# Geekiest Looking Newscasters **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 21, 2001, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geekiest-looking-newscasters/94555 "2001-11-21T05:52:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2001, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geekiest-looking-newscasters/94555/1 "2001-11-21T05:52:12Z")
I was cruising by Channel 22’s (Burlington VT) web site and saw they had some pretty nerdy looking anchors. Anyone else got some ideas for some dorky anchormen or women? ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2001, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geekiest-looking-newscasters/94555/2 "2001-11-21T14:00:12Z")
The correct answer is Ted Koppel. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2001, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geekiest-looking-newscasters/94555/3 "2001-11-21T15:17:45Z")
The little weasel from National Review that’s on CNNs Crossfire sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2001, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geekiest-looking-newscasters/94555/4 "2001-11-21T19:43:02Z")
Aaron Brown on CNN. And I really don’t get everyone who thinks Ashleigh Banfield on MSNBC is such a hottie. She does nothing for me. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2001, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geekiest-looking-newscasters/94555/5 "2001-11-21T20:42:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kunilou \* > \*\*Aaron Brown on CNN. > \*\* They plaster his wussy mug on their web page. I’m reading about people dying, for crying out loud, and they want me to see his face, join AOL or buy something. Yuck. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2001, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geekiest-looking-newscasters/94555/6 "2001-11-22T04:48:43Z")
I like Aaron Brown (even remember when he was on a local station in Seattle), but I suppose he does qualify as geeky. Several years ago when he was doing the overnight news on ABC, he gave the hockey scores all multiplied by pi. ---
**Author:** ![Philosophocles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Philosophocles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philosophocles)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2001, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geekiest-looking-newscasters/94555/7 "2001-11-22T07:33:47Z")
Gary Gnu ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2001, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geekiest-looking-newscasters/94555/8 "2001-11-22T15:59:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Robot Arm \* > \*\* hockey scores all multiplied by pi. \*\* Really? That’s kind of cool. To how many decimal places? So do these people ask questions they know the answer to in order to be cool, questions listeners already know the answer to in order to be cool, stuff some writer asked them to ask or questions the guest/reporter wants them to ask? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2001, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geekiest-looking-newscasters/94555/9 "2001-11-22T16:16:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by carnivorousplant \* > To how many decimal places? Two. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2001, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geekiest-looking-newscasters/94555/10 "2001-11-22T19:05:37Z")
How about local anchors?