2005 P.U.-Litzers Announced

Media meatheads of 2005: For the 14th year in a row, Norman Solomon and Jeff Cohen have compiled their list of winners of P.U.-Litzers, which recognize the “stinkiest media performances of the year.” For full descriptions of the reasons behind the awards, go here.

“FIRST DO SOME HARM” AWARD — Radio reporter Michael Linder
SELF-PRAISE STEALTH PRIZE — William Kristol and Charles Krauthammer
PUT THEM IN CHAINS AWARD — Bill O’Reilly
MICKEY MOUSE JOURNALISM PRIZE — Correspondent Mike Barz and ABC
OUTSOURCED TO THE PENTAGON AWARD — New York Times reporter Judith Miller
ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MAN PRIZE — Bob Woodward
PRIME SLIME NEWS AWARD — Nancy Grace and CNN Headline News

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2005 P.U.-Litzers Announced

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Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“One woman at a rally in New Jersey told me last week that she was ‘nauseously optimistic.’ That may capture a lot of people’s last-minute jitters.”

— Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), quoted by Axios, on what Democrats feel ahead of the midterm elections.

“I think Congress made a mistake not protesting turning the Rose Garden into what looks like the entrance to Liberace’s bathroom.”

— Former President Bill Clinton, quoted by The Wrap.

“Boy, they are scraping the bottom of the barrel. It feels like a real desperation play to me, because it has got zero basis in the law.”

— Republican election law expert Ben Ginsberg, quoted by Politico, on the Trump administration’s effort to invalidate Alaska’s election results.

Numerati

3,824

$1.4 billion

-35 points

31%

63% to 38%

KFF Poll: “With the 2026 midterm campaigns in full swing and early voting about to begin, there is a wide enthusiasm gap between partisan voters, with Democratic voters 25 percentage points more likely than Republican voters to say they are ‘more motivated’ than usual to vote (63% vs. 38%).”