CNN talking head Brian Stelter took first place in a "Liberal Hack" tournament that pitted the left's most rabid media conspiracy theorists against each other in a 'March Madness-style' competition.

VOTING BEGINS NOW FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH OF THE FIRST ANNUAL SMUG INDUSTRIES LIBERAL HACK TOURNAMENT



(1) @brianstelter



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(2) @JRubinBlogger — Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) February 3, 2020

Announced on Jan 23. by Twitter influencer Shashank Tripathi - known as 'Comfortably Smug' - the contest featured 64 liberal journalists from MSM outlets such as the Washington Post, CNN and MSNBC.

Stelter 'beat' the Washington Post's Jennifer Rubin - whose 'hackiness' can be appreciated in the below example.

Presented without comment pic.twitter.com/gwRRR5engT — Josh Hammer (@josh_hammer) February 4, 2020

The contest was in doubt on Monday, after Twitter temporarily suspended Tripathi for violating their rules on "abuse and harassment," after tweeting "Where's Hunter, fat???" right before the Iowa caucuses.