Hey John, I guess I'm not 'most people' as by and large most of the talking heads that have or now pop up to read the news seem to do it fairly competently. And I'm quite confident that I don't have the experience to rate anyone. 

Of course there were people (I think you at times were one of them) who complained about Peter Mansbridge. A year or so ago one columnist completely dumped on him declaring that, inherently, women were ALWAYS better interviewers than men. 

The only thing I'm sure of is when CBC finally gets out their magic wand to anoint a successor, it will be a woman.