I know you have seen it. When you watch the news, or live sports reporting on the news, or weather, and there are reporters in remote sights, they stand there and nod their heads until it is there turn to talk. I have to guess that the nodding head is a universal signal that they are hearing the comments of the anchor person. I have to guess this because I see this motion on local news, and on national news and even national sporting events and weather forecasting shows.
But this bobbing head does something to me: It makes me think of a bobblehead doll http://www.bobbleheads.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobblehead. To me, it diminishes the authority and credibility of the reporter, and I just think about the bobbing head instead of the story about which the reporter is commenting, no matter how serious it is. I can edit that, if I need to, in order to focus in the actual story. But the bobbing head irks me, no matter what.
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