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Tuesday, March 30, 2004
I'm glad to see some blowback for NPR about the replacement of Bob Edwards:
"The announcement that Mr. Edwards would leave his anchor post, effective April 30, to take on a new assignment as a senior correspondent, and his statements that the move was not his idea, ignited widespread criticism. NPR, based in Washington, has received more than 17,000 calls and e-mail messages from angry listeners, its officials said. A Web site, savebobedwards.com, has generated close to 3,000 signatures."
-- New York Times, NPR Stations Had Pushed for Change
I admit that I sent one of those email messages, though I wasn't all that angry about it.
In fact, my reaction to the news was decidedly tempered by the discovery that NPR Morning Edition is "the No. 1 morning show on radio, with almost 13 million listeners."
Still, I've rather come to like the unhurried gravity of his voice -- though it probably does require my clock radio a couple minutes longer in rousing me from my sleep every morning than if I had the dial set to the local Jeff & Jer morning show. I hope, at the very least, they'll bring him back for those goofy imaginary Thanksgiving dinners they do every year on Thanksgiving.
"The announcement that Mr. Edwards would leave his anchor post, effective April 30, to take on a new assignment as a senior correspondent, and his statements that the move was not his idea, ignited widespread criticism. NPR, based in Washington, has received more than 17,000 calls and e-mail messages from angry listeners, its officials said. A Web site, savebobedwards.com, has generated close to 3,000 signatures."
-- New York Times, NPR Stations Had Pushed for Change
I admit that I sent one of those email messages, though I wasn't all that angry about it.
In fact, my reaction to the news was decidedly tempered by the discovery that NPR Morning Edition is "the No. 1 morning show on radio, with almost 13 million listeners."
Still, I've rather come to like the unhurried gravity of his voice -- though it probably does require my clock radio a couple minutes longer in rousing me from my sleep every morning than if I had the dial set to the local Jeff & Jer morning show. I hope, at the very least, they'll bring him back for those goofy imaginary Thanksgiving dinners they do every year on Thanksgiving.
