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Peter Arnett

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The Resume

    (November 13, 1934- )
    Covered the Vietnam war for AP
    Joined CNN (1981)
    Correspondent for National Geographic
    Correspondent for MSNBC/NBC
    Reporter for Daily Mirror

Why he might be annoying:

    He broke the cardinal rule of newscasters, which is reporting the news and not making the news.
    During the Gulf War of 1991, Senator Alan Simpson called him a Hussein Sympathizer.
    Although an American correspondent during the Iraqi War of 2003, he appeared on Iraqi TV saying the U.S. was forced to change their war plan and that they did not expect the Iraqi resistance to be so fierce.
    Although this was his analysis, he stated it as though it was fact.
    He effectively gave comfort and aid to the enemy.
    He backtracked and apologized on NBC TV and then was fired by NBC.
    He was hired later that day by U.K.'s Daily Mirror and then retracted his earlier apology on NBC.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He graduated Waitaki College.
    He won a Pulitzer Prize (1966).
    Esquire Magazine called him '... the reporter who probably covered more of the Vietnam War than anyone else.'
    Senator Simpson apologized to him for calling him a Hussein sympathizer.

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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 8 Votes: 87.50% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 11 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 90 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 67 Votes: 55.22% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 167 Votes: 37.13% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 137 Votes: 58.39% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 32 Votes: 46.88% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 214 Votes: 39.72% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 26 Votes: 61.54% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 36 Votes: 63.89% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 85 Votes: 72.94% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 109 Votes: 74.31% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 322 Votes: 70.19% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 1108 Votes: 52.62% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 1264 Votes: 69.78% Annoying