Legal Commentary

What He Said (NPR Deadweight Dept.)

By Professor University of Miami School of Law

Jack Shafer in Slate, Behold how little substance NPR’s Cokie Roberts can pack into four minutes of airtime suggests it’s time for NPR to replace Cokie Roberts with actual content.

Actually he’s too kind: Roberts isn’t bad just because she’s vacuous and boring, but also because she so frequently recites GOP talking points without editing or contextualizing. (This is not surprising if you know her maiden name and family history.)

I’ve vowed not to give to NPR again until they replace Roberts and the almost as useless Juan Williams. I don’t require an unbiased commentator — heck, bias can be more fun some time — and certainly don’t require one I agree with (that can be boring). But I’d like one who shows some sign of having done some thinking or some investigation. Almost any major political blogger would be better.

Full post as published by Discourse.net on May 05, 2009 (boomark / email).