06-01-2004 17:44									#1
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Mine would have to be Gwynne Dyer. I've been reading his columns for years and his book Ignorant Armies was one of the best reads on the Iraq war.

I like his upfront and unpretentious style which I prefer to the more elaborate style of people like Tom Friedman.

I still have a soft spot for Hunter S Thompson though. His Nixon obituary must surely rank as one of the finest ever written. My favourite lines:

quote: Some of my best friends have hated Nixon all their lives. My mother hates Nixon, my son hates Nixon, I hate Nixon, and this hatred has brought us together. Nixon laughed when I told him this. "Don't worry," he said, "I, too, am a family man, and we feel the same way about you."

quote: Nixon was a navy man, and he should have been buried at sea. Many of his friends were seagoing people: Bebe Rebozo, Robert Vesco, William F. Buckley Jr., and some of them wanted a full naval burial. These come in at least two styles, however, and Nixon's immediate family strongly opposed both of them. In the traditionalist style, the dead president's body would be wrapped and sewn loosely in canvas sailcloth and dumped off the stern of a frigate at least 100 miles off the coast and at least 1,000 miles south of San Diego, so the corpse could never wash up on American soil in any recognizable form

quote: If the right people had been in charge of Nixon's funeral, his casket would have been launched into one of those open-sewage canals that empty into the ocean just south of Los Angeles. He was a swine of a man and a jabbering dupe of a president. Nixon was so crooked that he needed servants to help him screw his pants on every morning. Even his funeral was illegal. He was queer in the deepest way. His body should have been burned in a trash bin.

edit: you can read the whole thing here.

	06-01-2004 18:07									#2
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We used to have a journalist in the OT (apart from Evil Knevil and paiktis nowadays). His name was Sahib.

Anyone remember Sahib? He's in the HR (Hessischer Rundfunk) in case anyone cares

	06-01-2004 18:09									#3
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Christopher Hitchens

	06-01-2004 18:10									#4
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my personal: I've got no favourites, but some I like, most are from public though

and since this will end up a debate among American people anyway, I'll say Riz Khan from CNN because of the funny name

	06-01-2004 18:14									#5
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Jabbering dupe? Nixon?

	06-01-2004 18:19									#6
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quote: Originally posted by Berzerker Christopher Hitchens

I'm shocked.

	06-01-2004 18:22									#7
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Pat Robertson

	06-01-2004 18:24									#8
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That's about as legitimate as Hunter S. Thompson, going by that sample.

	06-01-2004 18:32									#9
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quote: Originally posted by The Mad Monk That's about as legitimate as Hunter S. Thompson, going by that sample.

You are missing the point with Hunter MM. He's the "gonzo" journalist. It's not supposed to be objective, that's what makes it fun.

	06-01-2004 18:39									#10
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Is he supposed to understand the words he's using?

	06-01-2004 18:41									#11
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That Ebert guy who does movie reviews for the Chicago Sun Times.

He's amazing. Simply amazing.

	06-01-2004 19:36									#12
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Robert Fisk, clearly.

-Arrian

	06-01-2004 20:04									#13
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I'm not sure I would consider Hitchens a jounalist, but he's one of my favorite commentators.

Christian Amanpour is certainly an excellent journalist though.