On Bloomberg TV's new show With All Due Respect, host Mark Halperin asked White House spokesman Josh Earnest “Who’s the most consistently delightful reporter in the White House press corps that you deal with?”

At first Earnest demurred, saying he would "tarnish the reputation" of whoever he identified. Finally, he named Jonathan Karl. Mediaite says of the answer:"Yes, the same Jonathan Karl who regularly puts Earnest on the hot seat as one of the toughest reporters in the room, most recently over the White House response to ISIS."

Earnest elaborated, “Jon Karl is consistently the nicest, friendliest, most direct guy, down to Earth, friendliest individual you’d ever want to meet.”