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who asks the hard questions and gets beyond the "normal" information that we hear everyday...
2006-10-21 18:51:55 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
oh... and give us a little bit of why you think that...
2006-10-21 18:54:35 · update #1
yeah.... I was watching stweart interview john ashcroft... a fellow I didn't really care that much for... and I'll be d*mned if I didn't almost kind of like the guy afterward... I still don't agree with his policies, but I really could kind of see where he was coming from a lot better after the interview...
it was kind of a side of ashcroft that I hadn't seen before... and for a "liberal" comentator to bring that out.... I find that impressive...
2006-10-21 19:01:03 · update #2
cindiloo: yeah... that's some tough interviews... which is impressive...
2006-10-21 19:04:38 · update #3
Christiane Amanpour --does her homework and goes for the throat if she's talking to a dictator.
Mike Wallace of 60 minutes is another tiger (he's retiring now).
WORST --softball lofting Barbara Walters --ugh!
2006-10-21 18:56:59 · answer #1 · answered by urbancoyote 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I was always a fan of Ted Koppel. He didn't avoid the hard questions. Nightline was the one show where you could see two people on opposite sides of an issue face off without the host taking sides.
I saw Koppel once giving a speech to journalism students at Georgetown. One of the students asked him if he was Democrat or Republican. His response was something like "I've been on television every night for 20 years. I've talked to pretty much everybody about pretty much everything. And my WIFE doesn't know if I'm a Democrat or a Republican. That, to me, is the definition of a journalist." Go Ted!
But I agree that Diane Sawyer has a better manner for getting people to open up.
2006-10-22 02:25:48 · answer #2 · answered by Chredon 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
jon stewart. he's the only news guy on tv that i trust. its pretty scary when the guy on the fake news is the most honest guy there is, and he's been getting really big names, and talking to them a lot more openly than you're gonna see on most networks. its funny how some networks will call themselves things like "fair and balanced" but they ask questions like this:
former president - why didnt you do more to stop osama?
current sec. of state - so, do you date??
yeah, that seems balanced.... maybe we can ask her some more questions, like "why dont you remember the meeting when you were warned about terrorism plots before 9/11, even though the white house documented that you were there??"
2006-10-22 01:59:17 · answer #3 · answered by hellion210 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Barbara Walters overall.
John Stewart does quite well, considering his show began as a typical comedy spoof and now makes valid educated points about politics on the side.
2006-10-22 05:58:47 · answer #4 · answered by Cub6265 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The best is by far Diane Sawyer. A lady in every respect. Intelligent, empathic, and knows her stuff. I have always adored her methods in interviewing and her sympathy/empathy in dealing with the countless horrible situations she has brought to the world's attention. We can believe her because she is so real.
2006-10-22 02:02:23 · answer #5 · answered by cindiloo 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
John Stewart.
2006-10-22 01:55:44 · answer #6 · answered by imnogeniusbutt 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Chris Matthews
I like him b/c he's a registered Independent who doesn't care which party he's skewering. If it's shifty he's asking questions, and a lot of them.
2006-10-22 04:31:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Bill O'Reilly, hands down. Most fair and balanced man on the planet.
have to go, I think the cyborg is coming.
2006-10-22 02:27:15 · answer #8 · answered by truth seeker 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Rush 100%.
2006-10-22 01:57:05 · answer #9 · answered by nailbrian 1 · 0⤊ 4⤋
mike tyson
2006-10-22 01:59:17 · answer #10 · answered by Red Eye 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋