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FARHAD MANJOO: The tedious, annoying complaints of public radio listeners. Since I listen to NPR p?

By Glenn Reynolds

FARHAD MANJOO: The tedious, annoying complaints of public radio listeners. Since I listen to NPR pretty regularly, I know what he means — but I actually find ‘em kind of amusing. And, actually, I think Farhad does too:

Every time one of their narrow-minded, classist letters makes it on the air, I contemplate burning my tote bag in protest. The problem, for me, isn’t just that some people don’t like some things NPR covers. It’s that these reflexively snobby pseudo-intellectuals see NPR as their own?a refuge from the mad world outside, a “safe,” high-minded palace that should never be sullied by anything more outré than James Taylor (whom, of course, they love). . . . If these snoots love public radio as much as I do, then one of us must be missing the boat about what public radio is supposed to be about. Is it me, or them?

It’s them.

Plus, NPR appeals to the “silent majority.” Read the whole thing. And chuckle.

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on March 02, 2011 (boomark / email).