SWEET SMELL OF NPR

Scott Sherman has a huge takeout in The Nation about National Public Radio’s transformation
from its countercultural beginnings to its current middle-of-the-road conservatism. “Good, Gray NPR” cites much
criticism of the network for its increased corporatization (in both funding and influence) and its
promotion of conventional punditry on the toll road to respectability. But there’s no mention
whatsoever of the Bob Edwards debacle or the
David D’Arcy affair. Sherman
even goes so far as to praise NPR ombudsman Jeffrey Dvorkin, calling him one of the network’s
“more incisive critics,” although in D’Arcy’s case he’s proved himself to be no more than a corporate mouthpiece.

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