Thoughts on Savvy Programming
Dear Savvy Traveler:
I am not a traveler and am not likely to become one. I am an avid
listener to [public radio]. I am not a regular listener to your
show, but I've run across it often enough. I find that there are
two aspects to is thoughtful commentary. I listen to NPR because of
the abundance of the latter, which you are more than capable of
providing. I hate to hear the former and urge you to move away
as often as possible from merely peddling silly purchases (with
cute voices) to the few who can afford them and from filling air
space with irritating segments of "my funniest travel story" or some
permutation on the theme. If the moron who was nearly stranded on
the Amazon when his drunk guide tackled an alligator wants to
chuckle about that darned trip, let him do it in a bar with his
drinking pals. There are too many reporters, writers, workers, and
just plain travelers with compelling, meaningful life-stories to
tell to waste time on these pointless anecdotes.
Bill Radl
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