I hate reading media news so I actively sort of — I'm not interested in someone getting fired. No disrespect to people that are, but I literally had no idea who she was, or that she got fired until this moment.
ADDED: I know, I know... I left off the option: I have no idea who Ira Glass is and I'm not interested in people not being interested in someone getting fired. No disrespect to people who are, but I literally had no idea who he was or that he was uninterested in media news until this moment.
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Ira's in the wrong bubble.
The Glass is half full... of himself.
You left off "needs to read Althouse".
I confused him with the plagiarist [I never listen to NPR]. And it is very hard to believe this Glass does not know who runs the NYT. That suggests, to me, he is kinda dumb. Is he?
Didn't Ira Glass make his name by writing fraudulent news articles? Or was that someone else I don't care about?
Good point, Original Mike. The truth has come out that Ira is not a reader, and my heart is broken.
"I confused him with the plagiarist [I never listen to NPR]."
They're all members of the Glass family, documented by J.D. Salinger for decades.
I have no idea who Ira Glass is, but based on Slate's interest and his low information level, I assume he gives generously to Democrats and votes accordingly.
Ira actually is related to composer and musician Philip Glass. They are cousins.
OK, if I could vote twice I'd vote for Ira having nailed it, and for who the heck is Ira?
But whoever he is, he's right. Jesus Mary and Joseph! This is a lot of hoo-ha over nothing. The New York Times, once a great newspaper, has gone to Hell in a hand basket (btw, all the old-fashioned cliches in this comment are intentional), and who they hire and who they fire will remain irrelevant until and unless someone comes along to restore the paper to greatness. Please wake me when that happens, not before.
I like Ira Glass, but as with AJ Lynch, I find it very difficult to believe that he is not fully conversant on the masthead of the New York Times and the comings and goings of the names on it. Not calling him a liar, I just find it hard to believe.
tim maguire said...
I like Ira Glass, but as with AJ Lynch, I find it very difficult to believe that he is not fully conversant on the masthead of the New York Times and the comings and goings of the names on it. Not calling him a liar, I just find it hard to believe.
This.
Glass' comment strikes me as an affectation which Glass is using to attempt to position himself intellectually above such pedestrian "comings and goings".
Like Tim, I'm not buying it for a minute.
In this case, let Ira Glass be your guide.
This was boring five minutes after it started and you started blogging on it. With everything else going on in the world, I should give a shit about the internal politics of The New York Effin' Times?
I could care less after days and days of continuous blogging on this subject as if it amounts to a goddamn thing.
Glass really nailed it. It shows he has a focus on the reality of life as opposed to who runs the effin' NYT. I don't read it. Haven't read it in over 20 years, when I canceled my subscription, beyond the occasional internet link.
My respect for Glass has risen on his ignorance of Abramson.
Althouse, sometimes "deep thoughts" and their resulting blogging simply boil down to boredom.
Yeah he's been an NPR media guy for what thirty years now and he lives in New York.
If he doesn't follow the NYT, I'm certain his friends and coworkers do.
Maybe he doesn't listen to what they talk about when they're out for dinner or drinks, which makes me like him even more.
Perhaps the Times should pay attention when the host of This American Life implies that news of the Times is of no importance to his American life.
Perhaps, news of the Times no longer qualifies as being important enough (or shall I say "fit" enough?) to print, at least in a publication that aims to be both important and relevant to a readership capable of sustaining it.
Perhaps the Times, and most everyone else, finds it easier to ponder issues of race and gender in journalism, rather than to ponder issues of paying the bills.
PS. The real missing alternative on the poll? That Ira Glass was lying.
Speculating about who's in or out at the NYT is great sport for some people. It reminds of cold war Kremlinologists who'd try to fathom US Soviet relations by which comissar was closer or further away from the party boss at the May Day parade. Sound & fury signifying nothing.
But given that he's on NPR, why doesn't he know that? APOSTATE!
And his brother Philip writes "music" with no notes nor nuthin! (Performance artists, sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesh!)
It reminds of cold war Kremlinologists who'd try to fathom US Soviet relations
More than you know. My people read NYTs and WaPo solely to slueth out what bullshit the Democrats will be floating that week.
It's true that Glass is brittle and transparent but he has a cutting edge.
Someone upthread stated Ira might not be too smart. Or even if "smart" not informed or intellectually curious.
I disregard such radical, subversive talk. Anyone who reports at NRP must be smart and informed. After all, Ira Glass smart and informed. Could it be that Ira is reading a script at NPR? Or isn't much of a 'reader'?
Again, I disregard such radical talk.
"And his brother Philip writes 'music'...."
Not brother...cousin.
"(IMPORTANT NOTE: Rush, Howard, and I have the same birthday.)" - From the Ira Glass tag.
Interesting.
There are privileges I've not yet considered thoroughly.
My ears perk up at the way everybody on NPR uses "sort of" - as a matter of fact, the NPR pronunciation is "sertive"; the speaker usually means: "I'm saying this, but I'm not really saying 'this'".
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