The Resume

(September 24, 1945- )
Raised in Rupert, Idaho
Host of 'Lou Dobb's Money Line' on CNNFn
Writes a financial column for Tribune Media Services
Author of 'Space: The Next Business Frontier'
George Foster Peabody Award winner for his coverage of the 1987 stock market crash
Honored with the 'Luminary Award' by the Business Journalism Review
'Horatio Alger Association' Award for Distinguished Americans (1999)
'National Space Club Media Award' (2000)

Why he might be annoying:

He is too serious on his show.
He left CNN in 1999 to start up a company called Space.com. He returned to CNNFn in 2001.
Space.com laid off 22 employees in 2001.
He erupted at Rick Kaplan (CNN President), after Kaplan told Moneyline producers to cut away from his show to broadcast a Hilary Clinton speech at Littleton Colorado.
He believes in flying saucers (MSN).
His wife got arrested at Newark airport for having a hand gun (January 2003).
On his show, he called the 'War on Terror' 'a war against Islam (2002).'

Why he might not be annoying:

Moneyline has been a successful show for CNNFn.
He blamed the Enron scandal on the Democrats, claiming that Enron was in trouble since 1997, but the democrats didn't crack down corporate corruption (NewsMax).
He is a Harvard University graduate with a degree in Economics.
He won the 'Father of the Year' award in 1993.
He was one of the original anchor's on CNN (1980).
He applied for the civilian space program in 1983.

Credit: My Niece Alyse

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Beast's 50 Most Loathsome People in America [2007] (Ranked: 40)
• Birthers
• Boston Phoenix's 100 Unsexiest Men in the World [April 2008] (Ranked: 5)
• Boston Phoenix's 100 Unsexiest Men in the World [April 2010] (Ranked: 37)
• Donald Trump Follows Me on Twitter
• Donald Trump for President Supporters and Endorsers [2020]
• Forbes' America's Top 10 Pundits [September 2007] (Ranked: 9)
• Gallup Poll's Favorite TV Personalities [2006] (Ranked: 13)
• Horatio Alger Association Members
• I Attended Harvard
• Look at Me, I Got My Arms Folded
• Look at the Time
• My Niece Alyse's Profiles [Series 2]
• News
• Pale Faces
• Parents of Twins
• Political Pundits
• Profiles 9501-9750 (Ranked: 9601)
• Real Time with Bill Maher Panelists

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 112 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 260 Votes: 55.38% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 56 Votes: 58.93% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 5017 Votes: 53.80% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 143 Votes: 51.05% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 174 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 88 Votes: 59.09% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 16 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 11 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 68 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 82 Votes: 47.56% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 77 Votes: 51.95% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 66 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 56 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 157 Votes: 61.78% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 100 Votes: 64.00% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 167 Votes: 65.87% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 233 Votes: 42.49% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 280 Votes: 66.07% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 571 Votes: 43.78% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 123 Votes: 63.41% Annoying