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2024 proved to be a significant year in the annals of the history of our national press corps. An already compromised industry at the start, we saw remarkable behavior that defied so much of the journalism integrity they love to tout, and so we continue with our rundown of the worst offenders from the past year.

The Worst Journalism of the Year – THE TOWNHALL 50 2024, Part 1: #31-50

As in the first entry, we continue counting down (literally) in descending order of quality to the worst of the press last year. As we traverse down the list, the order of magnitude between the entries narrows, so the differences between the selections become close. So, strap in, pour yourself a stiff one, and let’s behold the badness in the press from last year.

30. Alex Wagner – MSNBC: Tasked with replacing Rachel Maddow for four days a week, it has been amusing to watch as she strained to earn approval at the network with ridiculous commentary. After Joe Biden only agreed to a debate when his laundry list of demands was met, Alex declared the bar for success was so much higher…for Biden. When JD Vance said in a speech his family would be buried on a family plot in Kentucky, she said this was a case of white and masculine supremacy. Ms. Wagner was knocked off balance when speaking with black voters who told her flatly they were not voting for Harris.

29. David Folkenflik – National Public Radio: David is NPR’s calmer version of Brian Stelter, less insistent maybe but no less biased. Its media reporter’s focus on Fox News is right on par, as is his hesitancy to be critical of the rest of the press. This was fully on display when longtime NPR producer Uri Berliner came out with his exposé on the liberal slant at the network, and Folkenflik was in full defensive mode. Amusingly, after revelations at the Trump trial, he complained about news outlets killing stories – as he works at the outlet that infamously declared it was ignoring the Hunter Biden laptop.

28. Mika Brzezinski – MSNBC: The co-hostess of “Morning Joe” and bride to the namesake is purely a vehicle for emotion-based ranting rather than insightful commentary. After spending the year declaring Trump is Hitler and promising he would execute his political opponents, they caught flak when they then went to Mar-a-Lago to visit with Hitler. She and her husband were the staunchest of Biden dementia-deniers while she claimed the press was sane-washing Trump. She blew up at Al Sharpton for comparing the campus riots to January 6, forgetting she had done exactly that two days earlier. She stated how Trump and Governor Ron DeSantis made Florida dangerous for women, forgetting apparently that she and Joe Scarborough reside in the city of Jupiter.

27. Kelly O’Donnell – NBC News: The longtime reporter and president of the White House Correspondents Association was at her supplicant best during this year’s Nerd Prom, fawning over President Biden. It was learned that we hear little criticism in the press over the nation of Qatar when the WHCA staged a dinner the night prior with that nation’s embassy. After Biden exposed, yet again, how he was fed questions prior to pressers, O’Donnell came out to deny the White House reporters do so. When Biden made a return to the Seth Meyers' talk show, Kelly declared this was a surprise appearance, despite it being announced earlier in the week and news of his visit was reported that afternoon. After weeks of Kamala Harris ducking the press, Kelly stacked out a spot inside the arena during the Democratic National Convention and cornered Harris…only to ask her in insipid fashion, “How do you feel tonight?”

We happened to chat with ⁦@VP Harris, Mr Emhoff, Gov and Mrs Walz briefly as they left the United Center tonight. pic.twitter.com/5S2nWsHvbE

26. Oliver Darcy – (Independent): The consistently fractured lens of the media reporter means he could have ranked higher, except Ollie was dispatched by CNN mid-year. (Okay, he was permitted to walk off to start his own subscription newsletter.) Before his exit, Darcy was among........

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