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Comment by nateabele | Hacker News Reader

Apropos of nothing, I just wanted to drop by and reiterate that Kara Swisher is in the running for the most obnoxious person on the planet (don't forget to cast your votes!).

I hope she dwindles into obscurity (finally).

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I've only read a few of her pieces, and they seemed like straight up journalism. What's obnoxious about her?

I think her interviewing behavior is what makes people hate her that much. Watch the Bill Gates plus Steve Jobs interview to get an example. She constantly wants to push some prepared narrative rather than being open minded about what the interviewees say. Sprinkle that that with some weird, inappropriate sexual innuendo and the problem increases exponentially. Her articles may be much better, however I've never read much of her.

What's obnoxious about her?

Anything she writes about melissa meyer...

Google it. er, no pun intended.

Hunch: her temerity in possessing both opinions and a vagina at the same time.

Easy there, sexism police. Take a look at my reply to chad_oliver for the actual reason.

Oh yes, it more than explains the over-the-top vitriol.

To be honest, your behavior is rather obnoxious. It's exactly the sort of bullying behavior I left behind when I left primary school.

Let people make their own decisions about others; there's no need to spread nasty opinions.

Retract that comment until you can sit through the entirety of any AtD interview involving her and Steve Jobs without pulling your hair out and/or smashing things. They're the most grating pieces of 'journalism' (of any sort, let alone tech) that I have ever had the displeasure of suffering through.

Oh, go fuck yourself.

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