I really like “tough guy” names for reporters. The gold standard in this matter is Wolf Blitzer. Stone Phillips is a close runner-up. Who else is out there gettin’ the scoops with a name that says “I can and will kick your ass”?
Is it just names, or general badassitude you’re looking for?
I love the consumer affairs reporters who are graduates of the Mike Wallace school of journo. You know, the kind that will run down Joe Dipshit when it’s discovered that he has SLIME IN THE ICE MACHINE! (Marvin Zindler voice).
Hippy Hollow: I was thinking strictly names, as 1) I really doubt that Wolf and Stone kick very much ass; 2) I’m not likely to know all of the reporters (hopefully) being named.
There are two Israeli reporters with terrific names, although only one could be considered “tough”. The first (the tough one) is a field correspondent for Channel 10 News called** Chico Menasheh**.
The second writes online. His name? Attila Shumplebee.
Shumplbee Tuna!
Why… I don’t know.
Kent Brockman!
That’s tough and cute at the same time, which is hard to pull off.
Better a Lou Cannon than a loose cannon, I guess…
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