The Media Research Center loves to throw fits over award shows, and this year was no exception. Elise Ehahard complained in a Jan. 12 post:
Last night, stars at the 83rd annual Golden Globes on CBS ranted about American “dictatorship” and “mediocre white guys.”
Even before the ceremony began, actors such as Mark Ruffalo, Wanda Sykes, and Jean Smart wore anti-ICE “Be Good” pins. The pins were a reference to left-wing agitator Renee Good who tried to run over an ICE agent with her car in Minneapolis before being shot.
On the red carpet, Hacks star Jean Smart proved she was one in real life with an incoherent political rant, telling Entertainment Tonight‘s Kevin Frazier: “Everything is a bit overshadowed with what is going on in our country. I feel like we are kind of at a turning point in this country, and I hope people can keep their heads. Because that actually is going to be the hardest thing is to keep our heads, because that is going to take a lot of courage and a lot of restraint.”
Other celebrities repeated similar fear-mongering throughout the night. Director Judd Apatow slipped in a reference to “dictatorship” during an unrelated monologue about losing an award to Ridley Scott for The Martian a decade ago.
[…]Overall, the 83rd annual Golden Globes was obnoxious, pretentious and tiresome. Few of the actors had any real star power or charisma. Hollywood’s golden era is long gone, but its clueless celebrities still think they have cultural power to lecture audiences. Instead, they push the public further away.
Of course, Ehrhard thinks right-wing politics counts as “star power” and “charisma.” She went on to rant about another awards show that didn’t follow her preferred right-wing narrative in a Feb. 2 post:
The 68th Annual Grammy Awards last night on CBS was an endless stream of anti-ICE politics and left-wing hyperbolism.
Even before the show begin, celebrities showed up on the red carpet wearing pins with the words “ICE OUT.” Anti-ICE pins were a red-carpet trend at last month’s Golden Globe Awards as well.
Upon receiving awards, winners throughout the night used their speeches to protest Trump’s immigration policies.
Best New Artist winner Olivia Dean conflated legal and illegal immigration together as though they were the same thing. “I’m up here as a granddaughter of an immigrant. I wouldn’t be here … I am a product of bravery, and I think that those people deserve to be celebrated.”
Many of us who oppose illegal immigration are grandchildren of immigrants. Our legal immigrant ancestors would be horrified at the flood of illegals who have crossed the border, stolen fake identities and depended on public assistance.
Ehrhard’s evidence of this was a pair of propaganda pieces by Craig Bannister masquerading as “news” — and we should note that the MRC has never fact-checked claims about alleged fraud in Minnesota. She continued to whine:
“F*ck Ice” has become a popular battle cry at recent awards ceremonies. “No one is illegal on stolen land” is chanted at leftist protests.
Perhaps the worst offender of the night for left-wing obnoxiousness was host Trevor Noah. Announcing that it would be his last year hosting the Grammy Awards, he let loose with his leftist opinions.
He began the evening by mocking singer Nicki Minaj for her public support of Donald Trump.
[…]Noah also accused Trump of being on Epstein Island with Bill Clinton, a false accusation for which Trump is now threatening to sue Noah.
Ehrhard went on to cheer that “Only one winner gave a genuinely uplifting speech. After winning the Grammy for Best Contemporary Country Album, singer Jelly Roll thanked his wife and Jesus for saving his life,: then added:
Last night’s ceremony was one of the worst Grammy broadcasts in recent memory. Both the host and winners made zero attempt to relate to viewers outside a left-wing bubble or to focus exclusively on the music. It was a long night made longer by left-wing politics.
Yeah, Ehrhard would think that any awards show that failed to conform to her right-wing political preferences was terrible.
Tim Graham similarly raged about the Grammys’ failure to conform to his political agenda in his Feb. 4 column:
The entertainment awards shows used to be wildly popular on TV before the audience shattered into a thousand pieces. When a celebrity decided to make a pompous political statement, it was memorable – like in 1973, when Marlon Brando sent an Indian activist named Sacheen Littlefeather to refuse his Oscar for “The Godfather” in protest.
Brando wanted to highlight how Indians were badly portrayed by Hollywood – as he made an Italian mobster movie, which surely didn’t lead to any ethnic stereotyping whatsoever.
For the last ten years, awards shows have predictably erupted in melodramatic celebrity proclamations against the horrors of Donald Trump. This year, the leftists were already upset that there wasn’t enough celebrity shrieking at the Golden Globes. But they were delighted by the Grammy Awards.
That Democrat rag The Washington Post tweeted this: “Politics are often treated like radioactive material on Grammy night, writes Post pop music critic Chris Richards. But on Sunday, something changed. The world outside had finally become too loud to ignore.” The headline underneath: “The biggest winner at the Grammys was free speech.”
One of the things that Republicans hate about these shows is that the speech isn’t “free.” It’s a load of left-wing jeremiads without any dissent. That’s exactly why the Left loves it. Their speech represented “the world outside.” Wrong — it’s the celebrity bubble inside.
One could also argue that the MRC’s right-wing jeremiads without any dissent is the same thing — but Graham will never admit it.
Bannister spent a Feb. 5 propaganda piece huffing:
While this year’s Grammy winners used their acceptance speeches to voice their radical political views, viewers voiced their disinterest by tuning out and turning off the CBS broadcast of the 2026 awards ceremony.
Sunday’s live broadcast cast featuring a constant stream of hateful vulgarity protesting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) enforcement of federal immigration laws drew 14.4 million viewers, a million fewer than the year before (15.4 million) and 2.68 million less than in 2024, according to Nielsen.
This year’s 6.4% drop in viewers continues a long-term decline in the number of people watching the leftist politics-platform purported music “awards” show, following a COVID-era bump.
Bannister made no mention of Graham’s explanation that “the audience shattered into a thousand pieces” is the reason for the decline in awards-show audiences, not politial views. And he failed to explain how not hating immigrants is “radical.”
Dawn Slusher gushed more about Jelly Roll in a Feb. 10 post:
Country artist Jelly Roll set Hollywood ablaze with two viral speeches in which he boldly praised Jesus and proclaimed the Gospel. The moment that received the most attention was his inspirational acceptance speech on Sunday at the 68th Annual Grammy Awards on CBS after winning Best Contemporary Country Album for Beautifully Broken. It was a bright light in an otherwise dark ceremony filled with liberal propaganda.
Interestingly, Slusher failed to provide Jelly Roll’s real name (Jason Bradley DeFord), like the MRC made a point of doing with Bad Bunny.