Dear MSNBC...
Rita Cosby, as a PERSON, is probably a lovely lady. Unfortunately, we only get to know her as a newscaster with a grating voice. I'm sure she is well aware of it. As a person who had vocal nodes at one time, the raspiness in her speaking voice is a dead give-away that there are serious problems going on in her vocal cords. I SO can't stand listening to the stress in her intake breathing and speaking voice that I simply TURN HER OFF. There are far too many options for news reports. I would recommend that Rita takes enough time off of work to get some speech therapy...and/or whatever medical attention she needs to get this fixed. Ain't no way she'll have ANY speaking voice left in another 5 years...and then it will be too late!
A one-star rating? Yes...and it's mostly due to the poor vocal quality, making good communication impossible.
