The Cross Connection with Tiffany Cross

Tiffany has a way of putting herself, her thoughts, her experiences much too much in her conversations with guests. She appears eager to interrupt guests so she can be heard and will talk over them. It's kind of embarrassing. Interesting guests on the show but it's much more about what she thinks she knows than what the guest has to say. She is a me, me, what about me person.

Her voice is like chalk scratching a blackboard to me.

I really wanted to like this show. Unfortunately, Tiffany comes across as arrogant, believing more in her own opinions, even as she asks for those of her guests, which, after all, is what she is supposed to be there to do. I'm hopeful that she can turn things around if she understands that a host's mindset needs to be open, and it's not informative to her audience to overwhelm her guests with "The World According to Tiffany."

I am a big fan of MSNBC & felt compelled to write to the station hoping that Tiffany would not get the am joy time slot. Can't stand listening to her voice. Goes right through your head! Now it's obvious why she was always sucking up to Joy Reid. And, by the way, Isn't there a voice coach available? She's also way too all about herself. There is no comparison between how professional, interesting, and capable Jonathan conducts himself on Sunday (the other former AMJoy slot). There were so many great candidates who would have made much better choices. Tiffany was definitely not the right choice in my opinion. Sadly, I know several formerly regular watchers of AM Joy who have stopped watching on Saturday (or taping it) now that it's the Tiffany Cross show. Count me in that group.

Like others have said, I wanted to like this show. Yes, she has much to learn about being an anchor, but that'll come with time. She does have some pretty good insights and questions at times. I'm sure she'll learn the ropes of dealing with the time delays and not stepping over guests' answers that more seasoned anchors know. Actually, there are quite a few MSNBC anchors who are far worse about outright interrupting or distracting guests' replies with pointless grunts or Hmm/Uh-huh interjections. It doesn't help that MSNBC has a bad habit of having a guest on to speed-answer 1-2 questions in 60 seconds between two 5+ minute breaks. I'm sure she feels the needs to fill those spaces with as much content as possible, but it doesn't work, and that's not her fault.

But the one big problem with her show that must be addressed is her voice. It is painfully shrill, nasal, and squeaky. Add in her frequent warp speed rants and it becomes completely unlistenable. There's a reason why most on-air talent hire voice coaches to develop that mysterious Midwestern newscaster non-accent, simply because it's easy to listen to and easy to understand. Anchors with strong accents like New Yawkers, Bostonians, Southerners, or people from other countries invest a lot of time and money learning to temper their accents so they can do the job better. Tiffany, frankly, needs this training more than any other broadcaster I've ever heard. If she can learn to slow it down, drop the register a little bit, and maybe dial back the constant condescending reminders that she went to Harvard, then she'll the makings of a good show.