Dangerous Footwear, Deadly Coats, and Trendy Teen Truants – RedState

It’s time again for a new round of nominations for infamous and absurd news! Recognizing the press’s unprofessionalism, journalistic laziness, and deserved media mockery, we nominate these efforts in various categories for year-end honors. To commemorate the legacy of shoe leather reporting and investigation, we created the Golden Remington Awards.

The 2025 Golden Remington Awards — Celebrating the Year of Fractured Journalism: Part 3, The Major Honors

Our trophy pays homage to the days when Scrabble pirates engaged in real journalism and wrote dispatches on these big wordsmithing devices. We compile some of journalism’s most fractured examples, nominating them for the uncoveted dishonor of our undistinguished trophy, the Remmys.

Here’s the final group of nominees to consider, brought together for the end of the calendar when we hand out trophies to the least impressive journalistic acts of the past year!

Distinguished National Reports

• Charlie Savage, Eric Schmitt, John Ismay, Julian E. Barnes, Riley Mellen, Christian Triebert – The New York Times

A group effort was used to concoct an exclusive report that Secretary Pete Hegseth was guilty of perfidy, a war crime. This new accusation centered on warplanes used against drug boats off the coast of Venezuela. The “crime” is that the planes were disguised as civilian planes, a violation of international war conscript rules. However, a crime against journalism was also committed.

Considering that half a dozen journalists were assembled for this report and relying on several anonymous contacts, as well as a panel of experts, there is a notable lack of evidence to support their accusations. Deep within this voluminous report we get the totally disqualifying revelation that not only can they not describe how the plane in question was supposed to be disguised, they don’t even know what type of plane is being referred to.

And yet: pic.twitter.com/u8SvthWREg

– Brad Slager: CNN+ Lifetime Subscriber (@MartiniShark) January 14, 2026

Distinguished explanatory report

When Nick Shirley made national news by reporting on fraud in Minnesota, the national media was shocked. Not because of the revelations, but because he was doing the work they refused to do, which exposed their corruption. So refuting it – rather than, you know, investigating the fraud – was the required response.

In a desperate attempt by NPR, they attempted to show that he was not a reliable source by allegedly making baseless claims. They claim he implied he had been targeted by opponents, without any evidence. Only, Traisman provided the very proof, in the following sentence.

• “I am attacked every time I do my job,” he said, without giving details. “When I leave my house to go to work, I am violently attacked. I have been bear sprayed and beaten. I was almost killed.”

https://t.co/Cl3P16pfmu

– Backcountry Guy… (@FlyoverRevolt) January 1, 2026

Distinguished photojournalism

When news of another shooting involving another ICE officer broke, NBC News sprang into action. By promoting the story, which concerned an officer shooting a man after he was ambushed by three individuals, the network’s social account created antagonism. The report featured an unrelated image of police officers confronting protesters, standing innocently with their hands in the air.

A federal officer shot a man in the leg during an attempted traffic stop, DHS says, as a crowd of protesters gathered near the scene of the shooting. https://t.co/Qzx9HfIRkp

– NBC News (@NBCNews) January 15, 2026

Distinguished local reporting

The content of this article alone is deeply questionable, a gushing nugget of non-news about Mayor Zohran Mamdani. But it’s even worse because Garcia thought people needed to know that the mayor deferred to his wife when he bought a winter coat, even though the city’s main story was that as many as 20 homeless people reportedly perished in the freezing weather after Mamdani canceled a police street sweeping program.

“Hey everyone, forget those dead travelers – here’s the mayor buying a Versace pea coat!”

I am so happy that the @nytimes continues its uncompromising coverage of the Mamdani administration. Democracy dies in darkness! pic.twitter.com/LsbeSulE6w

-Gary Weiss (@gary_weiss) February 9, 2026

Latest distinguished news

As an anti-ICE protest took place one day in Minneapolis, Ms. Tur spoke to a field reporter interviewing one of the underemployed activists. While the man was denigrating the president and condemning immigration policies, in the absence of any legitimate indication, they posted a chyron calling this individual in Black Lives Matter attire a “Trump supporter.”

Apparently they’ve completely stopped trying to be as accurate as possible. @MSNOWNews
On Katie Tur’s show, they interview a man from Minnesota.
– Wear a BLM hoodie
-During an anti-ICE demonstration
– Be critical of the president

The Chyron calls itself a “Trump supporter” pic.twitter.com/bh5BjlG9vH

– Lie-Able Sources (@LieAbleSources) January 9, 2026

Writing distinguished features

After weeks of the press telling us that ICE was literally the Gestapo, senselessly murdering people in the streets, Ms. Peyser delivered this profile of two teenage brothers who traveled to Minneapolis to track down ICE agents and harass their activities. The outlet really thought it was a good idea to encourage kids to go out and confront the people they said were murderous Nazis.

The teens are named Sam and Ben, but to the federal immigration agents they interact with daily, the two boys brandishing cell phones and writing down license plates are a duo known as “the brothers.” https://t.co/XPQvgOh5iz pic.twitter.com/j0vaPZ4fMU

-CNN (@CNN) February 2, 2026

Distinguished cultural critic

As the major winter storm bore down on most of the country, the Post had to publish a panicked report to scare readers. In other words, generating traffic in a desperate effort.

Reda found an “expert” (a podiatrist) here to warn you that wearing snow boots could put you in danger in some way.

Snow boots. This article warns people about the dangers of… snow boots. 🤦🏼‍♀️🤣 pic.twitter.com/k7vnNRjg3a

– Kelley K (@KelleyKga) January 26, 2026

Editor’s note: The mainstream media continues to distract, spin, spin, and lie about President Trump, his administration, and conservatives.

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