Which news commentators do you like?

[renata]

There have been a few threads about Fox, O'Reilly, etc. So instead of talking about who we don't like, let's figure out who we do. That is a much shorter list for me :)

I am not fond of anyone I can think of from CNN, FOX or MSNBC. I like Dan Rather- he is very good in a crisis. I like Ted Koppel. I like the hosts for Face the Nation and Meet the Press ( names of both escape me right now)

From print, I like Howard Kurtz from Washington Post, Thomas Friedman from NY Times, Michael Kinsley from Slate, David Broder from Washington Post. I know there are others I am forgetting, but this is a start.

[pgwenthold]

Robert Seagal from NPR

[ceo_esq]

He's more of a presenter/interviewer than a commentator, I suppose, but does anyone else like Tim Sebastian from HardTalk on BBC? He's the anti-Larry King.

In print journalism, Mark Steyn never fails to amuse and inform.

[Lemastre]

I don't like or dislike most of the commentators, except for Daniel Shorr, whom I have to admire if only because he qualified for Nixon's "enemies list" and because he's old enough to be there and is still on the job.

[LCBOY]

Michelle Malkin is one of my favorites. She is smart, loud, hardcore, obnoxious, opinionated, and cute! ;)

[corplinx]

Originally posted by renata

I am not fond of anyone I can think of from CNN, FOX or MSNBC. I like Dan Rather- he is very good in a crisis.



Don't like Rather. He is an anchor more than a commentator though. Come to think of it, I like most of the commentators on Special Report on Fox. CC Conelly, Mara Liason, Juan Williams, Charles Krauthammer, Mort Kondracke, and even the boorish Fred Barnes. Sometimes I just want to strangle Fred though and yell "let Mara speak". Krauthammer's delivery is so sterile but his observations usually make up for his lack of on-air demeanor.

[specious_reasons]

Originally posted by corplinx

Don't like Rather. He is an anchor more than a commentator though. Come to think of it, I like most of the commentators on Special Report on Fox. CC Conelly, Mara Liason, Juan Williams, Charles Krauthammer, Mort Kondracke, and even the boorish Fred Barnes. Sometimes I just want to strangle Fred though and yell "let Mara speak". Krauthammer's delivery is so sterile but his observations usually make up for his lack of on-air demeanor.

That's interesting, Mara Liason and Juan Williams are NPR/PBS staples. I have a ton a respect for both.

Nina Totenberg is the person who I like the best. She can read Supreme Court transcripts and make it interesting. Plus, she's actually willing to read Supreme Court transcripts on the air. When she does a story, you can actually expect it to be news.