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Ron Nessen

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The Resume

    (May 25, 1934- )
    Born in Washington, District of Columbia
    NBC reporter (1962-74)
    White House Press Secretary for Gerald Ford (1974-77)
    Wrote the memoir 'It Sure Looks Different from the Inside' (1978)
    With Johanna Neumann wrote the mysteries 'Death with Honors,' 'Press Corpse' and 'Knight and Day'

Why he might be annoying:

    The Chicago Tribune claimed, 'As White House press secretary he is held in contempt by a whopping majority of reporters who cover President Ford.'
    His Secret Service code name was 'clam chowder.'
    His attempt to attempt to minimize concern about President Ford's klutziness by joking about it on Saturday Night Live backfired badly.
    When a reporter doing a phone interview referred to him as working for Presidents Nixon and Ford, he shouted 'I did not work for Nixon,' followed by 'Fuck you!' and slamming down the receiver.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was the first NBC reporter and first political figure to host SNL.
    He was one of the panelists for a symposium on humor and the presidency held at the Gerald Ford Presidential Library.
    He started a tradition when reporters gave him a flak jacket as a joke. He left it for his successor, Jody Powell, with the note 'You'll need this at some of your briefings.' Each Press Secretary has passed it on to the next man to hold the office with a similar note.
    He said, 'Nobody believes the official spokesman . . . but everybody trusts an unidentified source.'

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 13 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 15 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 13 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 9 Votes: 77.78% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 13 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 89 Votes: 61.80% Annoying