John Prendergast Does Not Know A Person Whom He Trusts Greatly

The Washington Post thought it would be a good idea to ask some public figures who they thought would meet the Cronkite level of trustworthiness. There were some good answers, some that left you thinking what on earth was the person thinking, and then there was this one that just stood out like a sore thumb for so many reasons. I wish I was making this quote from John Prendergast in a Washington Post article up...

"There are a few. Joel Osteen: Americans are looking increasingly to the pulpit for spiritual direction in uncertain times, and the biggest televangelist-author of all of them is Osteen. Chris Berman, HBO: If you are a sports fan, and there are tens of millions of them in the U.S., this choice requires no explanation. When the Boomer speaks, people listen. Oprah Winfrey: One of the tag lines of the 21st century has become, 'It must be true; I heard it on Oprah.' "

I can hear Homer Simpson in the background letting out a big, fat "D'OH!"

(Hat tip to kt1000 for indirectly pointing this out to me by telling me to check out a post on Keith Olbermann's Baseball Nerd post about the Mets, Yankees, and Johan Santana)