tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post7480091860506964595..comments2023-11-03T03:17:27.053-05:00Comments on NPR Check: Twister for the TwistedMytwordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04307620268159811668noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-22674928745318455982007-04-16T10:53:00.000-05:002007-04-16T10:53:00.000-05:00Unbelievable. The detachment of these NPR chatshow...Unbelievable. The detachment of these NPR chatshow types is certainly sociopathic. Liane should be broadcasting from a booth at some shopping mall, where she can be amongst her own kind. Her mix of the serious and the superficial has always been uncomfortable and amateurish.<BR/><BR/>If I ran the circus known as NPR News I'd make the following change, TONIGHT: immediate and permanent separation of news stories and feature interest stories. Confine them to two distinct shows. The magazine approach is a failure. It is probably a vain hope that the quality of NPR reporting would improve if this were done, as the entertainment factor has infected every aspect of NPR, and ratings for the hardcore news show would slump, but Liane's brilliant 'Twister' analogy has reminded me just how low the quality has become in their attempts to illuminate news stories for the public. (Personal note: I've never, ever had any exposure to the game Twister, and it's always excruciating when Liane gets that 'everybody automatically knows all about the stuff I know about' tone in her voice; it's as if she's relating to her coterie of high school friends or something...)<BR/><BR/>Even as its audience grows, its corporate interests increase, and its budget rises, NPR's capacity for critical thinking and perceptive observation continues to shrink rapidly. Yeah, I know, an understatement.Porter Melmothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473990960543501439noreply@blogger.com