Re: Gene Simmons, KISS, WBUR, Fresh Air

[Cooper Fox <fox893@yahoo.com>]

Is this an older interview?  From late 2001 or early
2002?  If it is I think I remember hearing about this
one...  



--- Dan.Strassberg@att.net wrote:
> 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
> 617-558-4205
> eFax 707-215-6367
> 
> > 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.)


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