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Jonathan Karl

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The Resume

    (January 19, 1968- )
    ABC News Senior Foreign Affairs Department (2003-2005), National Security Correspondent (2005-2009), and Senior Congressional Correspondent (2009- )
    CNN Capitol Hill correspondent (1994-2002)
    Contributing writer for 'Christian Science Monitor,' 'The San Francisco Monitor,' 'The New Repubic,' 'TIME,' 'Los Angeles Times,' and other various news publications

Why he might be annoying:

    Like fellow anchor and former colleague and mentor Wolf Blitzer, he tends to have a dull, monotone voice.
    He can be a deadpan snarker at times.
    Some accuse him of a liberal bias.
    He got into a bizarre feud with talk show host/political satirist Jon Stewart over Karl's use of pennies during a report.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He claimed that he got interested in politics after visiting Mount Rushmore.
    He was editor in chief for Vassar College's newspaper, The Vassar Spectator.
    He and fellow ABC report Brian Ross have been lauded for exposing corruption within Congress.
    In 2001, he won the National Press Foundation’s Everett McKinley Dirksen Award, the highest honor for Congressional reporting.

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Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 25 Votes: 44.00% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 8 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 6 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 18 Votes: 61.11% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 15 Votes: 46.67% Annoying