May 31, 2014
Thomas Friedman: The worst New York Times columnist. Frustratingly awful writer. Muddled thinker. Liberal warmonger. Cab driver-quoter. Pie-faced self-important bloviator of CEO-ready platitudes. The Mustache of Understanding.
Sadly for Thomas Friedman, he did not win the award. Probably because no one who reads Gawker also reads the New York Times. Still, as one of fifteen candidates, he should be proud of his position as a contender for "Douche of the Decade".