At the MSNBC afterparty for the White House Correspondents Dinner, a bunch of guests who walked by were asked who in their opinion was the most influential journalist? Given that many of those stopped were NBC employees, it’s no wonder that Brian Williams frequently topped the list. However, there were definitely some other unique and surprising suggestions.

Most journalists laughed at the question and just named someone at their own network or no one at all. Yet CNN’s Eliot Spitzer and Suzanne Malveaux were going rogue and each picked someone not at CNN. Malveaux chose CBS’ Lara Logan while Spitzer also chose Williams, as he displayed some envy about how large of a nightly audience Williams gets. Yet the most intriguing responses came from the political odd couple of Chris Matthews and Sarah Palin.

The few first few names suggested by the left-leaning Matthews as being the most influential were Peggy Noonan, George Will and Charles Krauthammer. That may explain why Matthews questioned the intelligence of Republican presidential candidates since he’s more accustomed to the three respected conservative intellectuals. As for Palin, she smartly tried to dodge the question, probably conscious of the fact that whoever she said would be analyzed and ridiculed. However, then Andrea Mitchell and Greta Van Susteren walked into the picture and Palin humorously declared “Greta! Greta Van Susteren is the most influential journalist!”

Watch the clip below from NBCUniversal Direct:

(h/t Politico)