Weekend Edition Responds!
Last week, I wrote to NPR's Weekend Edition, complaining about NPR's editorial treatment of hip-hop culture. The reporter of the piece I referenced responded. Now, I've gotten a response from NPR - and what an eloquent, touching and personalized response it is:
Dear Jesse,
Thank you for contacting NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday.
We appreciate your thoughts.
Making decisions about covering the events that impact our everyday lives
is never easy. We make every attempt to ensure that the segments and
stories you hear on NPR programming, and the attention devoted to them, are
valid and appropriate.
We welcome praise, as well as criticism, and your thoughts will be taken
into consideration.
Additionally, your message has been forwarded to NPR's Office of the
Ombudsman. For more information about the role of the NPR Ombudsman, please
visit http://www.npr.org/yourturn/ombudsman/mission.html.
We are grateful for your comments to NPR News. Your feedback is important
to us, and your thoughts have been noted.
NPR is always delighted to hear from listeners!
Thank you again for listening to Weekend Edition Sunday, and for your
continued support of public broadcasting. For the latest news and
information, visit NPR.org.
Sincerely,
Michelle
NPR Services
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Dear Jesse,
Thank you for contacting NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday.
We appreciate your thoughts.
Making decisions about covering the events that impact our everyday lives
is never easy. We make every attempt to ensure that the segments and
stories you hear on NPR programming, and the attention devoted to them, are
valid and appropriate.
We welcome praise, as well as criticism, and your thoughts will be taken
into consideration.
Additionally, your message has been forwarded to NPR's Office of the
Ombudsman. For more information about the role of the NPR Ombudsman, please
visit http://www.npr.org/yourturn/ombudsman/mission.html.
We are grateful for your comments to NPR News. Your feedback is important
to us, and your thoughts have been noted.
NPR is always delighted to hear from listeners!
Thank you again for listening to Weekend Edition Sunday, and for your
continued support of public broadcasting. For the latest news and
information, visit NPR.org.
Sincerely,
Michelle
NPR Services
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posted by Jesse Thorn at Monday, February 05, 2007
3 Comments:
I think that one can best appreciate this response if one reads it in the voice of "MoviePhone." The intro and shorter sections are read with the "MoviePhone" voice, and the larger paragraphs are read with a "sneak peak preview trailer" voice.
Hello, Jesse--
Thank you for posting to your blog.
As a reader of your blog, I make it a point to read each of your posts carefully, and to take into consideration all your thoughts and comments. I value your insight, and your time.
As much as I'd like to personally post a comment of my own to your site, I trust you can appreciate how the sheer volume of blog postings that I read every day makes such a personal response impossible.
Nonetheless, I want you to know that I value your blogging, and I look forward to reading more of your blog postings in the future.
With best wishes,
John Hodgman
At least they didn't call you their "little podcasting friend".
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