NPR Check: Open Thread - Monday

Monday, January 22, 2007

Open Thread - Monday

NPR related comments welcomed.

5 comments:

Porter Melmoth said...: When is someone going to pull up Mara Liasson's turtleneck collar, so that not only her turkey-neck is concealed, but that her trap will be shut as well?
Who the hell likes her? Who thinks she's funny? Or witty? Why does she have to talk in that self-amused, slime-filled, jelly-masticating rattle-babble, that is so blatantly skewed against Democrats and Whigs, despite her alleged 'center-left' stance? Why, why, WHY??
I know, I know, this is 'NPR Loathing 101', but I listen to her in horror, and I know I can turn the radio off, but - wait, I don't want Mara to know that she has this power over me! I know she enjoys it! OK, I'm better now. Her segment is over - for now. But, but, why can't she just stay at Fox, where she's the token gal amongst Bill 'Howdy Doody' Kristol, Brit Hume, et al. At least in their company she can't compete, so she's just boring, what with her time-filling blah-blah-blah and attention-starved pop-eyed grimaces.
End of Mara Rage #723.; 1/22/07, 6:35 PM
Porter Melmoth said...: One addition: Brit 'Lurch' Hume.; 1/22/07, 6:43 PM
Anonymous said...: I get that way, too. But it's not just Mara that makes me feel that way.

BTW, tonight's BS pieces on "the public wants politicians to compromise!" annoyed the hell out of me; typical NPR crap. (gee, NPR, what percentage of the public actually prefer liberal policy positions and don't want compromise on any number of areas... universal health care?... Iraq?... minimum wage ... anything? hello? any mention of polls? any actual data? no? just filling the news hole with your bland CW? Well, thanks for nothing, NPR. Again.); 1/22/07, 7:16 PM
Porter Melmoth said...: Yes indeed, having expectations that NPR will really deliver on analyzing and interpreting current issues and events is not a realistic option.
PBS is less flexible, but shows like NOW, and the work of really worthwhile reporters like Maria Hinojosa and David Brancaccio are really helpful.
And good news: Bill Moyers is coming back with a show in April.
NPR seems set in staying its disappointing (and maddening) course!; 1/22/07, 7:38 PM
Anonymous said...: That is good news; I'd stopped watching Now after Moyers left. Brancaccio just bugs me. I hope they bump it back up to an hour, as well.

And if they killed off Fareed's show, that would make me really really happy.; 1/22/07, 7:43 PM

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