Start listening. Its been pretty good. Unlike many on the radio, especially in talk/rant radio, Ira Glass has a great deal of integrity.
On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 11:16 AM, Jerry Milo Johnson <jmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I thought this week's show, called retraction, was gripping. Well worth the > hour. > > About as well done a mea culpa as I've ever heard > > http://www.thisamericanlife.org/ > > The pauses in the audio are profound. > > The very last act is the most surprising part. > > I had never heard of nor listened to TAM before this, but if this > retraction is in any way indicative of Ira's work, I may start listening. > > > > On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 10:07 PM, Dana <dana.tier...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> yep, heard about that on NPR news earlier. Apparently the author said he >> shouldn't have done it because This American Life is more journalistic that >> theatric. Gee, ya think? I haven't looked at the specifics, but it seems to >> me that even in theater, if you are making shocking allegations about >> specific people or companies, it might fall into the category of this >> little thing they call slander. I mean, I know This American Life often >> runs stories about events in people's lives rather than broader social >> events, but still. They are presented as true. It's disappointing to hear >> about this kind of thing, because if I wanted a show that just made stuff >> up I already have quite a selection to choose from. >> >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:348699 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
