i dont say this simply to be contrarian or smart ass (moreso to say that, for me, it doesnt change the way i thought about NPR at all), i do not care in any way about this. i actually cant stand a lot of NPR simply because it is often the spineless douchey liberal cariacture that makes left leeaning people seem like a bunch of weiners.
keep FOX and NPR away from me. they both make me want to sock myself one right in the ole kisser
I am not sure how NPR is spineless and douchey, could you elaborate? It won't change my view, but I would like to understand why you think this so I maybe get a better idea of where this mindset comes.
ha! just listen to Ira Glass for like 2 minutes.
I love Ira Glass, but he is a bit of a weenie. He's no Rambo.
When I read Joe's comments, it sounds more like he's listening to the stereotype of NPR (like the skits on SNL) than the actual stations.
I agree that the on air staff is mostly soft spoken, but whiney? I don't hear it--a high pitched voice isn't a whine.
I do think though, there's a sense in the US that if you're not a screaming chest beater in a wife beater then you're somehow not a strong person.
Based on that cliche, no one on NPR qualifies.
I think the folks who get on the air there, get there because they're good at their jobs, and have shown chops in their chosen profession.
The fact that they don't bark the news like an AM radio host is nothing but a plus to me.
I'm willing to take the information from them, and decide if it jibes w/ what I hear elsewhere myself.
Do I like everyone and everything on NPR, nope, but I don't like everything I encounter everywhere either.
(love = Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, Radio Lab, On The Media, Hate = Splended Table).
bringing this back around . . . so, is there the sense that Juan Williams was, in the eyes of the npr elite, acting tuff and trying to come across as not-whimpy on fox?
