Comments on: The State of American Literacy As Represented by Talk Show Hosts http://www.edrants.com/the-state-of-american-literacy-as-represented-by-talk-show-hosts/ a cultural website in ever-shifting standing Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:01:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: DrMabuse http://www.edrants.com/the-state-of-american-literacy-as-represented-by-talk-show-hosts/comment-page-1/#comment-246020 DrMabuse Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:58:45 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=7761#comment-246020 There's a fundamental difference between speaking in your innate voice and being enamored of it. There's also a difference between "open-ended" questions that produce the same boilerplate answers and sustained inquiry. But fuck it, really. The corporate media have won. Slate gets money from NYU for their video program despite being a corporation. Terry Gross gets $65,000 from the NEA because she is distributed on NPR. The media belongs only to those who can pay for it. And they get all the spoils too to ensure that any remotely independent voice gets shut out. There’s a fundamental difference between speaking in your innate voice and being enamored of it. There’s also a difference between “open-ended” questions that produce the same boilerplate answers and sustained inquiry.

But fuck it, really. The corporate media have won. Slate gets money from NYU for their video program despite being a corporation. Terry Gross gets $65,000 from the NEA because she is distributed on NPR. The media belongs only to those who can pay for it. And they get all the spoils too to ensure that any remotely independent voice gets shut out.

]]> By: Frances Dinkelspiel http://www.edrants.com/the-state-of-american-literacy-as-represented-by-talk-show-hosts/comment-page-1/#comment-246019 Frances Dinkelspiel Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:50:19 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=7761#comment-246019 I want to speak in Terry Gross' defense. Even if she skims some books, she still does the best author interviews around. No other show makes me rush out to get a book like Fresh Air. She asks open-ended questions, too, which many other interviewers, too enamored of their own voice, fail to do. I want to speak in Terry Gross’ defense. Even if she skims some books, she still does the best author interviews around. No other show makes me rush out to get a book like Fresh Air. She asks open-ended questions, too, which many other interviewers, too enamored of their own voice, fail to do.

]]> By: Grant Barber http://www.edrants.com/the-state-of-american-literacy-as-represented-by-talk-show-hosts/comment-page-1/#comment-245981 Grant Barber Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:51:39 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=7761#comment-245981 I have more mixed feelings about this. She's actually interviewing authors on a program that reaches a wide group of listeners. To boot, she has Maureen Corrigan doing book reviews...recommending 2 to 3 books at least once a week if not more often. Her program reaches many more people than blogs do. Guess I'm more inclined to be understand that work is work, no matter how much you enjoy it. I have more mixed feelings about this. She’s actually interviewing authors on a program that reaches a wide group of listeners. To boot, she has Maureen Corrigan doing book reviews…recommending 2 to 3 books at least once a week if not more often. Her program reaches many more people than blogs do. Guess I’m more inclined to be understand that work is work, no matter how much you enjoy it.

]]> By: Chris http://www.edrants.com/the-state-of-american-literacy-as-represented-by-talk-show-hosts/comment-page-1/#comment-245969 Chris Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:11:05 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=7761#comment-245969 That's seems okay with me, because I find that I don't really have the time anymore to listen to all of Ms. Gross' insipid interviews or read any of Lopate's stultifying criticism. That’s seems okay with me, because I find that I don’t really have the time anymore to listen to all of Ms. Gross’ insipid interviews or read any of Lopate’s stultifying criticism.

]]> By: Gregory Severance http://www.edrants.com/the-state-of-american-literacy-as-represented-by-talk-show-hosts/comment-page-1/#comment-245965 Gregory Severance Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:29:17 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=7761#comment-245965 At first glance I thought you filed this under "Gross" but upon closer inspection is see it's actually filed under "Gross, Terry". Either way is appropriate. At first glance I thought you filed this under “Gross” but upon closer inspection is see it’s actually filed under “Gross, Terry”. Either way is appropriate.

]]> By: LML http://www.edrants.com/the-state-of-american-literacy-as-represented-by-talk-show-hosts/comment-page-1/#comment-245963 LML Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:54:40 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=7761#comment-245963 Appalling. I thought Curtis White was a little harsh on Terry Gross in "The Middle Mind." Man was I wrong! Appalling. I thought Curtis White was a little harsh on Terry Gross in “The Middle Mind.” Man was I wrong!

]]> By: Jacob Russell http://www.edrants.com/the-state-of-american-literacy-as-represented-by-talk-show-hosts/comment-page-1/#comment-245961 Jacob Russell Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:37:21 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=7761#comment-245961 That goes a long way toward explaining why Gross is so much better at interviewing musicians than authors. That goes a long way toward explaining why Gross is so much better at interviewing musicians than authors.

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