Big News on NPR
I like to listen to NPR because the reporting is very professional but mostly because it provides a window into that special world of refined liberalism upon which none of the daily reality of the average American's life shall ever intrude. But this morning I have to admit they really tapped into the heartbeat of the nation with a real barn-burner of a story - a breathless account of an "eye-brow raising" and "soul-baring" interview conducted with San Francisco's beknighted mayor Gavin Newsom. What did the mayor say that was so astonishing? Well, you'll have to listen to the interview to find out. You won't believe it! It's a wonder it didn't lead the network news.
posted by ziel | 10/30/2006 08:43:00 PM
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We are all Oprah Nation.
Im just not interested in sitting through Gavin Newsome's self-indulgence, but I would like to know what he said. Anybody?
It was ridiculous - he said he sometimes feels like quitting politics and taking it easy - this was on a local tv interview. What's amusing is hearing the NPR folks report it so breathlessly, like it was 1966 and Paul McCartney said he was thinking of quitting the Beatles. The schoolgirl-like delivery of the (male) reporter is particularly amusing.
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