Re: Gene Simmons, KISS, WBUR, Fresh Air

["Joseph Pappalardo" <joepappalardo2001@yahoo.com>]

I think this is a rather shallow and simple perspective of this NPR peice.

I notice that your email went out at 12:54.  Did you even hear the peice?

JP


----- Original Message -----
From: <Dan.Strassberg@att.net>
To: "Joseph Pappalardo" <joepappalardo2001@yahoo.com>
Cc: "B-R-I" <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 12:51 PM
Subject: Re: Gene Simmons, KISS, WBUR, Fresh Air


> Should we say "so much for NPR setting a higher tone in radio (compared
with,
> say, Howard Stern or Bubba the Love Sponge)?" Also, can you say
"pandering"?
> Still, I bet that Terri Gross's little gem has brought plenty of
contributions
> into NPR's coffers. Nevertheless, is it really a good strategy for NPR to
> flaunt this interview like some kind of medal (a Purple Heart, maybe)?
Does NPR
> REALLY want to be known as a purveyor of high-end shock radio? That NPR
should
> have aired this crap in the first place is one thing. That the network
appears
> to take pride in it seems to me to destroy a lot of the credibility of
NPR's
> claims to be producing a higher quality, more thoughtful product than does
> commercial radio.
> --
> dan.strassberg@att.net
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>
> > For those who are interested....
> >
> > "Fresh Air" program on WBUR will re-air the Gene Simmons interview today
at
> > 1PM.  (It's the interview that didn't go quite the way they expected.)