who are currently alive and working

10. Major Garret - TFJ
9. Serena Altschul
8. Chuck Todd
7. Maureen Dowd
6. David Gregory
5. Jim Lehrer - Most respected journalist
4. Chris Mathews - molds punditry and journalism in a way that has never been done before
3. Larry Kudlow - the most complete and intelligent man in news
2. Wolf Blitzer - professionalism, class, and reporting without equal, except for #1
1. Christiane Amanpour - considered not only the class but the entire school of journalistic integrity

1/12/2010 11:08:46 PM

Quote :

"2. Wolf Blitzer - professionalism, class, and reporting without equal, except for #1"

are you fucking kidding me?!?!!?

that man is an AWFUL interviewer....

1/12/2010 11:10:51 PM

of all time


who are currently alive


AND working




[Edited on January 12, 2010 at 11:12 PM. Reason : btw that list is a fucking joke]

1/12/2010 11:12:15 PM

he is one of the best interviewers in the business,
those interviewed respect him, and he does not ask partisan type questions and therefore is able to get a lot more info out of them that other reporters

1/12/2010 11:12:47 PM

chris matthews? really?

and i don't really watch cable news, but i know that fareed zakaria kicks the crap out of the rest of them on any of the cable news networks.

and it's amazing to me that most of your journalists are just tv celebs. why not put some print/internet folks on there?

also, chuck todd is a chode and a half who is really only good at horse race politics (and anyone could do that really, if you suck up to enough politicians)

[Edited on January 12, 2010 at 11:16 PM. Reason : .]

1/12/2010 11:14:16 PM

I didn't see Bill O'Reilly on this list so I know its FULL OF CRAP

but yea i'm sure Christ Matthews gets a spot --- because his leg got a tingle when obama was elected yea boy that's first rate journalism right there

1/12/2010 11:34:05 PM

i didn't even notice serena altschul. this has to be a joke.

1/12/2010 11:42:40 PM

Maureen Dowd? I have great respect for her, particularly her work with the Lewinsky scandal, but I never thought of her as one of the best journalists out there right now (or columnists for that matter). I'm surprised you don't have some of the big hitters like Bob Woodward or some rising stars like Dana Priest who broke the Walter Reed scandal (yeah, I'm a Washington Post guy, but those are both famous print journalists who've done much for the field). Legends like Daniel Schorr. NPR radio hosts like Terry Gross and Diane Rehm who have done some incredible interviews.

Your list seems overly skewed toward television journalists. There are a LOT of excellent journalists in the print and on the radio that probably have near equal influence (many mentioned above). I have a lot of respect for many of the journalists you list, but Top 10 who are alive and working...

1/12/2010 11:55:04 PM

I hope the ghost of Tim Russert comes back from the grave and chokes you with a wireless microphone cord

1/13/2010 1:33:07 AM

I'll disregard the "alive and working" criteria and say that the late Robert Novak was a great journalist.

1/13/2010 2:18:01 AM