Gurus Rack Up Ratings With Love and Hate

Who is America's most-watched pundit? Not the politico that most might think

By Sophie Goldstein

Posted Sep 25, 2007 7:09 PM CDT

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Pundits—political and cultural commentators with big opinions—are today's media darlings and Nielsen lightning rods. Forbes picks the loudest, most volatile and incendiary, i.e.: the ones we love to watch:

Roger Ebert
Bill Maher
Bill O'Reilly

Al Franken
Geraldo Riviera
Rosie O'Donnell
Leonard Maltin
Greta Van Susteren
Lou Dobbs
Bill Walton

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