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Which news person do you like and trust most? It can be a TV, print, or radio news personality. Please no fake news people like Jon Stewart.

Mine is Lou Dobbs from CNN.

Peter Jennings by a longshot. I really hope he gets rid of that lung cancer...

Moira Stuart - BBC

The is NO contest

Trevor McDonald roxorz my soxorz!

Jon Stewart, even excluding the Daily Show (which, sadly, often enough does a better job of presenting the new that any of the networks) his bitchslapping of Crossfire made him a folk hero. He's right, news media is broken, badly.

Other than that, Thomas L. Friedman for teaching me that reaching a peaceful understanding the current form of Islam is impossible.

Has to be Bill O' Reilly. He tears down the reputation of anyone and everyone that he comes across who doesn't agree with him. The Factor is where you go to find if you are a man among men whose moral clarity and vision stand unsurpassed or a maggot feeding upon the flesh of the dying. You will be told within the first minute of the program and you cannot challenge, you must accept it and make necessary changes or face certain destruction like what happened to Jeremy Glick.

Has to be Bill O' Reilly.

I believe the thread excluded fake news people.

Bill O'Reilly is just like Jay Leno and Jon Stewart except he's not funny. Well, he's just like Jay Leno.

Just listen to them.

Jay Leno: Did you hear this? Did you read about this? "Some silly sounding headline." That's true. "Stupid joke that's not true or very funny."
Bill O'Reilly: Now according to "some random newspaper and headline." Now that's true. "Stupid commentary that's not the slightest bit true or funny."

Exact same format. He's a talkshow host. Even Jay Leno leaves his interviews more or less intact, O'Rielly edits them to take answers out of context and make it sound like the interviewees were saying things that they weren't really saying.

Paxman. OK so he's an interviewer, he's still damn good.

ON commercial news I'd say Sandra Sully who last year was voted the hottest woman on Australian television, despite being in her 40's and having 2 kids.

As for internet news I'd like to nominate myself for all the important news threads I start in this forum. ;)

Hu Edwards. That Welsh twang... gotta love it.

Trevor McDonald and Moira Stewart are also cool. Trevor would be much better if he went to the BBC.

But getting him to turn from/to the dark side seems to be difficult.

Although, in the now outdated words of Bill Bailey, you never see one from the west country.


outdated quote: "I'm in Ramallahr.... and Yasser, he won't come out his compound -COME OUT YASSER! -he won't come out!

COME OUT YASSER, I'VE GOT TRIFLE, YOUR FAVOURITE!"


It's timeless.

harry smith of the cbs early show and sometimes sunday morning.

not a heavy hitter but always pleasant

From CNN. First saw her as she was on when the planes hit the Towers. She's well spoken, and easy on the eyes... ;)

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Yum!

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From CNN. First saw here as she was on when the planes hit the towers. She's well spoken, and easy on the eyes... ;)

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Yum!

WINNER IS YOU.

WINNER IS YOU.

Thanks.

My theory is if I have to watch & get depressed, I want her to tell me the news. :D

For the U.S.: Jim Lehrer. He's boring but he's very trustworthy.

For Australia: hmm Lee Lin Chin is always fun to watch, other than that, Deborah Cunningham, even though she was recently fired.

Special mention must go to the business news guy on ABC, who somehow manages to make stocks and interest rates amusing and entertaining.

Bill O'Reilly

1.Bill O'Reilly (Btw, he is a real news person.)

2.Don Imus
3.Shepard Smith
4.Brit Hume
5.Tony Snow
6.Major Garrett
7.Anderson Cooper
8.Chris Matthews
9.John Gibson
10.Jim Lehrer
11.Sean Hannity

~Satanic Reverend Medivh~

I like Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity, Alan Colmes, Dan Abrams, Peter Jennings, Bret Hume, Chris Matthews, and Rush is tolerable at times.

I'm a Hannity fan... because he's an asshole to anyone stupider than he is.

Which news person do you like and trust most? It can be a TV, print, or radio news personality. Please no fake news people like Jon Stewart.

Mine is Lou Dobbs from CNN.
Greta van Susteren, from Fox News. That is one smart woman!

Jon Stuart!

ON commercial news I'd say Sandra Sully who last year was voted the hottest woman on Australian television, despite being in her 40's and having 2 kids.

I love Sandra! She's so dignified and she's got a fabbo voice. Did you hear the blooper tape of Naomi Robson (Today Tonight Channel 7) that Chris Taylor and Craig Reucastle were playing on TripleJ? She's bitching about the auto-cue guy and she drops the F-bomb about 9 times. It made me feel good about not being a channel 7 viewer!

I also really like Anton Enis on SBS - he's really good at politely ripping into politicians during interviews. His last interview with Vanstone was brilliant.

And he's a bit of a spunk, too. :p

Al Pacino's character in Michael Mann's "The Insider." Oh, you mean a real news person? Then no-one.

John Humphries, the Today Programme, Radio 4.
Radio 4 is *the* place to go for *real* news, that is not part of the Maxwell agenda. It has the added cool bonus that British Nuclear (I seem to have forgotten how to spell that!!) submarine commander listen to the Today show in the morning to check that the world hasn't ended! No, really, it's true!

Blessings
Cyber

Which news person do you like and trust most? It can be a TV, print, or radio news personality. Please no fake news people like Jon Stewart.

Mine is Lou Dobbs from CNN.

Here's another vote for Lou. :) Too bad his show now comes on at an ungodly early hour (for me).

Jim Leher is good, as well.

The Japanese newscasts (including NHK) are usually awful - more gossip than anything else. And even worse in English. (Simultaneous translation by non-native speakers with a relatively poor grasp of English is not the way to go.)

Brit Hume and his regular guests.. they basically parrot the insights of others, mainly columnists, but they add their own opinions and Brit Hume moderates well.

I like O'Reilly for bringing up buried news stories, and he tends to land high-profile interviews.

I like Shepard Smith and Don Imus in the morning.. and sometimes Scarborough and Pat Buchanan when he guest-hosts.

Anna Jones off BBC News 24. She's the best of the lot. Or that new girl they've got. She was a bit nervous first day, but she's very pretty. Sadly, I have pictures of neither. I did find one of Jones, but it didn't do her justice.

I'm British, so I have to say ANDREW MARR. Just look at the classic hand movements and the flapping. He even appeared in Doctor Who!

Brit Hume. No concrete reason, just think he might be an alright guy. Can't say I feel much for any newsperson though.

Jon Stuart!

Props!! (I have tix for a January taping!!)

(BTW: It's Stewart, I think...)

Greta van Susteren, from Fox News. That is one smart woman!

Sorry E, gotta go against you this time. I find her delivery wooden and not particularly insightful.

Sorry E, gotta go against you this time. I find her delivery wooden and not particularly insightful.

Hah, yeah. The female lawyers on that show operate on the "whoever talks the loudest must be correct" principle, and interrupt more than I can take.

Brit Hume is A-#1, though.

Hmm, I despise most of the Fox News team, but Bill O'Reilly is a unique case. Most times he's an arrogant doofus, but occasionally he'll hit the mark and make a really good point, or call an interviewee on something that nobody else would mention (although for most right wing guests he is frankly simpering), he also sometimes finds a middleground that I can agree with. On those occasions I respect him, on others I do not.

I'm British, so I have to say ANDREW MARR. Just look at the classic hand movements and the flapping. He even appeared in Doctor Who!

Ah, Andrew Marr, good man! I do approve of him as well.

TBH I find that most of the best new journalists are on the BBC,

Blessings
CYber

Jon Snow of Channel 4 News. Brilliant presenter and interviewer.

Jon Snow of Channel 4 News. Brilliant presenter and interviewer.

Jon Snow is alright, but I prefer Samira Ahmed, anyway :D


(you can't guess why, right? I bet you can't.)

Tucker Carlson! :O
And he's coming out with a new show on msnbc ^_^

From CNN. First saw her as she was on when the planes hit the Towers. She's well spoken, and easy on the eyes... ;)

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Yum!

http://www.iranian.ws/iran_news/uploads/rudi_bakhtiar-1.jpg
And Kiran Chetry is terminally cute!

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I couldn't find a photo of Pattianne Brown, sadly. IMHO, she's one of the best looking women on all television! Sigh! :D

Found her! I misspelt her name! :(

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Be still my foolish heart! SIGH! :D

The LEGENDARY Andrew Marr.

Sophia Choi. But CNNHN never shows her legs!!!

Sy Hersh, probably.

Rush Limbaugh
Bill O'Reilly
Sean Hannity

1. Brit Hume
2. Rita Cosby (not much to look at but she is sharp)
3. Matt Drudge...heads are exploding all over the forum just at the mention of his name

Rush Limbaugh
Bill O'Reilly
Sean Hannity

Well, at least that's not all from the same side... :rolleyes:

Peter Mansbrige of CBC rocks. He's also hot stuff.

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I don't have a favorite individual news person, but I do have a favorite news crew, the crew from the only show I get my news from:
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Ray Martin. He's such a cheesy, self-righteous wanker, he's almost a parody.

Chris Matthews, Bill O'Reilly, or Joe Scarborough.

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Found her! I misspelt her name! :(

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Be still my foolish heart! SIGH! :D

I'll give it up for Kiran Chetry, but Patti is no Rudi... ;)

Bill O'Reilly

I almost always agree with his talking points. His takedowns of the elite media (network news, The New York Times etc.) are great. He doesn't let his guests get away with not answering his questions or giving half-answers. He looks out for the folks because most news agencies won't.

Bill O'Reilly

I almost always agree with his talking points. His takedowns of the elite media (network news, The New York Times etc.) are great. He doesn't let his guests get away with not answering his questions or giving half-answers. He looks out for the folks because most news agencies won't.

Nice post Undelia! I agree with this fully

*hands Undelia a cookie* :)

Trevor McDonald on ITN (UK). He the man!!!!!!!!

Four pages, and no one has mentioned the Iraqi Information Minister, Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf, yet? Why, one might almost think you didn't believe him...

Four pages, and no one has mentioned the Iraqi Information Minister, Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf, yet? Why, one might almost think you didn't believe him...

Ahh, pure quality comedy every time! In Britain the tabloids nicknamed him "Comical Ali".

Ahh, pure quality comedy every time! In Britain the tabloids nicknamed him "Comical Ali".

Baghdad Bob here in the States! :D

Four pages, and no one has mentioned the Iraqi Information Minister, Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf, yet? Why, one might almost think you didn't believe him...
I'm waiting for him to get a late night talkshow deal. Best. Government Offical. Evar.

A joint Jon Stewart/Dennis Miller Election Special.

...could you imagine? :D

Jon Snow of Channel 4 News. Brilliant presenter and interviewer.
Yep, the only improvement would be if you crossed him with Paxman. Imagine Jon Snow with Paxman's interviewing manner.