tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post9068927457893524886..comments2023-11-03T03:17:27.053-05:00Comments on NPR Check: Back to School & Open ThreadMytwordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04307620268159811668noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-16601362867323044072007-08-27T17:55:00.000-05:002007-08-27T17:55:00.000-05:00I also 'like' it when "our faaavorite radio news p...I also 'like' it when "our faaavorite radio news program", reporting on Afghanistan (hence the news on the spike in opium production), always must use the phrase "...US troops toppled the Taliban." TOPPLED, f.f.s.? Hate to be a killjoy, but when the reports are simultaneously telling of their regrouping I've likened the initial op more akin to "Weebles" (y'know, y'know - they wobble but they don't fall down).<BR/><BR/>So would it be more apropo to say we "weebled" the Taliban?<BR/><BR/>-rant offAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-31298799727757558052007-08-27T17:38:00.000-05:002007-08-27T17:38:00.000-05:00Awww, My-T... Your reprive is my loss. This has be...Awww, My-T... Your reprive is my loss. This has become my daily antidote to those mush-mouthed doughwads whom I can barely tolerate on my trip home or as I'm prying my eyes open in the AM. Call me an angst-ridden bunny, but at least I gained the sense to invst my money into more fruitful things now. (ya readin' this, NPR McNews?!?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-61951402791023139152007-08-27T11:14:00.000-05:002007-08-27T11:14:00.000-05:00OK, for starters, here's a link to a story about a...OK, for starters, here's a link to a story about an on-air person at KUOW in Seattle, who's resigning:<BR/><BR/>'Personality Crisis<BR/>Radio Host Ken Vincent Quits over Changes at KUOW' <BR/><BR/>http://www.thestranger.com/<BR/>seattle/Content?oid=297396<BR/><BR/>(Apologies for the cut/paste.)<BR/><BR/>The article isn't too in-depth, but there are plenty of implications about the politics and policies of the 'new' NPR that are obviously shaking down to the local level.Porter Melmothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473990960543501439noreply@blogger.com