# 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:** 2
**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, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-gathering-least-newsworthy-person-in-the-news/540690/21 "2010-05-25T18:50:05Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Anyone with a name that starts with “P” (Palin, Paris, Perez, Paula, Pamela, Pratt, Pelosi, Pkardashian, etc.). Pfine by me! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-gathering-least-newsworthy-person-in-the-news/540690/22 "2010-05-25T19:14:02Z")
Kardasians? Can they be voted least newsworthy if I’ve never heard of them before? I had to Google the name, and I’m still not sure how/why/what they are. Perhaps my Canadian version of the news is a little different. Upon reflection, there are a few others in here I’ve never heard of either: Heidi Montag? Spencer Pratt? Gosselin? Simon Monjack? ? Kate plus 8? OK, I just Googled and I guess the Kate plus 8 and Gosselin folks are the same, and I had heard the news story about the 8 kids. Apart from that though, what kind of “news” do you people watch, read, or listen to. If this was being passed off as news I’d find another news program to frequent. Entertainment Tonight is not the news. ---
**Author:** ![Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8c91f0/32.png) [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bam_Boo_Gut)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-gathering-least-newsworthy-person-in-the-news/540690/23 "2010-05-25T19:20:34Z")
Children of Bob Geldof - why? ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-gathering-least-newsworthy-person-in-the-news/540690/24 "2010-05-25T19:30:56Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Simon Monjack? > > Entertainment Tonight is not the news. Simon Monjack is, or was, the husband of Brittany Murphy, a popular young actress who died suddenly about five months ago. He died suddenly of a heart attack a couple of days ago and, I just learned, had delayed having heart bypass surgery. Though I don’t seek them out, many of these stories pop on the home pages of my email accounts when I sign in/out. For instance, did you know that the owner of the chimp in mauling attack where the victim lost her face, hands, etc. in Connecticut, Sandy Herold, died Monday night of a ruptured aortic aneurysm? ---
**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, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-gathering-least-newsworthy-person-in-the-news/540690/25 "2010-05-25T19:43:11Z")
> [@](#): > > Anyone with a name that starts with “P” (Palin, Paris, Perez, Paula, Pamela, Pratt, Pelosi, Pkardashian, etc.). And why should we pay any attention to your list, **panache**? ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-gathering-least-newsworthy-person-in-the-news/540690/26 "2010-05-25T20:08:43Z")
I don’t want to hear about any aging rockers unless they’ve kicked the bucket. Hell, I don’t want to hear about any celebrities unless they’ve a) married, b) spawned, c) been in hospital for serious condition, d) left my favorite show/band/etc., e) died, f) done something really, really weird and/or awesome like Betty White. Politicians’ personal lives unless they display blatant hypocrisy (ie., have a homophobic platform and then get caught with the pool boy). I’m from Canada, our Prime Minister could divorce his wife and marry a porn star and we’d just shrug. ---
**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 26, 2010, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-gathering-least-newsworthy-person-in-the-news/540690/27 "2010-05-26T01:02:22Z")
SigmaGirl: > [@](#): > > “She?” There’s like five of them. I meant Kim specifically, she’s the one I see a lot of. I know there are more of them, but she far and away gets the most exposure. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-gathering-least-newsworthy-person-in-the-news/540690/28 "2010-05-26T12:55:16Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > SigmaGirl: > > I meant Kim specifically, she’s the one I see a lot of. I know there are more of them, but she far and away gets the most exposure. Okay, just in case we get down to listing all these individuals from the Kardashian and Gosselin and whatever households, here are the Kardashians who have IMDb pages: [Kimberly Kardashian](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2578007/) [Kourtney Kardashian](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1966407/) [Khloe Kardashian](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2835957/) [Robert Kardashian Jr.](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2837493/) and others associated with them in their biography pages: [Kris Jenner](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1728539/) [Bruce Jenner](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0421063/) [Kendall Jenner](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2832525/) [Kylie Jenner](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2832473/) [Brandon Jenner](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1952228/) [Brody Jenner](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1955925/) [Casey Jenner](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1982332/) Would somebody who cares list the members of these other clans who are “famous” for being famous? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-gathering-least-newsworthy-person-in-the-news/540690/29 "2016-03-20T14:35:20Z")
+++ ZOMBIE ALERT +++ This thing is coming up on six years old! 🙂 How little things have changed in that span of time. Nevertheless there are (must be) candidates who deserve mention who came on the scene in the meantime. Be cruel and unkind and name the ones who get on your nerves the most! ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-gathering-least-newsworthy-person-in-the-news/540690/30 "2016-03-20T19:00:05Z")
Kardashians are still Trashian Champions. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-gathering-least-newsworthy-person-in-the-news/540690/31 "2016-03-20T20:07:09Z")
The major change is that no one is talking about Bruce Jenner anymore; instead they are talking about Caitlyn Jenner. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-gathering-least-newsworthy-person-in-the-news/540690/32 "2016-03-20T20:11:28Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > The major change is that no one is talking about Bruce Jenner anymore; instead they are talking about Caitlyn Jenner. Good one! My guess is that Caitlyn is getting at least 5X as much press as Bruce ever did. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-gathering-least-newsworthy-person-in-the-news/540690/33 "2016-03-20T20:23:58Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Good one! My guess is that Caitlyn is getting at least 5X as much press as Bruce ever did. Apparently you were not around for the 1976 Olympics. I have so little interest in sports, I’m not sure I could name an Olympic sport, and I had heard of Bruce Jenner. Him (as he was at the time), and Nadia Comaneci. They were ubiquitous. This was back when TV had five channels, and one of them was busy with nothing but the Olympics. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-gathering-least-newsworthy-person-in-the-news/540690/34 "2016-03-20T20:31:40Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > Apparently you were not around for the 1976 Olympics. I have so little interest in sports, I’m not sure I could name an Olympic sport, and I had heard of Bruce Jenner. Him (as he was at the time), and Nadia Comaneci. They were ubiquitous. This was back when TV had five channels, and one of them was busy with nothing but the Olympics. You caught me, all right. I had just forgotten those days. Maybe his association with the Kardashians just pushed him so far into the background that I forgot he used to be somebody! I just can’t wait until he gets raped and it’s a big story! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-gathering-least-newsworthy-person-in-the-news/540690/35 "2016-03-20T22:25:47Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > I just can’t wait until he gets raped and it’s a big story! 😃 I’m not sure where you were going with this, but it isn’t appropriate. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-gathering-least-newsworthy-person-in-the-news/540690/36 "2016-03-20T22:27:17Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > I’m not sure where you were going with this, but it isn’t appropriate. An attempt at sick humor. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-gathering-least-newsworthy-person-in-the-news/540690/37 "2016-03-20T22:28:45Z")
Wow, I read this whole thread, and assumed it was new. Scary. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-gathering-least-newsworthy-person-in-the-news/540690/38 "2016-03-20T23:02:27Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > > [@panache](#): > > > > Anyone with a name that starts with “P” (Palin, Paris, Perez, Paula, Pamela, Pratt, Pelosi, Pkardashian, etc.). > > And why should we pay any attention to your list, **panache**? Zombie or not, that is freakin’ hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-gathering-least-newsworthy-person-in-the-news/540690/39 "2016-03-20T23:39:49Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > Wow, I read this whole thread, and assumed it was new. Scary. Yup, didn’t realize it was a zombie until post #29. What a sad, sad statement that so many of those names are still in the news. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2016, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-gathering-least-newsworthy-person-in-the-news/540690/40 "2016-03-21T00:01:41Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > Yup, didn’t realize it was a zombie until post #29. What a sad, sad statement that so many of those names are still in the news. ☹ I didn’t know how to alert about Zombie status except by way of that post. I assume “go to first unread” doesn’t work? Is there something else I could have done in the way of an alert? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-gathering-least-newsworthy-person-in-the-news/540690.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-gathering-least-newsworthy-person-in-the-news/540690.md?page=3)