Those Political Talk Show Pundits
Published May 16, 2005
Okay, Kaitlyn, more grandmother notes about the pundits who would shape and opinionate our world. Though they sit on their mighty perches at the head of the network and cable conference tables, they are no smarter than Grandmother sitting right here, writing this missive to sweet granddaughter whilst clad in pajamas. Okay, not pajamas but I did sleep in my attire last night so it should count.
Thus comes the time for Grandmother to immortalize the current crop of televised political pundits in this year of our Lord, Kaitlyn. Should some still be around during your time sweet granddaughter, well then you will know what Grandmother thinks of them.
For the hell of it, Grandmother will list them in the order of how good she thinks they are. Beginning with:
Brit Hume-host of Fox News at 6pm my time. Perhaps Grandmother so adores Brit because he is: handsome, articulate, fair and balanced. Grandmother would marry Brit Hume should he ask her. Hume has the ability to smile and pat the liberals at his round table who would spout silly talking points, accurately point out the fallacy of their lies, introduce the funny late show political jokes that we may smile along with him and oh, did Grandmother say he was handsome?
Second Best: Tim Russert. Russert is, and has been, host of the vaunted Meet the Press for many years. Plenty of conservative types do not like Russert, Kaitlyn, and perhaps rightfully so. He does carry that soiled badge of having worked so long for the lame stream media and the disbelief associated with that of late.
By Grandmother, Russert does about a fair a job as he can considering the restraints of his medium and the diversity of his audience. He does not broadcast across the more conservative Fox air waves thus must at least appear to be on everybody's side. Were Russert a Fox commentator Grandmother would hate him. But as a single representative of the main stream media (NBC) Grandmother considers his longevity, likeability and almost fair presentation of the issues, and ranks Russert as a solid professional likely to still be hosting when Kaitlyn decides to tune in.
Next: John Gibson. Gibson is host of the Fox 5 o'clock news segment and if nothing else, Kaitlyn, one has to love the man's hair. Beyond that, Gibson gets too little ballyhoo on that conservative network though he does a great job. He ends each show with a segment called "My Word" and most time Grandmother agrees with his word.
- Those Political Talk Show Pundits
- Published: May 16, 2005
- Type: Opinion
- Section: Politics
- Filed Under: Books: Politics and Affairs, Video: Television
- Writer: Patfish
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I agree with ERic. From where I stand, politicaly, MAthews is way right.
If he is indeed a visable and biased representative of the left in America, than I feel feel awfully depressed about America's prospects for the future.
PErsonally I think Mathews is an idiot as are most pundits on TV. They arn't hired for thier intelligence or their objective journalism, they are hired because they are entertaining and intriguing.
Anyone who watches fox news has given up on watching objective journalism anyway. They are simply tuning in to have someone re-confirm what they already beleive. its lame.
Chris Matthews spent his formative years as a speechwriter for President Carter and was a senior aide to Tip O'Neill. Just sayin', you know?
Do you think its possible that he wrote lefty speeches without neccesarily without believing much of what he wrote?
I mean, if I were hired by GWB to write speeches I would take the gig despite my hatred of the man. It's a career opportunity.
Perhaps its unlikely? I dont know...
In the imperfect world of punditry, Chris Matthews is the least imperfect. I say that because he doesn't let guests evade questions by answering something else. I find it frustrating when a question is asked and a guest is allowed to evade the issue and talk about something else -- thinking that no one will notice. It's his show and Matthews controls it.
I agree -- it's that quality and his passion for pure politics that keeps me watching.





Brit Hume has liberals at his table?
I love Matthews. If he has a liberal bias, he hides it really well.
I'm switching this over the politics section as that seems most appropriate for the subject matter.