MRC’s Annual Gala and DisHonors Awards
At our annual gala celebrations held in Washington, D.C., the Media Research Center presents the “DisHonors Awards,” roasting the most outrageously biased liberal reporters as selected by a distinguished panel of leading media observers. We show “funny clips” from the past year and mockingly award the worst reporting of the year and then have a conservative leader accept the award in jest.
> Tickets and information about our 25th anniversary Gala and DisHonors Awards on Thursday, September 27, 2012 <
> For more of the media's worst, check the “The Best Notable Quotables: Annual Awards for the Year’s Worst Reporting.”
2011 Quote of the Year - Ed Schultz
Some award titles: “The I’m Not a Political Genius But I Play One on TV Award,” “Dan Rather Memorial Award for the Stupidest Analysis,” “The Barack Obama Gives a Thrill Up My Leg Award and “The Tea Party from Hell Award.”
Each year we also present the “William F. Buckley Award for Media Excellence” to deserving conservatives who advance truth in the public square. Past winners: Rush Limbaugh, Tony Snow, Brit Hume and Cal Thomas.
Award galas feature a who’s who of conservative opinion leaders, from Rush Limbaugh to Ann Coulter, from Laura Ingraham to Sean Hannity. Complete run-downs of the galas with video:
2011
Neal Boortz, Ann Coulter, Andrew Klavan, Erick Erickson, Steve King and Ken Cuccinelli and the founders of Tea Party Patriots.
2009
Mark Levin, Monica Crowley, Ken Cribb, “Joe the Plumber,” Andrew Breitbart and Ed Meese
2008
Cal Thomas, Larry Kudlow, Mark Levin, Ann Coulter, Mike Pence and a video tribute to Navy Lieutenant Michael Murphy, a SEAL posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor
2007
Neal Boortz, Herman Cain, Mary Matalin, Michael Steele, G. Gordon Liddy, Pat Sajak, Ward Connerly and Rush Limbaugh accepts the first annual “William F. Buckley Award for Media Excellence”
2006
Larry Kudlow, Tony Blankley Mark Levin, Jack Singlaub, Stan Evans, Linda Chavez, Ron Robinson and a “Tribute to the American Military” video
2005
Cal Thomas, Sean Hannity, Ann Coulter, Neal Boortz, Zell Miller, T. Boone Pickens and a video tribute to the Swift Boat Vets and POWs for Truth followed by the group’s founder, John O’Neill
2004
Michelle Malkin, Joe Scarborough, Jonah Goldberg, Jeane Kirkpatrick, Laura Ingraham, Richard Viguerie and Al Regnery, plus surprise appearances by Rush Limbaugh and Sam Donaldson
2003
Sean Hannity, Cal Thomas, Laura Ingraham, Ann Coulter, Rich Lowry, Steve Moore, Robert Bork, Mona Charen and Tony Blankley
2002
John Fund, Kate O’Beirne, David Limbaugh, Steve Forbes, Lucianne Goldberg, Katherine Harris and a video tribute to network coverage of September 11th
1999
Stan Evans, Cal Thomas, Michael Reagan, Ed Capano, Ed Meese, Lyn Nofziger, R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr, Olliver North and Clarence Thomas