NPR left me...
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Now that I work from home, I would usually listen to NPR (which used to be my commute staple) as I enjoyed the relatively ad-free experience, as well as a thoughtful mostly-balanced (fact focused) approach to the news and the stories. That being said, since then I listen to a few podcasts (such as This American Life) whenever I can and still enjoy them. However... anytime they do a rerun of a previous show (sometimes from the 90s) it's pretty stark how the content narratives have shifted.
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@Jolly said in NPR left me...:
An interesting essay...
What I found interesting is that he’s still an annoying and self-important dipshit. NPR, The Times, The Atlantic, et al didn’t change 2 years ago, they changed decades ago. The problem was he didn’t recognize it then and he still doesn’t recognize it now. Stephen Colbert as a satirist that attacked all sides? Dip-shit…
@LuFins-Dad said in NPR left me...:
What I found interesting is that he’s still an annoying and self-important dipshit. NPR, The Times, The Atlantic, et al didn’t change 2 years ago, they changed decades ago. The problem was he didn’t recognize it then and he still doesn’t recognize it now.
It was transparently left by the time I started listening in the early 90s. But it went identitarian in the past few years, it started before George Floyd and only accelerated since. Now its almost a caricature of itself.
The only show I'll listen to is a local one on WNYC for 2hrs a day. And half the time his is too much. I stopped being a member many years ago.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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@LuFins-Dad said in NPR left me...:
What I found interesting is that he’s still an annoying and self-important dipshit. NPR, The Times, The Atlantic, et al didn’t change 2 years ago, they changed decades ago. The problem was he didn’t recognize it then and he still doesn’t recognize it now.
It was transparently left by the time I started listening in the early 90s. But it went identitarian in the past few years, it started before George Floyd and only accelerated since. Now its almost a caricature of itself.
The only show I'll listen to is a local one on WNYC for 2hrs a day. And half the time his is too much. I stopped being a member many years ago.
@jon-nyc said in NPR left me...:
The only show I'll listen to is a local one on WNYC for 2hrs a day. And half the time his is too much. I stopped being a member many years ago.
I used to listen so some stuff on WNYC, too. Not very much at all anymore.
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To address another point he makes: the so-called "comedians" of today.
(old fart rant here; watch me shake my fist at the sky)
All these late-night asshats are turning people like me off as well. It's way past my bedtime, of course, but if I wanted to be lectured by a talk-show host at bedtime, I'd ... well, I don't know what I'd do.
ENTERTAIN ME, FFS. Be funny, be cordial, be current. But don't f'ing preach at me. All you guys come off as self-centered arrogant elites.
(shakes fist again)
The likes of Carson, Cavett, Leno never did that shit. Even Fallon didn't, in the beginning. Letterman was always nasty, but he was funny, at least.
With the rise of the likes of Jon (clown-nose on/clown-nose off) Stewart, "comedy" became preachy, and therefore not funny any more.
@George-K said in NPR left me...:
To address another point he makes: the so-called "comedians" of today.
(old fart rant here; watch me shake my fist at the sky)
All these late-night asshats are turning people like me off as well. It's way past my bedtime, of course, but if I wanted to be lectured by a talk-show host at bedtime, I'd ... well, I don't know what I'd do.
ENTERTAIN ME, FFS. Be funny, be cordial, be current. But don't f'ing preach at me. All you guys come off as self-centered arrogant elites.
(shakes fist again)
The likes of Carson, Cavett, Leno never did that shit. Even Fallon didn't, in the beginning. Letterman was always nasty, but he was funny, at least.
With the rise of the likes of Jon (clown-nose on/clown-nose off) Stewart, "comedy" became preachy, and therefore not funny any more.
These shows are terrible, now. I've been watching old Letterman shows on YouTube, and they're hilarious. The whole saga with Conan and Leno, as narrated by Dave, is wonderful.
Also, why are many of these current dickheads British? Is the US even forced to import its dickheads now?
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@George-K said in NPR left me...:
To address another point he makes: the so-called "comedians" of today.
(old fart rant here; watch me shake my fist at the sky)
All these late-night asshats are turning people like me off as well. It's way past my bedtime, of course, but if I wanted to be lectured by a talk-show host at bedtime, I'd ... well, I don't know what I'd do.
ENTERTAIN ME, FFS. Be funny, be cordial, be current. But don't f'ing preach at me. All you guys come off as self-centered arrogant elites.
(shakes fist again)
The likes of Carson, Cavett, Leno never did that shit. Even Fallon didn't, in the beginning. Letterman was always nasty, but he was funny, at least.
With the rise of the likes of Jon (clown-nose on/clown-nose off) Stewart, "comedy" became preachy, and therefore not funny any more.
These shows are terrible, now. I've been watching old Letterman shows on YouTube, and they're hilarious. The whole saga with Conan and Leno, as narrated by Dave, is wonderful.
Also, why are many of these current dickheads British? Is the US even forced to import its dickheads now?
@Doctor-Phibes said in NPR left me...:
@George-K said in NPR left me...:
To address another point he makes: the so-called "comedians" of today.
(old fart rant here; watch me shake my fist at the sky)
All these late-night asshats are turning people like me off as well. It's way past my bedtime, of course, but if I wanted to be lectured by a talk-show host at bedtime, I'd ... well, I don't know what I'd do.
ENTERTAIN ME, FFS. Be funny, be cordial, be current. But don't f'ing preach at me. All you guys come off as self-centered arrogant elites.
(shakes fist again)
The likes of Carson, Cavett, Leno never did that shit. Even Fallon didn't, in the beginning. Letterman was always nasty, but he was funny, at least.
With the rise of the likes of Jon (clown-nose on/clown-nose off) Stewart, "comedy" became preachy, and therefore not funny any more.
These shows are terrible, now. I've been watching old Letterman shows on YouTube, and they're hilarious. The whole saga with Conan and Leno, as narrated by Dave, is wonderful.
Also, why are many of these current dickheads British? Is the US even forced to import its dickheads now?
Because part of American culture is to romanticize British accents as sophisticated and intelligent. I believe it really is that simple. There are a ton of British accents at the upper echelons of the company I work at, and I fully believe that is because the owner of the company has a fetish for the accent.
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@Doctor-Phibes said in NPR left me...:
@George-K said in NPR left me...:
To address another point he makes: the so-called "comedians" of today.
(old fart rant here; watch me shake my fist at the sky)
All these late-night asshats are turning people like me off as well. It's way past my bedtime, of course, but if I wanted to be lectured by a talk-show host at bedtime, I'd ... well, I don't know what I'd do.
ENTERTAIN ME, FFS. Be funny, be cordial, be current. But don't f'ing preach at me. All you guys come off as self-centered arrogant elites.
(shakes fist again)
The likes of Carson, Cavett, Leno never did that shit. Even Fallon didn't, in the beginning. Letterman was always nasty, but he was funny, at least.
With the rise of the likes of Jon (clown-nose on/clown-nose off) Stewart, "comedy" became preachy, and therefore not funny any more.
These shows are terrible, now. I've been watching old Letterman shows on YouTube, and they're hilarious. The whole saga with Conan and Leno, as narrated by Dave, is wonderful.
Also, why are many of these current dickheads British? Is the US even forced to import its dickheads now?
Because part of American culture is to romanticize British accents as sophisticated and intelligent. I believe it really is that simple. There are a ton of British accents at the upper echelons of the company I work at, and I fully believe that is because the owner of the company has a fetish for the accent.
@Horace said in NPR left me...:
Because part of American culture is to romanticize British accents as sophisticated and intelligent.
John Oliver is from freaking Birmingham
How bad does it have to get for people to think that a Brummie sounds sophisticated and intelligent?
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@Horace said in NPR left me...:
Because part of American culture is to romanticize British accents as sophisticated and intelligent.
John Oliver is from freaking Birmingham
How bad does it have to get for people to think that a Brummie sounds sophisticated and intelligent?
@Doctor-Phibes said in NPR left me...:
@Horace said in NPR left me...:
Because part of American culture is to romanticize British accents as sophisticated and intelligent.
John Oliver is from freaking Birmingham
How bad does it have to get for people to think that a Brummie sounds sophisticated and intelligent?
In Australia, because I didn't sound like I was from Texas, everyone assumed I was from Canada.
Furriners are bad at placing regional accents.
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@Doctor-Phibes said in NPR left me...:
@Horace said in NPR left me...:
Because part of American culture is to romanticize British accents as sophisticated and intelligent.
John Oliver is from freaking Birmingham
How bad does it have to get for people to think that a Brummie sounds sophisticated and intelligent?
In Australia, because I didn't sound like I was from Texas, everyone assumed I was from Canada.
Furriners are bad at placing regional accents.
@Aqua-Letifer said in NPR left me...:
Furriners are bad at placing regional accents.
I've been confused for South African, Irish, and Australian. Canadians were even worse at placing my accent than the yanks are.
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The final nail in the coffin happened for me yesterday. I was listening on the way back from some errands and the talk was all about why our reaction to the Ukraine war was racist, because they are white people and why do we care more about that than the African wars. One person talking said it made her realize her unconscious prejudice.
Jesus.
