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Ali Velshi

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The Resume

    (October 29, 1968- )
    Born in Nairobi, Kenya
    Correspondent for NBC News since October 2016
    Host of Velshi & Ruhle on MSNBC
    CNN anchor (September, 2001-April, 2013)
    Wrote 'Gimme My Money Back: Your Guide to Beating the Financial Crisis (2009)' and ' How to Speak Money: The Language & Knowledge You Need Now (2011)'

Why he might be annoying:

    Jon Stewart called him the Hairless Prophet of Doom.
    The joke became so widely understood on The Daily Show that the term 'H-POD' has become his shorthand nickname.
    He left CNN for his own show on Al-Jazeera America - which was canceled after three years when Al-Jazeera America shut down.
    During the Minneapolis riots following the killing of George Floyd, he did an on location segment saying 'I want to be clear on how I characterize this. This is mostly a protest. It is not generally speaking unruly' (with a building literally on fire behind him in the shot).

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was born in Nairobi, but was raised in Toronto.
    He has been open about his Muslim identity.
    He defended the Muslim community's right to build a Park51 mosque and Islamic center near Ground Zero in New York City.
    He has been critical of Peter King's stringent stances on Islam and Sharia law, which he has called 'Islamaphobic.'
    He was awarded the Queen's University Alumni Achievement Award; the highest award given to Queen's University alumni.
    His expose about the near collapse of the U.S. Auto Industry was honored with a National Headliner Award for Business & Consumer Reporting.
    He won two Emmy awards in 2015 for his contributions to Al Jazeera, which included coverage on wage inequity for disabled American workers and an expose of the red-light cameras in Chicago.

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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 38 Votes: 44.74% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 7 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 38 Votes: 81.58% Annoying