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Where's Ann Coulter?! Her adam's apple is so sexy, I totally wan to marry her.

Dude, is Nancy Grace paying you off or something? She should totally be at #1 (and then some) of the most loathsome. She gives me the fits. (Insert Kevin Allison noise here.)

I know everyone loves Rachel Maddow right now, but I'd defnitely put Anderson at #1. He has more universal appeal, actually gets out there and still does field reporting, and good lord if he doesn't look smokin' in a tight black tee shirt.

I know nothing of cable news. However, I am interested if the lurkers we flushed out yesterday will stick around. Please, Mt. Pleasant Pajibans- Tell me you're real.

Throw Chris Mathews in the list in the good column...he's just so sincerely thrilled about all the awful. I know how he feels. We both probably have an overdeveloped schadenfreude gland. It's housed in the skull-that's how you can tell.

Lou Dobbs? The Iron Marshmallow? Do you have any idea where we'd be if it weren't for Lou Dobbs? I'd be typing this on keys made of maize and living three floors up the step pyramid. Thank god for Lou Dobbs and his one-man stand against the forces of Aztlan...and who knew C.S. Lewis was so popular in Mexico, anyway?

I've always liked the Ragin' Cajun James Carville.

On the other side of the coin...Tucker Carlson.

Anderson will always be the Anderson of Channel One for me

ALWAYS. Him, Serena Altschul, and Lisa Ling, they bring me back to my school days.

I have no idea who those people are. I assume most of them are on cable? Who has time to watch that much empty, meaningless pontification?

I think we should have an open thread for discussing the exact color of Anderson Cooper's eyes. Come on, who's with me? I can't be the only one who thanks Godtopus for HDTV just for the extra-special sparkle it adds to those Lake Tahoe blues.

Wolf Blitzter and Sean Hannity need to be on that loathsome list. I mean, Sean Hannity hates Jews and all, right?

Wolf Blizter's quasi-beard scares the shit out of me.

I would've expected Pat Buchanan to raise some hackles. I'm kind of in your boat, Dustin. He's so crazy on so many things, but at the same time I think he's extremely intelligent, and every once in a while he makes a point that's almost impossible to deny. He's a tough nut to crack.

And yes I know Pat Benatar didn't sing that song, but IMAGINE IF SHE DID.

Where's Hannity? He's just as loathesome as O'Reilly or Beck, but I think he's even less talented (I know!).

Enter the Dragon/ I'll say

Lee opens up a can/ H.R. Pookie

As a kid growing up in the badlands of Lake Wales florida, my father wanted us kids to be able to handle ourselves in case some shit went down. I can vaguely remember as a little kid going to the store with my father one day, as I was sitting in the car, all of a sudden I saw my father getting his ass kicked in front of the store. Later I found out my father was trying to steal some beer. From that moment on, I vowed to always protect myself. My uncle learned karate in prison from this guy who was doing life, and when my uncle was granted parole he opened a karate school. My uncle would teach us to not only train the body, but to train the mind as well. He said the mind was the most powerful weapon a person will every need, although my uncle was later returned to prison for a minor violation, I 'll always remember his words. And this brings me to my review of Bruce Lee's "Enter the Dragon" in my opinion a ground breaking movie. ETD stars' Jim Kelly as Williams, John Saxon as Roper, and Kien Shih as Mr. Han. The plot revolves around Lee working as a undercover government agent trying to infiltrate Mr. Hans island in the hopes of stopping his drug distribution ring. Through a series of flashbacks we come to learn about each man's road that leads to Mr. Han's karate tournament. This movie has slight political under currents which add a nice flavor to the over all theme of the movie. Lee proves time and time again why he's considered the father of present day martial arts, and why his untimely death haunts us all. So guys if you have a couple hours to spend I suggest you go rent "Enter the Dragon" you will not be disappointed.

Wait, wasn't Unbreakable supposed to be the first of a trilogy anyway? I don't know how you'd make a sequel so many years after, but Unbreakable is a great movie.

Mmmmm, Campbell Brown, hottest news woman alive.

So, what's this 'Enter the Dragon' movie you speak of, Pookie?

Love Rachael Maddow, but don't get the hate for Lou Dobbs?? And what about that total jackass Sean Hannity?????

Nancy Grace was the first one that popped up in my head before I even read the list. What she does shouldn't even be considered news.

SashaCA22 the bashing is always in good fun. You just have to remember to hit back.

Pisaster's Ann Coulter Rant (in case this helps anyone else deal with her): You know how when you laugh at something stupid a toddler does, or even yell at them, they do it over and over and over again because you paid attention to them the first time? That's Ann Coulter. She said something offensive once, people were all over her, so she just keeps doing it. It's not even that she necessarily believes the shit. It's just that she needs the attention desperately. Sure, she's a smart business woman, but she has the emotional maturity of a 3 year old. So: everytime she starts to piss me off I picture her as a whiny toddler, kicking and screaming 'til she's red in the face and throwing stuff and probably biting people (she seems like a biter, whiny brat bite though, not sexy bite) just because at least when she's throwing a tantrum people are paying attention to her. (Class assignment: I want that animated and on the interwebs by Monday people. Extra credit if you throw in Baby Bill O'Reilly laughing and clapping in the background.)

Oh, Anderson Cooper...

Le sigh...

Oh how I would love to go out to dinner with you, discuss the state of the current corporately run media by candle light, and then make sweet, passionate love with you on a bed of rosa petals.

And Rachel Maddow? Love. If I were a lesbian, I'd totally wanna.

Where does one find this Rachel Maddow? I've seen her name a lot in the last week, but I've no idea who she is. What news channel is she on?

"Him, Serena Altschul, and Lisa Ling, they bring me back to my school days."

Oh my god, Serena Altschul. I remember the days of being a dumb teen and getting all my news from MTV. Serena, Kurt Loder, Tabitha Soren... good god.

I'm going to echo everyone else here when I say, Anderson Cooper should be #1. The man is wonderfully handsome, and a fantastic reporter. Also echoing everyone else, where is Nancy Grace's mention? I choose to believe she didn't make the list because she is so deplorable, she transcends a "worst of" list into her own realm of horror.

I'm also a fan of Robin Meade on CNN's Headline News morning express. My sister and I refer to her occasional replacements and weekend anchors as "Blonde Robin" and "Asian Robin".

That list is a joke. Rachel Maddow?? Really? She just spouts cliche liberal nonsense/trash. And I'm as left as they come.

All those TV personalities are toxic. I like Oberman, but even he takes himself too seriously for me to sit thru his show on more than a 1x per week basis.

Charlie Rose is best hands-down. Same with the BBC World crew. Subtle = everything.

Worst List:
1. Lou Dobbs (even OReilly isn't as blatantly racist as this *uck).
2. OReilly
3. Nancy Grace
4. Glen Beck
5. Take your pick of anyone else out there. This is American media -- only so many distinctions b/t bad and truly awful.

Ditto on the Chanel One News thing. Lisa Ling REALLY takes me back to high school.

Did everyone else know that Anderson Cooper is Gloria Vanderbilt's son? My mom just told me that. Interesting.

My friend is a big Bill O'Reilly fan (he has other redeeming qualities, I swear.) He dragged me to a book signing of his, I forget which of the 3,542 he's written, the one about coping with excessive neck waddle I think. Anyways, my poor friend was so excited to meet him, I came along just so I could cross my arms and mean-mug him. After all, I can't stand his ass. We get up there and friend is gushing about how much he loves his show and books, and Bill totally ignores him and hones in on your truly. I'm only moderately attractive in my opinion, but something about a woman looking annoyed, hands firmly on hips, giving him dirty looks must've piqued his interest. He was actually very charming and polite to me. Very sweet and complimentary, even when I told him "I wasn't the biggest fan," of his work (an understatement.) We left the bookstore and my friend looked a little disappointed, we walked a bit in silence, and I just had to clear it up, "Did I just get eye-fucked by Bill O'Reilly?" "Indeed you did. It was a little creepy," he confirmed.

Steve Doocey of Fox News should definitely be on your "worst" list.

I miss Walter Cronkite, too--for me, he set the bar and no one since then has even come close. I do remember liking Howard K. Smith, who filled in for him sometimes.

I also miss Peter Jennings. I have this memory of him when the "Gulf War" started; after interrupting programming to give a live update, he discovered the correspondent didn't have anything to report other than "I can see smoke"; Jennings got really shirty on the air and told the guy to call back when he actually knew something.

P.S. Thanks for sharing the Cleese poem. As if I could love him more.

I don't know why you are all so hard on Ann, I just want to wrap her sexy bones up in a parka and take her dogsledding in Canada, (so in other words, I want her to go to hell).

Come on. Olberman is an asshole to the nth degree. I can't even watch the news anymore, I get it all of the internet. Its important to recognize assholes no matter what their political affiliation. Besides, Hannity, Maher, Coulter, and Moore are infinitely more smug and assholic than Beck and Holmes. I know Moore and Coulter aren't on T.V., but their still assholes. Olberman is also a Hannity-like asshole, MSNBC is FOX for liberals, but you probably are ignoring that. I want to , but watching MSNBC fills me with self disgust and anger. FOX just fills me with anger. You really need to look into yourself if you can't see that Olberman is one of the most douchetastic people ever.

Oy vey, there's a discussion going on here. Something about TV newspeople, right? I can't get too worked up about any of the talking heads. I loves me some Rachel Maddow today, but I wonder about her staying power. Honestly, trying to pick favorites here is like trying to pick your favorite breakfast cereal. Some like it sugary, some like it hot, some endure it as a way of getting their daily dose of something they think is supposed to be good for them -- but ultimately they're pretty much all the same and not nearly as healthy as ingesting something real and less processed...

I run after work at my local gym... and about three times a week, it's in the 7 o'clock hour, it is during this precise hour (before the Daily Show/Colbert reruns) Lou Dobbs makes me want to get off the treadmill run to atlanta where I would march up into the cnn studios... and then take off off my sneakers and sweaty socks and shove it down Lou's mouth until he he can FINALLY shut the FUCK UP.

I run after work at my local gym... and about three times a week, it's in the 7 o'clock hour, it is during this precise hour (before the Daily Show/Colbert reruns) Lou Dobbs makes me want to get off the treadmill run to atlanta where I would march up into the cnn studios... and then take off off my sneakers and sweaty socks and shove it down Lou's mouth until he he can FINALLY shut the FUCK UP.

The list should look like this:

10. Amy Goodman
9. Amy Goodman
8. Amy Goodman
7. Amy Goodman
6. Amy Goodman
5. Amy Goodman
4. Amy Goodman
3. Amy Goodman
2. Amy Goodman
1. Amy Goodman

Fuck the rest.

don't worry optimus, I'm real!

I've always been a Peter Jennings fan, and his voice was the one I remember when the Twin Towers collapsed. THAT'S when I panicked. If Peter Jennings sounds shocked, I should be shitting myself. RIP Pete.

You do exist! This is wonderful!

The Daily Show bit where all the correspondents pushed Anderson Cooper around at one of those national conventions was great. On a side note, all the reporter types I talk to say he's gay.

Studying biochem makes me stupid about everything else.

sweetpea, I am here simply because I am procrasting studying biochem myself.

Worst and no Nancy Grace or Geraldo Rivera?

Nancy Grace is a shallow, attention-starved, famewhore with a fantastic penchant for turning a private event or something without any national relevance into the "Look AT ME! I'm NANCY GRACE! I can yell and insinuate and make people cry in the fake-est southern accent you have heard". I HATE the woman. I really hate her. She is the lowest form of life on this planet. The woman is the human, at least I think she is human, equivalent of the flesh eating bacteria. She will destroy your soul if it gets her anywhere. She is truly the worst person in news, or in her case, sensationalist journalism. The world would be better off if she was not allowed to spew her hate-filled, woe-fully uninformed garbage on the tv. I really, really hate the woman.

Geraldo Rivera may have at one point in his career been a good or mediocre journalist. Now, he's the guy that will draw a map of a future operation in the sand on international television while stationed in Iraq, putting the lives of the men and women of the 101st Airborne at risk. Or he's the guy that will stand in the street next to the Galveston seawall during Hurrican Ike's landfall. He is an idiot. A stupid, mustachioed Idiot of the highest level. He put together skinheads, Neo-nazis, and the klan on his stupid talk show in the 80s or 90s and got beat up. He just gives journalism a bad rap.

Che Grovera: Anderson's sexuality matters mostly because all the womens drooling over him would be massively disappointed to learn he plays for the other team (if in fact he does). Not that is would stop the drooling I suspect, just make it more bittersweet.

Cooper's sexuality doesn't really matter, che . As mentioned above, it may aid in or ruin certain peoples' fantasies. It's just a tidbit I heard, and with people commenting on his dreaminess, I figured it was in the ballpark of appropriateness. Of course it has no bearing on his newsin abilities. I was just being a gossip.

S'all good, Baboon. I was just being a twit, so the karma should be about even.

Anderson is gay. Everybody knows this and nobody cares.

He's not really my type, but I really want to be best friends with him. He is awesome.

Where'd you hide the entire cast of "The View" on the loathesome list?

bucdaddy, those dumb bitches ain't news anchors. And yes, I'm including Barbara Walters in that statement. She hasn't been a proper news anchor in years.

Anderson Cooper is gay?! I'm not being facetious, I really had no idea. That makes me very sad in the pants. Crushing a girl's dreams here.

Baboon, you're going to be my new stalker? Well, fellow green suiter be ready for a challenge. I've got claymores around the perimeter of my house and a 50-cal mounted on my front porch. Keeps the kids off my lawn. You feel lucky?

Sarina, Well, spank me pink, I didn't see the "news" part of that, but the way the nets stretch the definition of "news" anymore, they might as well be. Is Katie Couric on the news or on "The View"? And does it make any difference?

PROPS for Rachel Maddow! I think Olbermann's my favorite (his "Special Comments" give me chills), but your top 3 is impeccable. And fuck O'Reilly and Beck with a huge fuggin' stick.

You can't please all the people all the time...BUT...your list is pretty good. My opinion/(does it matter?LOL)would be to add en masse all FOX (fake)NEWS empolyees to the sh-t list! Of special mention, [and I don't know how you missed this thing LOL]Sean Hannity!!! Through in him, a little Steve Douche(y), top off with the 'ole hound dog, Brit Hulme....and I think you're 100% correct.....

ps: I even agree with Pat Buchanan and I'm a true liberal....something about him I actually do enjoy listening to////probably his religious affiliation, Roman Catholic!

Well I generally have zero information on either of them. I suppose we could give it a shot... but how can I live up to expectations? I open up so much, I feel like you guys already know me but I'm coming in blind.

Thanks for including Amy Holmes. Does anyone else remember how she once shilled for (ex)Senator Frist?

"not afraid to ask the tough questions"

Um, how brave are you when you have a camera and support crew standing right there with you? What's gonna happen to you, Ahmedinejad going to take a swing at a girlie with the camera on? Not like she has just a notepad and a tape recorder and no witnesses. Those people have been known to ... disappear.

Where's Katty Kay? In my favorite fantasy, I can BBC myself with her.

Porkchop

Ok, I'm out. I need to find an easier target. Besides, you're O'Reilly's sloppy eyeball seconds anyway.

The tricky thing is that the post actually goes through almost instantly once "Post" is hit, long before the page changes. It's gone. In heavy traffic, like the debate threads for instance, with lagging servers, then it gets even more confusing and it had multiple comments all hanging together then spit out at once. If in doubt open another tab or window and see if it's come through.

Well I think there's more to journalistic courage than life and limb, plus a hostile environment's a hostile environment whether or not someone's actually aiming at you personally. That said, someone in a hot zone for Reuters is in a bit more precarious of a situation.

Grylls, I think it's spelled? I just get reminded of Sam Kinison. "No, don't give him food! He has to look hungry!!!" I'd rather watch "Fear Factor" really. I liked the show Roger Daltrey did on the History Channel about recreating historical conditions, like what it was like day-to-day on the Lewis & Clark expedition. It wasn't "how will Roger survive???", it just showed you how they did it.

I saw an open mic comic this week talking about wanting to know more about the camera operator who has to surf backwards to film competitive surfers and do a documentary with a second camera on them.

It's funny how you mistakenly placed Olberdork in the news category.

Question to the "intelligent" Obamacans here who tied racism to any conservative host, please cite examples.

Might I throw in a name for Canada's broadcasting stage? A Mr. Peter Mansbridge from CBC's The National. I am in love with his voice and with his non-partisan delivery of national and global events. When I received my bachelor's degree, he was honoured as a graduate from my uni.

I didn't get to meet him, to my great disappointment. One day, though...one day...the stalking will pay off big.

Banana, you are likely much wittier than you think. It's never the ones I expect that make it on Eloquence. I just post everywhere and hope one sticks.
The Facebook stalking is an option...

WARNING: I will be intoxicated tonight. I may say more than I should. Hopefully I won't make it back. Wish me luck?

The Facebook stalking is an option...

But without any search or filter capabilities here it's entirely impractical, let alone the random, piecemeal, locked down nature of the information that can't be searched.

Facebook stalking sucks!

I remember Anderson Cooper from ABC's overnight news... it didn't last long, because it was actually good. I may always love Anderson Cooper for his statement after showing us some football pregame hoopla (maybe it was the night before a Super Bowl) and then saying, "Thanks to (name of reporter that escapes me, not AC) for that thick-necked report..."

Anderson rules.

I agree that Nancy Grace is loathsome. I have no idea who Amy Holmes is.

You're right on target to call these folks "news personalities" - there's not a decent reporter or journalist in the electronic media today. I enjoy Keith Olberman in his bombastically ham-handed approach to the daily bests and wursts and I've been a Rachel Maddow fan since she had her morning show on Air America - I enjoy her wry observations and self-deprecating "culturally unaware" shtick. Unfortunately, putting Keith and Rachel back to back has often led to a repetitious recitation of the day's political foibles from a redundantly liberal point of view.

And meags is right, despite being "fake news" personalities, John Stewart and Stephen Colbert are often more incisive, informative and indirectly objective than any of the main-streamers who seem to have forgotten everything they ever learned about journalism, research, ethics, hard work, or the noble history of the fourth estate. "News," my ass - it's all infotainment now. I blame Geraldo.

Oh, and please add John Stossel to the list of the most unctuous, self aggrandizing, and dishonest media whores known to man.

So I didn't make it back last night. Draw your own conclusions.

I want to beat Sean Hannity with a pillowcase full of hot nickels.
Jon Stewart can come too. I can beat Hannity, and Jon can be scathingly witty at him.

Yeah, I don't know how Optimus fared, but my Goldberg device didn't work out quite as well as I had hoped. Anyone know how to get puke/blood out of sofa cushions and how one would go about splinting a turkey claw?

Yeah, I don't know how Optimus fared, but my Goldberg device didn't work out quite as well as I had hoped. Anyone know how to get puke/blood out of sofa cushions and how one would go about splinting a turkey claw?

#1 Keith Olbermann totally sucks and should be on the loathsome list.

#2 Courtney Friel also belongs on the loathsome list.

#3 Nancy Grace should be on the awesome list. She just so... angry.

And for further clarification....
Olbermann and O'Reilly are one in the same, except one has the decency, if it's the only decent scrap, to admit he just hosts an opinion show and isn't a journalist.

You should also rename this list
"Top 10 People that say stuff that prescribes to my political inclinations"

Dudes, we non-US 'jibans (etc) watch your shows, but we do not generally watch your news - either because it's mostly shite (Fox) or because most of it's not shown over here.
So, bah, humbug! to a diversion I can't take part in properly.

*slopes off muttering...*

Can we give post-humus credit to Tim Russert?

Posted by: androstarr at October 13, 2008 4:34 PM

After all the other dirt that's been flung here so far, I don't see why not.

So "liberal" equals good and "conservative" equals loathsome. Dustin Rowles, you're a pussy. Are you sure you're not Keith Olbermann? If you didn't have a vagina, you're loathsome list would've been as follows:

1a.) Bill O'Rielly
1b.) Keith Olbermann
2.) Ariana Huffington and anybody from the that glorified shit blog of hers
3.) Stephanie Miller
4.) Rush Limbaugh
5.) Jack Cafferty
6.) Ann Coulter
7.) Nancy Grace
8.) Al Franken
9.) Roland Martin
10.) Larry King

Honor mention for Paul Begala because when he's not doing his liberal cheerleading he knows what he's talking about, unfortunately this is a very rare occurrence.

And dishonorable mention for The View since they're not news personalities, they're a collection of idiots, but I still feel they warrant a nod.

Oh yeah, and Amy Holmes gives me the jungle fever. So eat a dick for even considering her loathsome!

Rachel Maddow is fine, but to put her at number one and above Keith Olbermann is a joke. First off, Rachel's show is basically a copycat of Keith's. Secondly, no one can touch Keith's Special Commentaries. He has ranted and railed against this administration like no other news person. He has spoken the truth when most other news people are afraid - and for that matter, kudos to MSNBC for not cowering.

Rachel is smart and amusing, but Keith blows her off the television screen any day of the week.

Popejenn, I too would like to climb on top of the Peter Mansbridge
Posted by: Professor of Palintology at October 11

Yesssss! I knew I wasn't alone! I'm going to start a support group.

OK, I am so late to this party.

But David Gergen and Stephanie Miller totally deserve top spots.