[speedgibson] Speed Gibson: Giving in to the Dark Side

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Posted by Speed Gibson:
Giving in to the Dark Side
http://speedgibson.powerblogs.com/posts/1212502855.shtml


   I have no choice. MPR is now my morning drive station. Once again, it
   was starting to look promising, with Chris Baker on KTLK-FM. And once
   again my hopes were dashed. Ron Rosenbaum is now a regular on that
   show. He's a smart guy. I think his legal clients are well
   represented. But his personality and thin skin just aren't suited to
   radio, to the point where he is, in my opinion of course,
   unlistenable.
   I'm therefore now listening to MPR, 91.1 FM. Yes, it's as pedantic and
   and pretentious as I remember. Yes, the reporters are spectacularly
   uncurious at times. Yes, there's too much fluff. I do at least
   appreciate that they don't go out of their way to insult my
   intelligence, like the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
   Actually, I should hear a little more from the loyal opposition, and I
   can say I that I do learn some things that most other news outlets
   don't have time to cover. Thanks to our taxpayer support, they have
   that time.
   I'll come for air during the Pledge Drives, when MPR cuts its output
   in half or more, trying to pretend they're financially strapped. I'll
   use that time to rescan the AM and FM dials, to see if there's an
   enlightened program director out there that will again try real, adult
   local content instead of endless fluff, traffic, and weather.