Who's the most annoying (non-Faux) TV "news" personality?

[marmar]

My first inclination was to say Glenn Beck, but at least there's not much doubt about what he is. It's someone who pretends to be fair and balanced, i.e. Wolf Blitzer, that I really can't stand.
What non-Fox person (since just about all of them would qualify) makes your flesh crawl the most?

[mitchtv]

1. OMG a rogues' gallery

I had to put Noron, or is it Whora O'Donnell since I watch MSNBC the most
Of course , if I watched her, I'm sure Paula would be right up there. Nora however, is shrill, plus the horse laugh...

[Alamom]

4. Yep, she gets my vote. n/t

[YOY]

2. Tucker the "Rat Fucker" got-my-job-because-of-daddy Prep school pencildick

[smirkymonkey]

17. He got my vote too - I can't stand his smug, smirking little

frat-boy face and his condescending, arrogant tone. He makes me think of a young GWB (he also has that bloated look of someone who overindulges regularly.)

I'd like to choke him with a bow-tie.

[Initech]

3. I was going to say all of the above, but Tucker wins hands down.

And the reason is - even though Jon Stewart pointed out what a loser he is, he still continues to be on TV.

[stevedeshazer]

5. I regret that I have but one vote to cast for the odious Norah O'Donnell

[Rowdyboy]

11. Well put! Here's another vote for "Noron" O'Donnell!

[louis-t]

6. The blond of the month on MSNBC

Never can watch her long enough to catch her name.

[KoKo]

10. Alex Witt is one and that other one whose always on Imus.

Dreadful...snarks.

[TahitiNut]

7. To be "annoyed" I'd have to watch them. That eliminates Beck right off the bat.

It also eliminates Zahn, Carlson, Lauer, and Couric. I just turn the channel and refuse to tolerate these frauds for even a moment. Thus, I save myself any annoyance on their account. Of the remainder, I'd have to say Whora O'Downer ... whom I only avoid when she's anchoring. When she's brought on for a report, I grit my teeth in annoyance.

She's quite possibly the least intellectualy acute of them all, but Blitzer gives her a run for the Vacuous Award.

[PassingFair]

21. I wrote a couple of emails protesting Beck.

He just seemed to get MORE promotion.
I'm trying to ignore him now.
He seems to be on on the screens
when I go out to eat, though.

:puke:

Why, why, WHY?

[TahitiNut]

28. CNN Headline News was once quite neutral and without commentary

It was the closest thing to a BBC newscast we had, I thought. In the years when I traveled for business, that was my "morning show" in the motel/hotel ... and what I'd put on sleep-timer to go to sleep. No more. No way. It's totally disgusting anymore.

[PassingFair]

30. Maybe if we ignore him..

he'll just go away.

[Eurobabe]

8. Solo-nads NO'Brain/CNN

I cannot stand that woman.

[KT2000]

23. thank you for that

she is unbearably irritating and simply not very good at the job.
Just cannot watch her.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

9. I was ready for Rita Crosby (?) MSGOP, but then I realized that she was

just really stupid.
no-Rah has my vote.

[yurbud]

12. Couric because she is presented as an anchor not infotainment host which she is

[The Gunslinger]

13. Is there a place to select "all of the above" nt

[Minnesota_Lib]

14. Tucker because he is often childishly unprofessional. He brings personalities into issues.

The thing that bugs me the most about Tucker is that his insecurity is so transparent and obviously dictates his side on various issues. Listen to him sometime. He is constantly making personal observations that are obviously based on some past slight by someone involved in the issue at question and lets it color his opinion even though it has nothing to do with the actual issue.

A typical "insightly" discussion of issues on Tucker's show goes something like this:

Guest: "Nancy Pelosi is going to push for bipartisan support for (put issue here)."

Tucker: "Oh, Nancy Pelosi is rude and stuck-up. She's just looking to get headlines. Nobody likes Pelosi so this is deservedly going nowhere."

Guest: "Meanwhile, Bill Frist wants to block any attempt to bring (put bill here) to a floor vote in the Senate."

Tucker: "Oh, Bill is one of the nicest, most approachable guys in the senate. I hope he succeeds. He's just a great guy."


Tweety does this a lot as well. I just want to pull my hair out when I hear this crap. It is so unprofessional and childish. Who cares if Pelosi or whoever ignored you once. Get over it!

Beck? Does anyone even watch that jerk? I probably would vote for him except I have never watched his show (the Youtube videos are more than enough of him for me).

[marmar]

15. True. He is a petulant little bird-beeked jackass....

That he still has an on-air job boggles the mind, considering he's near the bottom in ratings. (I think Beck is lower).

[smirkymonkey]

19. That's a perfect description of him -

and now he's got some smug little frat brother sidekick to play off of. I knew so many guys like this in college - they acted so superior, but they were really just whiney, insecure little weasels. His lack of professionalism is just astounding for someone with a prime time news slot.

[spoony]

29. I know what you mean!

They should just do his show where they talk between croquet shots or sips from their snifters. He has a public-access-quality show with megalomania.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

16. It's a tough one, but I'm going with Whora errr.... I mean Nora. n/t

[ComerPerro]

18. What??? No Nancy Grace?

[stonecoldsober]

20. If I had a second vote I'd vote for paula

[Patchuli]

22. Chris Matthews looks like a weasel

and his smirk just begs for a b-slap.

[porphyrian]

24. Which piece of shit is the most fecal?

Why bother making the distinction at all?

[MarianJack]

25. Alex Witt, msgop space angel!

My 2 favorite examples of her stupidity.

1 Asking a NASA expert if the Columbia Disaster might be the work of terrorists. :silly:

2 Asking Craig Crawford "What about Hillary Clinton?" when he said that there were no incumbent presidents or vice presidents running for the first time since 1952. :dunce:

Weekend morning anchor for 4+ years. I guess that she's got almost as bright a future as rita cosby!

[EFerrari]

26. This is so cool. I can't vote in the poll because I don't watch

these people any more and I don't know who some of them are.

Yes!

If I did, Katie would probably get my vote if for no other reason than that she called Cindy an extremist long after most Americans thought Iraq was a bad idea.

[tinfoil tiaras]

Glenn Beck

I had to listen to his TV show as I was going to bed in a hotel. CNN was like the only channel they had, so we had no choice but to watch him or Nancy Grace...meh. It was terrible.

[Hamlette]

27. Keith Olbermann defended Nora when he was blogging on firedoglake

http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/11/05/fdl-book-salon-welcomes-keith-olbermann-2/#comments

Hi Keith, welcome to the ‘lake. I’m curious why you seem to be the only newsguy that has any common sense. Do emails to reporters and/or their bosses really make any difference? What is the best way to “educate” people like “Tweety” (Hardball) and “Noron” O’Donnell, so they’ll stop being nothing more than mouthpieces for the current administration?

Answer from KO:

First, I must defend Norah. The first week I came back to MSNBC in March, 2003, she called me from the DC and suggested we should do a NIGHTLY segment quoting O’Reilly’s falsehoods and stupidities. I know her sympathies are questioned in your community (and others) but I think she deserves more credit than she gets. As to emails to the on-air types: a) they generally don’t get to read them, because b) there’s so little time to read them. Management, since it does little but wring its hands no matter what he business nor environment, has plenty of time to read. Be cordial, individual, and brief. Remember with what dismissiveness we all rightly treated the spam-mailing of the FCC over Janet Jackson.

********************

I remember reading he said something nice about her so I looked it up. She drives me nuts (not wild about her style) but I'm willing to cut her some slack (not to say I buy everything she says) because I admire Olbermann and he knows her better than I do.

[Kahuna]

31. If I still watched Wolf, he'd get my vote. But of those I actually watch

Whora O'Donnell gets my vote.

[Subdivisions]

32. Blitzer. Haaannnddds dowwwwwwwnnn. (That's how he talks)

O'Donnell is a very close second.

[in_cog_ni_to]

33. Rita Cosby! I've never watched Glen Beck

Tucker drives me up a wall too, but Rita's voice is NOT 'Made for TEEVEE' or RADIO. She needs to find a new line of work...how about a newspaper?:puke:

[marmar]

35. I forgot about that prize...

Rita Cosby sounds like Beeker from the Muppet Show.

[BrokenBeyondRepair]

34. TV is BAD!!!! ...throw it away ASAP

[graywarrior]

36. Every one of them deserves a hangman's noose.

I can't even vote in this. I hate them all. But Matt Lauer makes me :puke: