My nomination for Worst Person in the World

[AngryOldDem]

MSNBC correspondent talking about Ted Kennedy's choice of Duke as the site for his surgery: "It was a no-brainer." The anchor in the studio gravely agreed with that assessment.

JESUS. Don't these idiots listen to themselves??????

[Eurobabe]

1. What a maroon. n/t

:eyes:

[ChairmanAgnostic]

2. who is that horrible ditzy, breathless fool they have on

in the latter part of the AM?

She defines clueless. Show a purty cat in a tree, and she gets choked up. Show a tornado, and she sound like a kid in a candy store.

[AngryOldDem]

8. Contessa Brewer. n/t

[ChairmanAgnostic]

11. of course. thanks.

[MercutioATC]

3. Unfortunate slip, but I don't see it as offensive.

There are a few other people I'd put on the list ahead of him.

[AngryOldDem]

9. It just wasn't the time and place to use colloquialisms.

Maybe no harm was meant -- I doubt he really knew what he was saying -- but it was just so inappropriate. It's a "no-brainer" to pull a struggling pitcher from the mound late in the game. It's a "correct choice" when one determines the best place to go for life-and-death surgery.

It never fails to amaze me just how poor command most newspeople have of language and syntax anymore.

When I heard it, it was just a jaw-dropper.

[MercutioATC]

10. Agreed that it was a boneheaded statement (no pun intended)

I would expect a professional journalist to choose their words more carefully.

[Ilsa]

4. Everything is a joke to these idiots unless it involves anthrax sent to news anchors. nt

[onehandle]

5. Stupid, but doesn't seem malevolent.

Nobody says they're smart.

[Turbineguy]

6. Television is how most Americans get their news.

Garbage Out, Garbage In.

[JohnnyLib2]

7. If possible, I bet Sen. Kennedy will joke about that one.

But not the family, especially not now.