Radio daze. (Letters).While Brian Montopoli's article on NPR NPR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Nepal Rupee. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. ("All Things Considerate con·sid·er·ate adj. 1. Having or marked by regard for the needs or feelings of others. See Synonyms at thoughtful. 2. Characterized by careful thought; deliberate. ," January/February) said nothing very interesting about NPR itself, it did bring a bright message to the boomer-friendly fog where I live: Thirty-odd years ago, my generation annoyed the hell out of everyone around us--and we still do so today. We still drive everyone else nuts, inconsiderately in·con·sid·er·ate adj. 1. Thoughtless of others; displaying a lack of consideration. 2. Not well considered or carefully thought out; ill-advised. and flagrantly fla·grant adj. 1. Conspicuously bad, offensive, or reprehensible: a flagrant miscarriage of justice; flagrant cases of wrongdoing at the highest levels of government. See Usage Note at blatant. 2. imposing our tastes and points of view across multiple generation gaps. Still got the moves! SUSAN M. HAGADORN via email Brian Montopoli's contention that of the two public radio giants, NPR and PRI PRI: see Institutional Revolutionary party. (Primary Rate Interface) An ISDN service that provides 23 64 Kbps B (Bearer) channels and one 64 Kbps D (Data) channel (23B+D), which is equivalent to the 24 channels of a T1 line. , PRI is the hipper, younger version surprised me. I'm a young person, a college freshman, and I might even be a little bit hip. But I've never considered shows on PRI like "Studio 360" or "Marketplace" particularly in tune with my interests. In fact, I've always thought "Studio 360'"s failure is exactly the kind of thing that Montopoli says is NPR's: Attempts to hit the younger audience end up degenerating into pieces on "older people's ideas of what younger people ought to like." Another part of the story, though, disturbed me in a more serious way. This is the inherent assumption that the best way to target a younger audience is to wipe out wipe tr.v. wiped, wip·ing, wipes 1. a. To subject to light rubbing or friction, as with a cloth or paper, in order to clean or dry. b. any "news-driven" content, or at least somehow gloss it over with high-tech talk. I can't argue with the statement that young people tend not to be as informed as the rest of the world, but I really believe there must be a way to get young people involved with the news of their world through media that doesn't involve erasing the whole "news" part of the media. ELIZABETH GREEN via email |
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