So, it's something I've noticed for a while, on both TV and radio, practiced by the renowned, the known and the unknown interviewee, and I assumed it was simply the new American media speak tic, but just now the spokesman for the Israeli Prime Minister did it responding to Andrea Mitchell! Who sent the memo and why? Once you start to notice it, it's all you hear. It's pervasive. Stop it!
another point to ponder:
Why does an internet search company called Trivago spend a gazillion dollars in name recognition ads and then have the cool dude spokesguy pronounce the company's name like the title role of the Omar Sharif movie about a Russian doctor?
So, like, what annoys you?