolute Desk.
TIME’s new cover: Inside Elon Musk’s war on Washington https://t.co/95Qictx4zP pic.twitter.com/QZ73CZqtnM
— TIME (@TIME) February 7, 2025
