Wednesday, January 30, 2008
I’ve come to really appreciate the sports coverage on Morning Edition. Frank Deford covers all kinds of sports brilliantly. He can make me wonder why even the dullest sports (cricket, anyone?) don’t have a massive fan base.
So, you’d think that covering something like the Super Bowl would be really easy, right? It’s the most-watched sporting […]
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Attention public radio personalities: We are not like Andrea Campbell. We have crushes, but we respect the distance.
Might I refer you to the “Legal” section of our site? We’re making most of our stuff up.
This, however, is total truth. Check the Chicago Tribune: Garrison Keillor has a real-life stalker.
So that’s why he had […]
Seriously. How much Rambo can one society take? A friend of mine is really–I mean really–pulling for the new movie to be just one explosion, lasting for two hours. I’ve seen the trailer, and I don’t know how to break it to Joey, but it’s not just one constantly combusting gasoline fire. However, Sylvester Stallone […]
I love it when Bob gets confessional, and this week, he opens the episode with the admission that though last week’s political story was lacking a sufficient angle, it was the Iowa Caucus - it had to be covered out of sheer excitement (because come on - caucuses are BAD ASS).
This week is different. The […]
Welcome to 2008, everybody. I’m not sure how your year began, but ours started with an inaugural dance party in the sleet.
Bob and Brooke are welcoming us to the new year with a clip of Chris Matthews freaking out about the results of the Iowa caucus. Which is not newsworthy. Chris Matthews is always freaking […]
R/S on Twitter
Because I’d said that one story asked more questions
(expanded from the 1/25 recap)
Seems that The New York Times’ “The War at Home” series really upset some veterans and military bloggers for what they claim is its de-contextualization of the stories of 121 Iraqi war veterans who have committed–or been accussed of committing–murder since returning home. Part of the problem seems to be that […]