Oprah, Letterman, O'Reilly & Leno: Harris Poll's top 5 TV personalities

[linazelle]

In that order. I think Oprah deserves it. She's recently redeemed herself IMHO by focusing the world's attention on the AIDs epidemic in South Africa. Her politics are questionable but her concern for humanity and her philanthropy are not.

Letterman has leveraged his career, IMHO, on bringing some balance to the partisan politics in the "liberal" media--even if it's only thru jokes.

O'Reilly....well, we all know what he stands for.

Leno...:puke:


The poll seems, on the surface, to have named a balanced group: two rabid conservatives along with two progressive/liberal types. You'd think this would translate into balance in the media. A look closer at the contents of these winners' shows, and it seems to these people epitomize the state of the media today. While Oprah and Letterman are humane and Letterman brings some balance to late night TV, very little time is spent on either of their shows addressing the serious political issues facing this country. Of course, their formats don't necessarily lend themselves to politics.

On the other hand, Leno unabashedly flaunts his political views nightly. And of course he and O'Reilly spend a considerable amount of time cheerleading, flag-wrapping and ignoring truths in order to promote the right's skewed views to the detriment of the nation.

Do you agree or disagree?

[JailForBush]

1. Oprah Winfrey's just another media whore.

I used to think she was a class act - until she did a program on the late Seattle Schools Superintendent John Stanford (the George Bush of public education). I e-mailed her program, requesting some input, because I knew the Seattle Chamber of Commerce was going to feed her every lie in the book. But no one ever replied, and Oprah fed the public a bucket of PR shit. Ditto for Niteline. I crossed both programs off my list.

[Skittles]

6. how about her extreme whore job for AHNOLD

very sickening

[vi5]

2. O'Reilly? How does someone with 2 million viewers...

on a channel that averages 3 million viewers (less than 10% of the population) get that high a ranking?

[ProfessorGAC]

5. It's 1% of the Population, Not 10%

Which actually puts an exclamation point on your statement.
The Professor

[November 2004]

3. The Harris Poll

must be flawed...actually, it's probably the people they poll!

Top 5 T.V. Personalities:

Jon Stewart

Keith Olbermann

John Burris

David Letterman (will never forget his shows after 9/11)

Colonel Allard (MSRNC consultant and dead ringer for Dr. Strangelove; he is unintentionally hilarious)

[revcarol]

4. O'Lielly will be pissed.

He considers himself above the "personality" level, as if he really had something to offer...

[Bandit]

7. After the Cover Story on Newsweek's double issue about Jon Stewart

I'm surprised he didn't make the list. Newsweek has him down as "Sizzling Hot" The guy to watch for politics. It was a good article.