The Cross Connection with Tiffany Cross

I tried giving her a chance but her voice is unbearable. High pitched and screechy. Can't take it for 2 minutes, much less 2 hours. MSNBC got it wrong this time.

I have tuned into MSNBC's Tiffany Cross in the past year. Each time I either turn her off or come away cringing in disgust and feel anger towards her! She is inaccurate, has highly skewed views and opinions. She is remarkably unfair in her comments, and she is not in the least, in my opinion, fair or even remotely accurate. I know that America has a tragic history regarding the treatment of African Americans and Indigenous peoples (I have Cherokee ancestry) that must be addressed and talked about. But after listening to her I always come away with the feeling that all white people are put in the same basket of eggs. I can't take listening to her anymore. I switch to CNN ALOT!

Her voice is like chalk scratching a blackboard to me.

I just wish Tiffany would come out of her own head and try to do a balanced show. Allow people to have a difference of opinion withoit trying to degrade them, There are plenty of pressing issues to address about our culture but to go after someone about BLACK hairstyles.? I don't know if it was sarcasm but as another Black woman, I found that whole segment embarassing.

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.