More on NPR’s Vindictiveness
According to Richard Leiby’s column, “Reliable Source” in today’s Washington Post, Bob Edwards is furious because NPR barred his old colleague Scott Simon , host of “Weekend Morning Edition,” (Actually, “Weekend Edition Saturday”) from appearing on his XM Satellite Radio show last week to promote a book. “This is clearly just pettiness directed at me,” Edwards told Leiby yesterday. “It baffles me that they are going to these petty extremes, especially when I am still an outspoken supporter of public radio and NPR specifically.”
See the whole story, including the typically-bewildering response by an NPR spokesman, at Bob Edwards Learns NPR Isn’t Done Hitting the Off Button - then write the “Ombudsman” and complain about this petty nonsense. I mean, doesn’t Jay Kernis have better things to do than to sit awake nights in fear of a satellite radio show?
Update 4:45pm: This story is also being reported on the Outside the Beltway newsblog. The only comment there as of this writing is from someone apparently raised by wolves with no sense of taste nor decency; perhaps readers here might consider countering this person’s post.
Another note of some relevance; Scott Simon has been on XMPR (XM Satellite Public Radio). Back in February, he appeared on “The Kalb Report” when they discussed baseball in the Nation’s Capital. So apparently NPR doesn’t have a problem with XMPR, it’s only The Bob Edwards Show they don’t want Scott to appear on. Damning evidence that this is personal pique and not sensible decisionmaking…
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May 3rd, 2005 at 5:17 pm
Arrrgh. Those idiots at NPR just keep digging. Now that they are somewhere close to finding China, they won’t want to stop now…
I’m sure they are trying to avoid the replay of Scott’s interview of Bob at the end of his run! The one where all you could say was - “Watch your back Scott - after that comment, you’re next!”
They obviously got to him later - have you EVER heard Scott Simon give sucha meek response to ANYTHING? This is the guy that stood up to Nicaraguan Sandanestras and Rebels - and yet he knows he’s screwed when he’s messing with National Public Hooligans.
But you can always count on Dan Schorr - Nixon couldn’t, Paley couldn’t, CBS couldn’t, Congress couldn’t - so don’t think NPR has a prayer to shut Schorr up! (There is an advantage to being nearly 80, too.) And what a great quote - “After they fired Bob, anything could happen!”
And of course, what will NPR do to Susan? They already stuck her in the ’senior correspondant’ gig that Bob declined. So what’s next? No more stuffing at Thanksgiving?