I think she's a real yum-yum cutey-pie. Beats the "talking head" culture of most newsy outlets.
I suppose we all have our preferences, like y'know? Hawkmoon seems to find that much gesturing annoying. Me? Meh, no big deal. I find other speech characteristics annoying, like y' know?
Evangelists do a lot of pacing and gesturing, except they've usually got a Bible in one hand and a mike in the other.