Don't get me started on the news, sports and weather clowns. I was a journalism/lit major. Honestly, I don't know where THOSE people were educated, but they certainly didn't attend the same classes I did. Or they were absent a lot. What passes for news copy is a complete joke, from content to conveyance. $*^$
Oh and let's not leave out referring to one's self in third person. That's COMPLETELY obnoxious. Ex: Bob Dole speaking: "Bob Dole believes......... blah, blah, blah."
And, while I'm on a roll, if I never see the word 'famed' again (as in famed producer) or see the word 'penned' used as a substitute for 'wrote' (as in he penned the hit song) it will be a happy day. They are simply awful and unnecessary substitutes.
Well, I shall now return to penning another hit song for a famed singer, and producer as well. It's alternative rock... :)