# Pre-Poll Data Gathering: Least Newsworthy Person In The News **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 25, 2010, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-gathering-least-newsworthy-person-in-the-news/540690 "2010-05-25T12:32:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-gathering-least-newsworthy-person-in-the-news/540690/1 "2010-05-25T12:32:10Z")
Help me build a list for a poll. Top 20 most mentioned people in this thread. Who is “in the news” but has no legitimate reason for being there except for the whims of the press and some ghoulish interest by a faction who see some value in him or her? I’ll start a list just for example: Paris Hilton Sarah Palin Paula Abdul Lindsay Lohan (I won’t count these unless they’re mentioned by others. Just to give an idea of the type.) ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-gathering-least-newsworthy-person-in-the-news/540690/2 "2010-05-25T12:38:40Z")
Any person named Kardashian. Any person named “Kendra.” ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-gathering-least-newsworthy-person-in-the-news/540690/3 "2010-05-25T12:42:24Z")
Tiger Woods Al Sharpton ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-gathering-least-newsworthy-person-in-the-news/540690/4 "2010-05-25T13:28:01Z")
Any person named Gosselin. ---
**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:** [May 25, 2010, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-gathering-least-newsworthy-person-in-the-news/540690/5 "2010-05-25T14:40:31Z")
Rather than spouting off the first name I could think of, I decided to check news headlines for the person I least needed to know about. The winner (at least for today): Simon Monjack. He was not a celebrity, he was not particularly noteworthy in his own field, or his community, and so far there is nothing to suggest his death was anything out of the ordinary. He was simply the husband of an actress who died young. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-gathering-least-newsworthy-person-in-the-news/540690/6 "2010-05-25T14:48:59Z")
Sarah Palin. Even if she rapes a Kodiak bear, saves the crew of a sinking crab boat, or discovers a viable renewable and non-polluting alternative to petroleum. She is currently such a news vacuum that any of these deeds would only balance her out to “regular chick.” Any woman who has done nothing apart from spawn relentlessly Any athlete who screws relentlessly (unless said athlete is a porn star). ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-gathering-least-newsworthy-person-in-the-news/540690/7 "2010-05-25T14:54:12Z")
That Beiber kid. Justin? Jason? ---
**Author:** ![RedBloom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dbc845/32.png) [@RedBloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedBloom)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-gathering-least-newsworthy-person-in-the-news/540690/8 "2010-05-25T15:28:13Z")
Heidi Montag/Spencer Pratt/Kardashians ---
**Author:** ![badbadrubberpiggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@badbadrubberpiggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badbadrubberpiggy)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-gathering-least-newsworthy-person-in-the-news/540690/9 "2010-05-25T15:49:24Z")
I’m going with anyone Kardashian - mostly because I hear their name all the time, but still have no clue exactly who they are or why they’re famous. With most other “famous for being famous” people, I at least have some idea of what they do (reality shows, lots of kids, has a sex tape). Kardashians? No idea. ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-gathering-least-newsworthy-person-in-the-news/540690/10 "2010-05-25T15:51:14Z")
I popped in to say the same thing as **badbadrubberpiggy** , so there you go. Kardashians. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-gathering-least-newsworthy-person-in-the-news/540690/11 "2010-05-25T15:57:48Z")
I clicked on this post purely to say “Kardashian.” She’s not even that great-looking. I mean, not bad, but not, say, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue level, which is what someone with a decent body but no talent or accomplishments should need in order to be in so much media. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-gathering-least-newsworthy-person-in-the-news/540690/12 "2010-05-25T16:17:11Z")
I get the feeling that a poll is not required! I must plead a level of ignorance on these Kardasians beyond having seen the name a lot. The last Kardashian I paid any attention to was in OJ’s entourage. Other than sharing a name with Bob, and having a connection to Bruce Jenner, what’s up with them? How many are there? Do they have names? ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-gathering-least-newsworthy-person-in-the-news/540690/13 "2010-05-25T17:10:41Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > I clicked on this post purely to say “Kardashian.” She’s not even that great-looking. I mean, not bad, but not, say, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue level, which is what someone with a decent body but no talent or accomplishments should need in order to be in so much media. “She?” There’s like five of them. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-gathering-least-newsworthy-person-in-the-news/540690/14 "2010-05-25T18:03:37Z")
Am I really the first to post Tila Tequila? ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-gathering-least-newsworthy-person-in-the-news/540690/15 "2010-05-25T18:12:52Z")
Lady Gaga? Jessica Simpson, surely. Tiger doesn’t belong here, unless you focus purely on the time period after his last major win (or after his little accident). ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-gathering-least-newsworthy-person-in-the-news/540690/16 "2010-05-25T18:19:54Z")
That Kate plus Eight person. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-gathering-least-newsworthy-person-in-the-news/540690/17 "2010-05-25T18:21:57Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Tiger doesn’t belong here, unless you focus purely on the time period after his last major win (or after his little accident). I agree. Tiger the golfer is newsworthy. Tiger the diddler is not. And all those gals who got their Andy Warhol 15 as a result of Tiger’s randiness, are less than newsworthy, as are the ones whose “newsworthiness” has come by getting some celebrity to bonk them. My name for such types is Scum. ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-gathering-least-newsworthy-person-in-the-news/540690/18 "2010-05-25T18:43:12Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > I must plead a level of ignorance on these Kardasians beyond having seen the name a lot. The last Kardashian I paid any attention to was in OJ’s entourage. That was their daddy, who apparently used the money to buy his daughters a celebrity life without their having to actually do anything. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-gathering-least-newsworthy-person-in-the-news/540690/19 "2010-05-25T18:47:02Z")
> [@ghardester](#): > > That was their daddy, who apparently used the money to buy his daughters a celebrity life without their having to actually do anything. Good to know. If it gets down to an actual poll, what names should we put up? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-gathering-least-newsworthy-person-in-the-news/540690/20 "2010-05-25T18:48:33Z")
Anyone with a name that starts with “P” (Palin, Paris, Perez, Paula, Pamela, Pratt, Pelosi, Pkardashian, etc.). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-gathering-least-newsworthy-person-in-the-news/540690.md?page=2)