TV - Jim Lehrer.

Ya he's no Bill Orielly or Dan Rather, but I think he has establish his brand as being fair not especially cutting edge.

Print - not sure, does internet count?

Brit Hume, no contest.

Dang. Chuck beat me to it. Print? Isikoff maybe?

Brit Hume - I have to agree. The best right now.

1. Dan Rather
2. Dana Milbank

Oops, I see you said trust the most. My bad.

Seriously, trust has to be earned, and there's no one of national stature in television or print media who has managed to earn my trust.

1. Brit Hume
2. Don't read the stinky papers...they're for the puppy

None of them, really. I prefer to get my news through the web aggregators like Google News or Yahoo. Google is especially valuable, because I can get the story from multiple sources. After that, it's places like Instapundit and LGF, which will often have more obscure stuff that I may have missed. Then, finally, I begin to get the picture. TV news is mostly for things like live coverage or really cool video.

Ironically, the process is somewhat slower than simply listening to someone tell me what's going on, but leaves me loads more informed. Once you get used to it, it's hard to listen to any TV coverage without realizing just how thin it really is.

1. Chris Wallace - he is balanced in his reporting and goes after both sides equally.

2. Print: No one.

1. That guy on SNL
2. Bill Amend (of Foxtrot fame)

And I'm serious.....

In either category, no single one.

Tempted to say Bill Murray and Gilda Radner but that was decades ago and a version of "Point/Counterpoint"

Seriously, Brit Hume is the only answer.

Hume in a heartbeat

Hume and Memeorandum

1. Chris Wallace or Jim Lehrer (Wallace doesn't necessarily qualify as an anchor).

2. Michael Dobbs and/or Howard Kurtz. Slight edge to Dobbs who seems to always buck the liberal media bent of the day without sounding like he's being contrary. Rowan Scarborough for the WashTimes is consistently voted as one of the most balanced in blind reader tests.

TV-Lehrer
Print-John Burns, NYT

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MORT KONDRACKE!

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Mort's not an anchor! But if he was, he'd be the best damn anchor in the world!

Brit Hume

Jim Lehrer???? No way. Try watching him before your evening cocktail.

Brit Hume is my hero. I am a Hume-aniac.

As an alternate I would say Chris Wallace or Jeff Greenfield.

Print: Burns or Isakoff, but this choice is like choosing pistols or swords.

Besides Hume, I also like Tony Snow and Chris Matthews....er, uh, I mean Wallace.

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Bill, you said pick an alternate. My first thought was "You mean there's another anchor besides Britt Hume?"

I guess if I had to pick , I'd say Glenn Reynolds. He acts, for my part, as a news anchor to me. Britt's the onl one I watch on TV, if I watch TV.

Lou Dobbs!!!
Chris Mathews!!

Sorry I can't think of one who doesn't show his bias either right or left.

Brit Hume

followed by Chris Wallace and Tony Snow as alternates

Rumsfeld.

They'd have to have a crash cart on hand for the guests though.

I know he's not really an anchor, but I like Bill O'Rielly. But if I've got to pick an anchor, I'll go with Chris Wallace.

As for print -- it goes straight to the birdcage and I don't even have a bird.

Television:
1. Brit Hume
2. Shepard Smith

Print:
Almost anybody at the "Washington Times."

My favorite on-air "biased" commentator?
Nancy Grace of Court TV!

Not a single female? Unbelievable. Both of these are anchors, and I can watch both and be totally ignorant as to their political leanings. Not to mention that they're both quite visually pleasing.

1. Jane Skinner
2. Dori Alexander

Oh, my bad, I guess someone did say Gilda Radner. :-)

Not even close...Laurie Dhue.

OK Britt Hume and Shepard Smith are unbiased but Laurie Dhue is clearly the most talented news anchor. She should have a larger show on Fox.

1. Brit Hume (alternate: Chris Wallace)

2. Byron York.

Definitely Burns among the print media. The guy is totally fearless. The best TV guy is Russert, but he's not an anchor. Lester Holt of MSNBC isn't too bad.

1. Brit Hume. And he is the consummate gentleman.

2. Print: Michael Dobbs of the Washington Post. Very unbiased. Likes the hunt but not for partisan reasons.

Brit Hume would be #1 still.

Tony Snow for alternate.

On-Air: Brit Hume
Print: No longer contending.

Blogs: jim geraghty

geraghty, is that you?

Hmmmmm, does anyone watch anything beyond FNC?

Me neither.
Hume, followed by Wallace/Snow

I watch CNN in the mornings. I get the impression that the Fox & Friends anchors are functional illiterates.

News Anchor: Brit Hume

Print Media: My answer is "The entire staff of the Wall Street Journal", both hard news and the editorial page balance each other nicely.

Print - James Lileks of course.

TV - Have to go with C-Span instead of (note did not say raTHer than) any individual.

Brit Hume without a doubt.
Tony Snow for alternate.

Best print would have to be Mark Steyn

Laurie Dhue-hooo-hooo!

Well, he's not an anchor, but john Stossel is one of the few reporters on TV, major networks or cable, for whom I have a high degeree of respect.

Brit Hume, Tony Snow - absolutely. Followed by other fox subs.

Sorry, can't think of anyone on the Big Three, CNN, or MSNBC worthy of my trust. I suppose, if push comes to shove, Tom Brokaw is quite better than the others.

As for print - why, you, of course. :-)

Ok, after looking over the other comments (um, would have smart to do that first, I suppose), I have to concur that Jane Skinner and Laurie Dhue are awesome.

Rotating coverage with Brit Hume, Tony Snow, Chris Wallace, Jane Skinner, and Laurie Dhue - that would rock.

Bill: I agree, I work in a nameless DC area federal agency building, and Fox n' Friends are piped through every single morning. Fox and Friends talking about current events is like listening to my co-workers talking about computers:

"I bought a computer yesterday, it has uh, about 900 megahertz of ram"

Everyone else:

Brit Hume is a'ight, but Tony Snow? How can you even pretend to call him the face of objective, unbiased reporting? The man sits in for Rush regularly. I'm a fairly conservative guy - and I'm not trying to equivocate, but someone like Snow performing an interview on a Democrat is not unlike Rather interviewing a Republican.

At least nobody mistook Hannity for an anchor. :-D

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And, yep...you just reminded me. I forgot to switch over my email address at PayPal.

Brit Hume; Tony Snow; Jim Engle and the Fox News crew in general.

I haven't listened to Martha ? enough but for the little I have, I have liked her.

Britt Hume and Lester Holt

Print - Issikoff (sp?), Dobbs

Print - Issikoff (sp?), Dobbs

TV: Brit Hume, Shepard Smith
Print: Mark Steyn, Thomas Sowell

Surprisingly enough I agree with the one peson who dared include an MSNBC anchor. I agree that Lester Holt is pretty balanced. I'll go with Shepard Smith and Lester Holt.

As far as AM is concerned, I can't stand ANY of those Ninnies. Cold Pizza on ESPN2. You haven't lived until you've laughed your rear off at Kit Hoover trying to link sports to the RNC....

TV: Charles Osgood
Print: Michael Dobbs, possibly Ron Fournier.

Brit Hume, Lester Holt and Shepard Smith; perhaps three of the best ever beamed from vaporville. Printwise, Byron York, Steven F. Hayes.. There is some exciting talent breaking through once you get away from the Luvox Lounge of the MSM illuminati.

Brit Hume
Tony Snow
Shepard Smith

and for dessert.... :)

Patti Ann Browne

TV: I gotta go with the crowd on Hume. Alternate: Hume in a different suit.

Print: Does Christopher Hitchens count as print?

Actually, Bill...it seems that my entire email account had dropped from the Comcast system. It has been repaired now.

Thanks for the heads up!