It is time for a new round of nominations of nefarious news nonsense! In recognition of unprofessional press behavior, journalistic sloth, and the scribblings leading to deserved media mockery, we nominate these efforts in a variety of categories for end-of-the-year honors. To commemorate the legacy of muckraking reporting and shoe-leather investigation, we have created The Golden Remington Awards.
Advertisement
Our trophy honors the olden days when hard-scrabble hacks committed actual journalism and hammered out dispatches on those hefty word-smith devices. We compile some of the most fractured examples of journalism, nominating them for the un-coveted dishonor of our un-distinguished trophy, The Remmys.
Here is the latest batch of nominees for consideration, gathered for the end of the calendar year, when we will be handing out trophies to the most unimpressive acts of journalism throughout the past year!
Distinguished Explanatory Reporting
-
Katy Tur – MS NOW
Just take a beat to hark back to all the times we have been lectured at by journos, in condescending fashion. Now hold that memory as we behold Katy Tur remarking on comments by Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson (LA-04), and displaying what can only be described as abject ignorance about the positions of our Founders.
She tries to demean what the Speaker was saying as his extreme religious viewpoint, when she was unaware that he was actually quoting directly from the founding document of this nation.
God talk is SO foreign to MS NOW. Katy Tur: What about this passage from Mike Johnson declaring that our rights do not derive from government? They come from you, our creator and heavenly father. Is this him putting God over the Declaration of Independence?
McKay Coppins: I… pic.twitter.com/sfpykN5bYc— Tim Graham (@TimJGraham) May 18, 2026
Advertisement
God talk is SO foreign to MS NOW. Katy Tur: What about this passage from Mike Johnson declaring that our rights do not derive from government? They come from you, our creator and heavenly father. Is this him putting God over the Declaration of Independence?
McKay Coppins: I actually think that that idea is not wholly uncommon. I mean, the idea that we have certain inalienable rights that come from god can be read in a fairly benign way, which is basically that we have innate human rights, that our constitution and our government, our democratic government are meant to codify. Right. That idea is not totally abnormal.
Distinguished National Reporting
-
Ken Dilanian – MS NOW
What a difference a president makes! In what seems to be an effort to deliver hard evidence that reporters are in the tank for one party, MS NOW’s intelligence correspondent Ken Dilanian displays a firm bifurcated response to an identical storyline, just years apart.
Back when Biden was president, there was Ken criticizing anyone who had the temerity to question the FBI crime statistics coming out. Yet, just two years later, it is suddenly acceptable for someone to come out and claim the FBI crime stats are not legitimate.
That someone is the same Ken Dilanian.
This is not surprising at all but it’s still pretty amazing to see.
September, 2024. Ken Dilanian criticizes Republicans for questioning the crime data put out by Biden’s FBI.
“The FBI doesn’t make these numbers up…The Republicans and others are pushing the narrative that… pic.twitter.com/nC8GYP3RoE
— MAZE (@mazemoore) May 21, 2026
Advertisement
This is not surprising at all but it’s still pretty amazing to see.
September, 2024. Ken Dilanian criticizes Republicans for questioning the crime data put out by Biden’s FBI.”
The FBI doesn’t make these numbers up…The Republicans and others are pushing the narrative that this data is wrong.”
The data was wrong. Biden’s FBI ended up revising the numbers right before the election to show that violent crime had gone up, not down (after the MSM spent months telling everyone how much it had fallen).
Fast forward to 2026 and Dilanian is on TV claiming that the crime data put out by the FBI is bogus and shouldn’t be trusted.
BTW that fake journalist blocked me the last time I did one of these videos on his “reporting.”
Distinguished Local Reporting
In another instance of positive crime stats being unwanted, call this a case of the glass being half empty. And broken.
There was a bit of surprising news out of San Francisco showing a bit of a dip in crime data. One area of improvement was a drop in car break-ins. But what sounds like a dose of good news just cannot stand, especially if you are a local news outlet depending on bad news to power ratings. So the intrepid reporter Jesse Gary sought out the downside to a drop in crime in the area.
A decline in car break-ins across Oakland is being welcomed as a public safety win, but it is also contributing to a downturn for some local auto glass repair businesses. https://t.co/14r7UeCpS1
— KTVU (@KTVU) June 20, 2026
Advertisement
Distinguished Sports Reporting
-
Antonio Ferme – Variety
The need to castigate the president for anything and everything is so pervasive that the press is incapable of rational thinking. If they can slam him, that is all that matters; facts and common sense be damned.
Common sense would be to have Variety staffers stick to entertainment. Yet, the outlet reported how Trump attended Game-3 of the NBA Finals, and the Knicks lost that contest — so naturally Trump was to blame.
This is on par with last year’s daft claim that Trump attending the Daytona 500 was going to lead to major accidents during the race.
New Yorkers are blaming President Trump for cursing the Knicks.
“He’s a curse to every team that he picks,” one fan told Variety outside MSG. “He picked the Chiefs to win. They lost. He went to a Mets game. They lost. He went to the Knicks game, picked them to win. We lost.”… pic.twitter.com/jk0wPzpb7Y
— Variety (@Variety) June 11, 2026
Distinguished Sports Reporting
-
Editors – Outsports
The flap over some San Francisco Giants players daring to write a Bible verse on their hats during Pride Night was supposedly a deeply vital cultural moment. We get told that this display caused immense “pain” and “confusion” for the gay community in the city.
This is entirely based on one fan. Who wrote a letter to the team.
Well then, we don’t think there needs to be any more proof of just how damaging this event became!
Advertisement
A longtime San Francisco Giants fan, who is gay, sends a letter to the team expressing the pain and confusion a community feels.https://t.co/J6zarbMF3M
— Outsports (@outsports) June 16, 2026
Distinguished Cultural Criticism
-
Brent Lang – Variety
Imagine you have a lengthy career in an industry, but upon your death, a trade paper looks over your life’s accomplishments and decides to put all of that aside and run with a eulogy highlighting your opposition to a politician.
Anne Shendeen was in Hollywood for decades and is probably best remembered for her role in the 1980s sitcom “ALF.” Yet, as she passed away at the age of 77, Variety felt that her major accomplishment was her hatred of the president. We are left to assume she perished as a result of being afflicted with a fatal case of TDS.
‘ALF’ Star Anne Schedeen Dies at 77; Family Remembers Her ‘Burning Hatred for Trump’ https://t.co/mwt76FpMLo
— Variety (@Variety) June 15, 2026
Distinguished Cultural Commentary
In his book, Rosenblaum presents the landscape ahead of us with Artificial Intelligence, providing warnings about its use and the need for diligence when using it. He has one chapter dedicated to the way AI lies by occasionally providing manufactured content.
In a review of the book release, Ben Mullin at The New York Times explored some of Rosenblaum’s claims, and — you guessed it — found that there were numerous instances of fraudulent content. Yes, Rosenblaum used AI to write segments of his book, and the program hallucinated aspects and provided commentary that does not exist. He explained this as “synthetic quotes” being manufactured.
Advertisement
Of course, he stipulated that after this revelation, it only underscored the importance of his work.
This is the world we live in. Book on Truth in the Age of A.I. Contains Quotes Made Up by A.I. https://t.co/AdictCh5W5 via @NYTimes
— Visa honkanen (@VisaHonkanen) May 19, 2026
The Emerald Salad Bowl (for distinguished nonsensical loquaciousness, sponsored by Salad Shooter)
-
Tim Miller – MS NOW
If ever there was a dose of disqualifying evidence for James Talarico’s alleged devout nature (and the lad has supplied plenty of this evidence), we point to this appearance with Tim Miller on stage at an event staged by The Bulwark. The discussion stemmed from his past ridiculousness about God being non-binary, and Miller decided this was grist for him to launch into some harshly sacrilegious commentary.
That Mr. Talarico was not ashamed of Miller commenting mockingly on God’s genitalia or attempted to push back on such comments — instead sitting back and laughing at the profane remarks — says everything about his false prophet persona.
You thought the tweet yesterday was bad. I am without words. Idk what is ‘beyond speechless’ but I’m there.
Putting aside that everyone from the Bulwark should be on a watchlist for associating with this, there’s just no way anyone sane could vote for this degenerate filth. pic.twitter.com/G2xRW98wxy
— ℒ ☘️ (@FletchMatlock) May 28, 2026
Advertisement
Editor’s Note: The mainstream media continues to deflect, gaslight, spin, and lie about President Trump, his administration, and conservatives.
Help us continue to expose their left-wing bias by reading news you can trust. Join RedState VIP and use promo code FIGHT to receive 60% off your membership.