The Talking Heads

Leaving aside the comedians, knaves and complete fools--mostly of the late night variety--such as Colbert, Stewart, Olbermann, Letterman and Garafalo, I am listing below my view of the best and the worst of mainstream broadcast journalism and punditry. Of course I invite alternative points of view.

The Best in descending order:

1. Neil Cavuto

2. Charles Krauthammer

3. Brit Hume

4. Joe Scarborough

5. Carl Cameron

6. Juan Williams

7. Brian Ross

8. Harold Ford

9. Chris Wallace

10. George Will

The Worst (with the very worst being number one below):

1. Chris Matthews

2. Christianne Amanpour

3. Paul Krugman

4. Matt Lauer

5. Joy Behar

6. Piers Morgan

7. Al Sharpton

8. Mike Barnicle

9. Gloria Borger

10. Norah O'Donnell