# Smitten by Alison Stewart or Who's Your Favorite Newsbabe? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 8, 2005, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smitten-by-alison-stewart-or-whos-your-favorite-newsbabe/293549 "2005-03-08T16:51:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smitten-by-alison-stewart-or-whos-your-favorite-newsbabe/293549/21 "2005-03-09T06:00:27Z")
Anderson Cooper all the way, regardless of his personal orientation. Obligatory Alison Stewart trivia: she was the college roommate of singer Lisa Loeb. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smitten-by-alison-stewart-or-whos-your-favorite-newsbabe/293549/22 "2005-03-09T06:01:32Z")
> [@Lamar Mundane](#): > > Melissa Theuriau > > French TV That is the last incentive I will ever need to learn french. Sweet Christ! My contribution is [Susan Hay](http://www.canada.com/toronto/globaltv/personality_susanhay.html). ---
**Author:** ![DirkGntly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DirkGntly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DirkGntly)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smitten-by-alison-stewart-or-whos-your-favorite-newsbabe/293549/23 "2005-03-09T11:51:18Z")
Geez, where do I start? Ok, my local Fox affiliate, on their morning news: [Loren Halifax (not her best picture)](http://www.wdaftv4.com/personalities/biohalifax.html) [Brigitte Quinn](http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,1257,00.html) but not so much for her face as for her legs…Oh, man…those gams go ALL the way to the floor! And a bevy of them at Weather Channel: [Kelly Cass](http://www.weather.com/aboutus/television/ocms/cass.html) [Kristina Abernathy](http://www.weather.com/aboutus/television/ocms/abernathy.html) [Nicole Mitchell](http://www.weather.com/aboutus/television/ocms/mitchell.html) In fact, I think I’m gonna go hang out around the Weather Channel HQ… ---
**Author:** ![Madd\_Maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Madd\_Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madd_Maxx)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smitten-by-alison-stewart-or-whos-your-favorite-newsbabe/293549/24 "2005-03-09T12:53:19Z")
Julie Chen is hot, as is Suzy Kolber, but locally [Jennifer DesMarais](http://www.foxbaltimore.com/baltimore_md/station/bios/jdesmarais.shtml) is teh hottness. I love that smokey, raspy voice. Gives morning wood a reason for being. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smitten-by-alison-stewart-or-whos-your-favorite-newsbabe/293549/25 "2005-03-09T12:57:28Z")
First off, thanks dopers for all the eye-opening links. MMMMM-MMMMM. My current newscrush is on the Chicago NBC affiliate. Anna almost makes me want to embezzle something so she can chase me around the federal building… [http://www.nbc5.com/nbc5/1189124/detail.html](http://www.nbc5.com/nbc5/1189124/detail.html) ---
**Author:** ![Freejooky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ba8739/32.png) [@Freejooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freejooky)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smitten-by-alison-stewart-or-whos-your-favorite-newsbabe/293549/26 "2005-03-09T13:13:05Z")
Whoever that cute, nerdy one is that’s on one of the major networks - CNN, maybe. She’s got cats-eye glasses and is mega-hot. ---
**Author:** ![Genghis\_Bob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/45deac/32.png) [@Genghis\_Bob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genghis_Bob)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smitten-by-alison-stewart-or-whos-your-favorite-newsbabe/293549/27 "2005-03-09T13:27:46Z")
[Tina Fey](http://www.askmen.com/women/actress_250/278_tina_fey.html). Smart is sexy. ---
**Author:** ![Balle\_M](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/13edae/32.png) [@Balle\_M](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balle_M)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smitten-by-alison-stewart-or-whos-your-favorite-newsbabe/293549/28 "2005-03-09T14:59:18Z")
Gotta go with FoxBabe [Dari Alexander](http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,34716,00.html). ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smitten-by-alison-stewart-or-whos-your-favorite-newsbabe/293549/29 "2005-03-09T16:28:06Z")
> [@Freejooky](#): > > Whoever that cute, nerdy one is that’s on one of the major networks - CNN, maybe. She’s got cats-eye glasses and is mega-hot. [Ashleigh Banfield](http://www.ashleighbanfieldlive.com/) of MSNBC? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smitten-by-alison-stewart-or-whos-your-favorite-newsbabe/293549/30 "2005-03-09T16:52:00Z")
> [@TeaElle](#): > > Anderson Cooper all the way, regardless of his personal orientation. More obligatory trivia… He calls Gloria Vanderbilt “Mom”. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Surb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@The\_Surb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Surb)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smitten-by-alison-stewart-or-whos-your-favorite-newsbabe/293549/31 "2005-03-09T17:03:10Z")
> [@buttonjockey308](#): > > [Homer Simpson] > > [Michelle Leigh](http://www.michelle-leigh.com/#) > > [/Homer Simpson] Yes Yes Yes, she’s got that sexy, hot, yeah-I-like-to-party look. You just KNOW she gets a little wild and trashy on the weekends. I love it when she does the weather wearing a leather outfit. ---
**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:** [March 9, 2005, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smitten-by-alison-stewart-or-whos-your-favorite-newsbabe/293549/32 "2005-03-09T23:46:54Z")
> [@DirkGntly](#): > > In fact, I think I’m gonna go hang out around the Weather Channel HQ… I’m telling you, somebody there has it bad for blondes. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2005, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smitten-by-alison-stewart-or-whos-your-favorite-newsbabe/293549/33 "2005-03-10T00:40:58Z")
> [@Freejooky](#): > > Whoever that cute, nerdy one is that’s on one of the major networks - CNN, maybe. She’s got cats-eye glasses and is mega-hot. I’m guessing you’re talking about [Rudi Bakhtiar](http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Camera/5168/bios/rudi_bakhtiar.jpg). She’s right up top on my list of hot news women! ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2005, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smitten-by-alison-stewart-or-whos-your-favorite-newsbabe/293549/34 "2005-03-10T01:42:15Z")
[Rick Leventhal](http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,1221,00.html) is a favorite of mine. I call him “Mr. Hygene” because when he was “imbedded” during the war in Iraq (travelling with the troops), he’d complain about how he hadn’t washed his hair, and about how grungy he felt. One time one of the reporters back at the FoxNews station jokingly said he (Leventhal) was “oversharing,” but I totally empathized with him. I wouldn’t say that Leventhal is an “OMG, total hottie!!!11!” type of guy. But I like him. I also like [Tony Snow](http://www.foxnews.com/tonysnow/). I haven’t seen him in much lately and hadn’t kept up with what he’s been up to—didn’t know that he has colon cancer until just now, when I looked for a link. :eek: Wow, that is awful. I wish him the best. Anyway, he always seems so upbeat and _nice_—I sure hope he will be okay. And how can I not like [Kurt the Cyberguy](http://ktla.trb.com/news/local/newsstaff/ktla-news-bio-knutsson.story)? Another _nice_ sort of fellow. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2005, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smitten-by-alison-stewart-or-whos-your-favorite-newsbabe/293549/35 "2005-03-10T01:53:32Z")
Northeast Pennsylvania is a sexier place thanks to one [Julie Sidoni](http://www.wnep.com/Global/story.asp?S=688659&nav=HMOj7ePt). Larger photo [here.](http://local.wnep.com/bios/load.php?name=julies) ---
**Author:** ![buttonjockey308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@buttonjockey308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buttonjockey308)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2005, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smitten-by-alison-stewart-or-whos-your-favorite-newsbabe/293549/36 "2005-03-10T02:13:39Z")
> [@The Surb](#): > > Yes Yes Yes, she’s got that sexy, hot, yeah-I-like-to-party look. You just KNOW she gets a little wild and trashy on the weekends. > > I love it when she does the weather wearing a leather outfit. Oh totally! Clearly she’s done the walk of shame from a one-night-stand’s apartment right into the studio more than once, which is what makes her so bloody attractive. Party on Michelle! ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2005, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smitten-by-alison-stewart-or-whos-your-favorite-newsbabe/293549/37 "2005-03-10T06:09:42Z")
> [@Lamar Mundane](#): > > I am not normally attracted to the “classical” beauties, but this woman makes my knees weak. > > [Melissa Theuriau](http://www.photoslg.com/weblog/2004/12/melissa_theuriau.php) Holy moly… she’s beautiful! I think I could watch her present the news in French and not care that I don’t understand any French. ---
**Author:** ![Freejooky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ba8739/32.png) [@Freejooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freejooky)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2005, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smitten-by-alison-stewart-or-whos-your-favorite-newsbabe/293549/38 "2005-03-10T16:09:05Z")
> [@bump](#): > > I’m guessing you’re talking about [Rudi Bakhtiar](http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Camera/5168/bios/rudi_bakhtiar.jpg). > > She’s right up top on my list of hot news women! Though both of those are incredibly hot, I’m not talking about either of those! Now I’m curious which one I’m talking about - she was recently in a commercial with [Christian Amanpour](http://www.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/amanpour.christiane.html) where the whole joke was that she couldn’t figure out how to say “Iran” or “Iraq” - she keeps saying, “Eye-Ran” and “Eye-Rack”, while Christian gets frustrated saying, "Eee-ran…not “Iran a mile”… Anyone know who I’m talking about? ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2005, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smitten-by-alison-stewart-or-whos-your-favorite-newsbabe/293549/39 "2005-03-10T16:19:31Z")
> [@Lamar Mundane](#): > > I am not normally attracted to the “classical” beauties, but this woman makes my knees weak. > > [Melissa Theuriau](http://www.photoslg.com/weblog/2004/12/melissa_theuriau.php) > > French TV Hottest. Anchorwoman. Ever. ---
**Author:** ![brickbacon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@brickbacon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brickbacon)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2005, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smitten-by-alison-stewart-or-whos-your-favorite-newsbabe/293549/40 "2005-03-10T19:09:44Z")
> [@Freejooky](#): > > Though both of those are incredibly hot, I’m not talking about either of those! Now I’m curious which one I’m talking about - she was recently in a commercial with [Christian Amanpour](http://www.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/amanpour.christiane.html) where the whole joke was that she couldn’t figure out how to say “Iran” or “Iraq” - she keeps saying, “Eye-Ran” and “Eye-Rack”, while Christian gets frustrated saying, "Eee-ran…not “Iran a mile”… > > Anyone know who I’m talking about? [Ashleigh Banfield](http://www.ashleighbanfieldlive.com/) is the woman you are looking for. I started a [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=298939&highlight=newswomen) like this a few weeks ago where I mentioned how great Allison Stewart is. I like Serena Altschul too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smitten-by-alison-stewart-or-whos-your-favorite-newsbabe/293549.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smitten-by-alison-stewart-or-whos-your-favorite-newsbabe/293549.md?page=3)