It is time again for a new round of nominations for nefarious news nonsense! In recognizing the unprofessional press, journalistic sloth, and the 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.
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 when we will be handing out trophies to the most un-impressive acts of journalism throughout the past year!
Distinguished National Reporting
Charlie Savage, Eric Schmitt, John Ismay, Julian E. Barnes, Riley Mellen, Christian Triebert – The New York Times
A group effort was used to concoct the exclusive report that Secretary Pete Hegseth was guilty of perfidy, a war crime. This new charge centered on the warplanes used against drug boats off the coast of Venezuela. The “crime” is that the planes were disguised as civilian aircraft, a violation of international war conscripts. However, a crime against journalism was also committed.
Considering half a dozen reporters were cobbled together for this report, and relying on several anonymous contacts, as well as a bevy of experts, there was a notable lack of evidence to support their charge. Deep in this voluminous report, we get the entirely disqualifying revelation that they not only could not describe how the plane in question was supposedly disguised, but they are not even aware of what type of aircraft is being referenced.
And yet: pic.twitter.com/u8SvthWREg
— Brad Slager: CNN+ Lifetime Subscriber (@MartiniShark) January 14, 2026
Distinguished Explanatory Reporting
Rachel Traisman – National Public Radio
When Nick Shirley made national news by reporting on the fraud in Minnesota, the national media were upset. Not over the revelations, but because he was doing the work they refused to do, and that exposed their graft. So disproving him - rather than, you know, investigating the fraud - was the required reaction.
In one desperate attempt at NPR, they tried to show how he is not a reputable source by his allegedly making baseless claims. They say he suggested he was targeted by opponents without any proof. Only, Traisman provided the very proof, in her very next sentence.
"I'm attacked every time I do my job," he said, without citing specifics. "When I leave my house to go to work, I'm violently assaulted. I've been bear-sprayed and beaten down. I've been almost killed."
— Dude from the Hinterlands... (@FlyoverRevolt) January 1, 2026
Distinguished Photo Journalism
NBC News
When word of another shooting involving another ICE officer emerged, NBC News leaped into action. In promoting the report, which concerned an agent who fired on a man after he had been ambushed by three individuals, the social account of the network created antagonism. Adorning the report was a wholly unrelated image of officers facing off at 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 shooting site. https://t.co/Qzx9HfIRkp
— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 15, 2026
Distinguished Local Reporting
Sandra Garcia – The New York Times
The content in this article alone is deeply questionable, a gushing nugget of non-news about Mayor Zohran Mamdani. But it is all the more worse that Garcia thought people needed to know that the mayor defers to his wife when purchasing a winter coat, right when the main story in the city was that up to 20 homeless people may have perished in the freezing weather after Mamdani rescinded a police street sweep program.
“Hey, everyone, forget about those dead transients – here is the mayor buying a Versace peacoat!”
So glad that the @nytimes is continuing its hard-nosed coverage of the Mamdani administration. Democracy dies in darkness! pic.twitter.com/LsbeSulE6w
— Gary Weiss (@gary_weiss) February 9, 2026
Distinguished Breaking News
Katy Tur – MS NOW
With an anti-ICE protest taking place one day in Minneapolis, Ms. Tur threw to a field reporter interviewing one of the underemployed activists. As the man was bad-mouthing the president and condemning the immigration policies, absent any legitimate indication, they put up a chyron that labeled this individual in Black Lives Matter attire as a “Trump Supporter.”
Apparently they have stopped trying entirely to be anything close to accurate at @MSNOWNews
— Lie-Able Sources (@LieAbleSources) January 9, 2026
On Katie Tur’s show they interview a Minnesota man.
- Wearing a BLM hoodie
-At an anti-ICE protest
- Being critical of the president
The Chyron says he is a “Trump supporter” pic.twitter.com/bh5BjlG9vH
Distinguished Feature Writing
Sophia Peyser – CNN
After weeks of the press telling us that ICE was literally the Gestapo, wantonly murdering people in the streets, Ms. Peyser delivered this profile of a pair of teenage brothers who traveled to Minneapolis to track ICE agents and harass their activities. The outlet really thought it was a swell idea to encourage kids to go out and confront the people they declared to be homicidal Nazis.
The teenagers' names are Sam and Ben, but to the federal immigration agents they interact with daily, the two boys wielding cell phones and taking down plate numbers are a duo known as "the brothers." https://t.co/XPQvgOh5iz pic.twitter.com/j0vaPZ4fMU
— CNN (@CNN) February 2, 2026
Distinguished Cultural Criticism
Reda Wigle – New York Post
With the major winter storm bearing down on most of the country, the Post had to come out with a panic-stricken report to frighten readers. That is, to generate traffic in a desperate effort.
Reda here found an “expert” (a podiatrist) to deliver a warning that wearing snow boots could somehow endanger you.
Snow boots. This article is warning people about the dangers of... snow boots. 🤦🏼♀️🤣 pic.twitter.com/k7vnNRjg3a
— Kelley K (@KelleyKga) January 26, 2026
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