tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5487352739478237173.post3811685023876569718..comments2024-02-18T15:39:19.669-05:00Comments on Way Out In The Margin: Media: PRI 3, NPR 0Glitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12942149998208274209noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5487352739478237173.post-42804031715066143752008-12-15T14:08:00.000-05:002008-12-15T14:08:00.000-05:00"The World" rocks. I'm checking my list of Public ..."The World" rocks. I'm checking my list of Public Radio shows on my iPod and I have pretty much a mix of PRI and NPR... I think it's about 50/50.Brad P. from NJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12741097270661815555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5487352739478237173.post-51793558524715631172008-12-15T14:03:00.000-05:002008-12-15T14:03:00.000-05:00Keeping score??? The PRI vs. NPR thing is just si...Keeping score??? The PRI vs. NPR thing is just silly. And I must say, while there are many fine PRI shows, The Takeaway ain't one of them. It is an abomination, unlistenable...and I tried, I really tried. <BR/><BR/>It is well funded (by Knight Foundation and others) and the folks behind it are blindly determined to challenge Morning Edition, so unfortunately it will probably on the air for a while.<BR/><BR/>Hopefully they'll scrap some of the nonesense: the stupid sound effect "blips" between segments, the newsreader with the heavy British accent (hard to understand!), Hockenberry cutting off his co-host Udoji every chance he gets...<BR/><BR/>Blah!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5487352739478237173.post-28589070976043469512008-12-14T15:07:00.000-05:002008-12-14T15:07:00.000-05:00Don't leave out PRI's "The World," which is now al...Don't leave out PRI's "The World," which is now almost 14 years old and still going strong, going head to head, in many markets, with NPR's ATC. The World proves your point about niche programming (exclusively focusing on international news for a US audience). And yep, I've worked for The World for a better part of 13 of those 14 years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com