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Linda Vester

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The Resume

    (June 11, 1965- )
    Hosted MSNBC's 'Today in America'
    Anchored 'NBC News at Sunrise' (1996-1998)

Why she might be annoying:

    Her name is very close to sports reporter Lesley Visser.
    In a bit of tabloid journalism, she broke the story that Chandra Levy may have been pregnant before disappearing.
    She interviewed O.J. Simpson.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She said one of the skills she had to learn was to be able to listen to her producer while she is speaking on air about something completely different.
    She dislikes wearing TV makeup.
    NBC used her as a temporary fill-in on 'News at Sunrise,' but was so well received that she was awarded a permanent spot.
    About her first reporting job in Kearney, Nebraska, she said: 'I was the cameraman, I was the tape editor, I was the producer, I was the Teleprompter operator, I was everything. The job was such an education.'
    She tells students that you need to pay your dues, as your first job will stress you out and pay you next to nothing, but will prepare you.
    She threw out the opening day pitch for the Cincinnati Reds.
    She graduated Boston University.
    She received a degree at the Sorbonne in France.
    She was a Fulbright Scholar.

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 15 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 45 Votes: 26.67% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 5 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 17 Votes: 64.71% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 46 Votes: 80.43% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 12 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 30 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 18 Votes: 72.22% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 26 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 78 Votes: 65.38% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 198 Votes: 53.54% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 1774 Votes: 62.51% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 1637 Votes: 46.12% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 2212 Votes: 55.88% Annoying