A lot of what makes Kornacki unwatchable is the camera work.

[Atman]

They do the spooky haunted house camera, constantly zooming in and out and moving around. It exaggerates his already kinda hyper movement. He really hasn't changed much since the days when he was a DU Darling. But now he is standing in front of a Spooky Cam.

Just my humble opinion.

[ProudLib72]

1. How do you make statistics fun?

Remember Perot's pie charts and graphs? Now THAT was entertainment!


BTW: I can't watch him either.

[manor321]

2. It's actually his complete lack of a moral center

If Hitler were running against Mister Rogers, Kornacki would just be going through the numbers as a horse race without any comment whatsoever on the policies of the two sides.

"Hitler proposed his final solution and now he's up two points in WakaWaka county! This may turn out to be a successful strategy!" - Steve Kornacki

[USALiberal]

5. That is his job, wait for editorial segments if you need them. Nt

[Corvo Bianco]

6. Yes this is precisely when I pushed power off last week

Who needs noise for the sake of that gleeful boy's hype week

[PCIntern]

7. I laughed out loud.

Very funny! Thanks!

[dewsgirl]

3. I hate when he is a fill in. But on election nights

I switch between him and John King. His enthusiasm for his job is inspiring. He is a quite math genius.

[Wellstone ruled]

4. What makes this Guy so unwatchable is his use of the Gish Gallop.

140 words per minute doing informational Stand Up does not work. But this is the new TV go to programming model in use.

[renate]

8. I enjoy his enthusiasm... and he knows his stuff

I don’t look to statistics people for editorial content.

[a kennedy]

9. I actually like him as well.......

[lapfog_1]

10. yes, the frentic camera work... but it's Kornaki that makes it totally unwatchable

He will find a bright spot for every Republican loss and "tch tch" every Democratic victory.

[misanthrope]

11. What's most telling is that he has a "costume" or "uniform"

Every time I see him on air, he's always wearing the khakis, a slightly rumpled, light blue button-down with the sleeves rolled up, his collar and dark tie slightly loosened and paper for one hand. It's supposed to go with the "frenetic and breathless ultimate number cruncher." This is the case whether he's on in mid July or late October.

It makes it obvious the producers have created a character for him to play. Like so much commercial TV, it's all just a dog and pony show.