The Week’s Top 25 TV Reporters Ranked by Twitter Followers

5. Rachel Nichols – 36,165 Followers

Typical Tweet: Rams Billy Devaney on trade talks w/other teams for top pick: “There’s been a couple, but there hasn’t been this massive movement, trust me”

4. Jake Tapper – 46,588 Followers

Typical Tweet: It’s the Eyjafjallajokull of the Tiger, it’s the cream of the crop…

3. Chris Mortensen – 70,592 Followers

Typical Tweet: OK, I will not say Brett Favre’s name again. Brett Favre is not part of this draft, Brett Favre is not facing suspension, Brett Favre is…

2. Chris Cuomo – 1,006,323 Followers

Typical Tweet: Mother of man charged with killing florida 7yo somer thompson says her son was with her when child disappeared…alibi? Tonight on 20/20

1. John Donvan – 1,368,675 Followers

Typical Tweet: so tonight I interview Elmo. Yes…that Elmo. Red. Furry. It’s why I went into journalism. It’s on @nightline.

And there we are. That’s our Top 25 TV Reporters ranked by their Twitter followers. If anything else, it’s indisputable proof that all of those fancy people on TV with the great hair can make indecipherable abbreviations just as well as the rest of us. So keep watching the news, everybody! And, I guess, keep watching your Twitter feeds as well.

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