Media blog I Want Media is taking nominations for Media Person of the Year. Last year it was Anderson Cooper. Who do our NewsBusters readers think should be the Media Person of the year?
Forget Time magazine's Person of the Year. Who should be named Media Person of the Year in I Want Media's fifth annual online poll?
Which figure in the media industry inspired the most debate, sparked the most interest, left a lasting imprint?
An influential media CEO ... a crusading journalist ... a ground-breaking blogger? Here's an opportunity to take a look back at the year in media through some of its leading (and sometimes over-the-top) personalities.
Include a brief explanation as to why the person you nominate deserves to be recognized. Your comments may be posted on the site.
The online-only poll opens Monday, Nov. 27, 2006. Be sure to check back to cast your vote.
2005 Media Person of the Year
Anderson Cooper
2004 Media Person of the Year
Jon Stewart
2003 Media Person of the Year
Bonnie Fuller
2002 Media Person of the Year
Martha Stewart
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Al Frankin - he quit while he
November 17, 2006 - 10:45 ET by FastEdAl Frankin - he quit while he was last.
Obelmiester - he's so far left he could become a Leftist Totem
Helen THomas - she's too scary, on many levels, to be ignored
Gunga Din - poster boy for the msm (Lsm)
** Actually - Jill Carroll - she didn't go "hollywood" (yet) about her capture or release. Left leaning, but had the courage to get out of the green zone and at lest try to report, even if it had an agenda attached.
There is no sense in being stupid, if you can't prove it! - my dad
BOR
November 17, 2006 - 10:58 ET by iveseenitallI believe they all stink and if they were gone tomorrow it wouldn't make one bit of difference. Not much insight or thoroughness from any of them.Their need to appeal to the masses taints their work. Nonetheless, my vote goes to BOR. He brings some interesting stories to the fore and he crusades for children.
NEVER,NEVER trust a liberal
Katie Katie Katie Katie Katie
November 17, 2006 - 11:18 ET by kwBOR can get on the nerves som
November 17, 2006 - 15:13 ET by FastEdBOR can get on the nerves sometimes - Is he still looking forthe guy who sets the gas proces? For a smart guy, that has got to be the dumbest things he's ever said.
There is no sense in being stupid, if you can't prove it! - my dad
Person of the Year
November 17, 2006 - 11:05 ET by H.I. McDunnoughAnn Coulter. Her Godless book and the passing comment about the Jersey Girls had the libs in a hissy!!!
Greg, while these are all fin
November 17, 2006 - 10:56 ET by bassndudeGreg, while these are all fine, fine nominations, I must nominate Al Franken.
Save a SeAL, club a liberal!!
Media Person
November 17, 2006 - 11:07 ET by PeterDIt has to be Keithie Olberman, the poster boy of the Kos generation. The Lucky Lindy of the Looney Left. I always imagine him wearing big floppy bunny slippers under his desk while he goes off on his Special Comments.
He's so paranoid lately, he won't even wear powder blue anymore.
Keith Olberman is to journalism what Dr. Mengele was to medicine.
The dogs pee, and the caravan tips over.
(not a proverb)
It's gotta be Muhammad Al Kil
November 17, 2006 - 11:12 ET by mattmIt's gotta be Muhammad Al Killalldajews Ali Blabba El Camelpoopidad, of CNN affiliate Al Jazeera.
Laura Ingrahm Nuke em til t
November 17, 2006 - 11:20 ET by Dan The Man 2Laura Ingrahm
Nuke em til they glow then shoot em in the dark. -- save my gun, shoot a liberal.
It will be Olbermann. All t
November 17, 2006 - 11:22 ET by Steve L.It will be Olbermann. All the idiots in the world are in love with him.
Ann Coulter
November 17, 2006 - 11:24 ET by buddycAnn Coulter
Sean Connery, you now have permission to die.
November 17, 2006 - 11:28 ET by Guy Arthur ThomasA sentimental vote (but not my official vote) for Media Person of the Year is...Daniel Craig the new James Bond 007. Already he is exploding and he will prove to be the replacement for Sean Connery...hence, Sean Connery, you now have permission to die. On the big screen for 007 films Sean never had his replacement. There was"One Act" George Lazenby who was replaced by "Terrible" Timothy Dalton. Roger Moore , who provided the perfect second Bond contrasting Connery's portrayal, was replaced by Pierce Brosnan who furthered the the Moore-styled Bond, cementing this templete as one that is succesful and entertaining and to be expected in the future. But a replacement for Connery never surfaced...until now with Daniel Craig. Craig is the ultra-Bond, the new hero who not only will wear the number 007 but do so in a style that respects yet heightens the first generation big screen Bond displayed in the grand talent of Sean Connery. And don't kid yourself, Craig isn't a mere doppelganger for Connery, he is indeed his own Bond as well so go get 'em Daniel, just don't turn out to be a fag, ok?
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Just seen it this morning.C
November 17, 2006 - 12:15 ET by Jack BauerJust seen it this morning.
Craig get five out five. Top notch. You really believe this guy will kick the crap out of you at a moment's notice. He's also an excellent actor.
Screenplay -- four out of five. Solid, mimimalist, self-deprecating and loses the corny "groaners".
Movie -- about 15 minutes too long.
Stunts -- spectacular but not idiotic. There's a 15 minute foot chase that's more intense than most car chases. And the finale in Venice in terrific.
Look out for a one second cameo of Richard Branson going thru the metal detector at Miama-Dade airport.
All in all -- it's back to basic Bond. A winner.
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poor man's bond
November 17, 2006 - 12:30 ET by tumblerHe represents the crude sort of Limey. There's a market for it (bond market?)--
No one can ever top Sean Connery in the role. He played chemin der fer. This guy plays Poker. If that's nicer, then watch the Cincinnatti Kid, or old Charles Bronson flicks.
Can't deny this guy's tough-looking. Have you fellows seen Nacho-- Super Nacho?
Chemin de fer? Sorry, thou
November 17, 2006 - 12:50 ET by Jack BauerChemin de fer?
Sorry, though this Casino Royale is Bond rewind and start all over, it IS set in August 2006, not 1956.
That means Texas Hold 'Em rules I'm afraid. But this Bond is no flop.
Though the foot chase takes place on the river, and he's on the turn in the Venice canals.
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Saw him in The Layer Cake, ex
November 17, 2006 - 12:43 ET by Dan The Man 2Saw him in The Layer Cake, exccelent movie and good acting.
Nuke em til they glow then shoot em in the dark. -- save my gun, shoot a liberal.
see the croupier?
November 17, 2006 - 12:52 ET by tumblerClive Owen, another Brit with the style would've been a good choice for Bond. Did anyone see his movie, The Croupier? Real good.
Tie: George Allen and Mark Fo
November 17, 2006 - 11:46 ET by truth_missileTie: George Allen and Mark Foley - Clearly the heroes of the Media - even though it only merited mention, they gave the MSM something to run day after day for months straight, building and regurgitating the same flimsy crap until it became a story.
Tony Snow
November 17, 2006 - 12:13 ET by sembyTony Snow
Its got to be Rush Limbaugh.
November 17, 2006 - 12:23 ET by jdhawkIts got to be Rush Limbaugh. He has the largest audience of anybody in the business. It's larger than any of the drive-by media's nightly news anchors and he beats the talking heads during prime time TV by miles. Meanwhile, he has great insights into the news and events political, social and economic. Besides, his acerbic wit is hilarious!
Its got to be Rush Limbaugh.
November 17, 2006 - 12:23 ET by jdhawkIts got to be Rush Limbaugh. He has the largest audience of anybody in the business. It's larger than any of the drive-by media's nightly news anchors and he beats the talking heads during prime time TV by miles. Meanwhile, he has great insights into the news and events political, social and economic. Besides, his acerbic wit is hilarious!
Rush...
November 17, 2006 - 12:36 ET by Guy Arthur ThomasRush will continue to be a leader in conservative social and political commentary but a significant amount of respect that he had with independents has been diminished...I'd wait a while before seving up too much Rush. But the show is far from over, just the honeymoon.
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Radley Balko. Like it or no
November 17, 2006 - 13:01 ET by sarcasmoRadley Balko. Like it or not, it's not every blogger (much less MSM "journalist"!) whose writing can pretty much singlehandedly overturn a bad verdict & take a man off Death Row...Radley did it, and to his credit he covered the whole story with superior writing in a fair and balanced way, despite various aspects of the story which repelled both the left-biased & right-biased segments of the news media. Radley may have saved an innocent life. Is anything more important than that?
JMR
may have saved an innocent life
November 17, 2006 - 13:04 ET by Free StinkerRadley may have saved an innocent life. Is anything more important than that?
Nope. That's pretty much at the top of the list.
Prediction: He won't win, a
November 17, 2006 - 13:10 ET by sarcasmoPrediction: He won't win, and somebody annoying (probably Olberturd, if I had to guess) who did something less-important will. If Radley won, the news media -- left & right -- would need to face the fact that despite their Tookie-fixation just months earlier, in this case antiLibertarian bias precluded anything remotely resembling fair coverage. None of 'em wants to admit that, so I've spent the last few months here admitting it for them. And for some reason, nobody's thanked me! :)
JMR
Prediction: He won't win, a
November 19, 2006 - 13:51 ET by DontFeedTheTrollsPrediction: He won't win, and somebody annoying (probably Olberturd, if I had to guess) who did something less-important will.
Can you say Katie Couric, Queen of NewsLite (with two sugars, please)?
DSG
nominating mel gibson
November 19, 2006 - 14:09 ET by tumblerMel Gibson was a darling of the media in 2006; and always shall be, IMHO.
If he isn't chosen, you know who'll be blamed. Jews.
Come on; lighten up, Pals . . .
Chris Wallace/Interview with
November 17, 2006 - 18:35 ET by bigtimerChris Wallace/Interview with Clintoon
Michael Yon.At one point he w
November 17, 2006 - 18:49 ET by BDMichael Yon.
At one point he was the only person daring to embed himself as a journalist in a combat unit for longer than a weekend.
His reporting on the 2ID troops out of Fort Lewis is far superior to anything be covered ANYWHERE else in the GWOT.
News Award
November 17, 2006 - 19:25 ET by pbthinkerI believe the whole news staff, at the Washington Post, should get this award. Any organization that can take the word "macaca" and turn it into a racial epithet, and use it as a springboard to attack and force an incumbent Senator to lose a race against a political unknown, has to get an award.
It can't be just one person since, with all the headlines, stories and editorials, there had to be a concerted effort on the part of the whole news staff, to accomplish this. Let's face it, if you can get as much mileage as the Post did, with one word, and have a politician tap-dancing around for a month when no one in the state knows what the word means, you're really doing something.
So, here's to the Washington Post, the MSM champions of the year.
I second that pb!Nothing made
November 17, 2006 - 19:38 ET by bigtimerI second that pb!
Nothing made me madder, still does, along with the msm carrying the water right up to election night...Ubermann announcing the numbers for George "Macaca" Allen and Webb race at the time of the election was something I will never forget, he is disgusting, all of the msm is...it was early in the evening yet when he and Matthews came on the air and he chose those words to start with! Despicable.
Person Of The Year
November 17, 2006 - 21:15 ET by pocomocoThe Media, because they effected the results of a national election, and, as such, should be re-named: The Imperial Press.
Green Helmet
November 18, 2006 - 01:17 ET by n2soonersGreen Helmet
Media Person of the Year
November 19, 2006 - 13:20 ET by SanityClauseRoger Ailes, president of the Fox News Channel:
I think it is fitting on the tenth anniversary of Fox News Channel to salute Roger Ailes. While the On-Air personalities usually get the credit, shouldn't the big player behind the major cable news channel get recognized?