Daniel Schorr, National Treasure
"Schorr joked that a unique vantage point earned by 70 years in journalism often leaves him remembering the lessons of yesterday rather than focusing his still-razor-sharp skills on today’s headlines. As NPR’s senior news analyst, he alternates between offering historical parallels to the week’s events and analyzing the issues of the day."
Actually, the problem with Schorr's NPR work, and in particular his Weekend Morning Edition conversations with the execrable Scott Simon, is that he doesn't really exploit his unique seven-decades-in-journalism vantage point. He spends way too much time regurgitating CW about the day's headlines rather than placing it in historical context. No doubt my views are skewed by overbrimming exasperation and annoyance at Simon, but still Schorr sometimes seems a bit like Mariano Rivera coming into a game and choosing not to throw any cut fastballs, when that's his best pitch, and one of the best pitches by any pitcher ever.
Actually, the problem with Schorr's NPR work, and in particular his Weekend Morning Edition conversations with the execrable Scott Simon, is that he doesn't really exploit his unique seven-decades-in-journalism vantage point. He spends way too much time regurgitating CW about the day's headlines rather than placing it in historical context. No doubt my views are skewed by overbrimming exasperation and annoyance at Simon, but still Schorr sometimes seems a bit like Mariano Rivera coming into a game and choosing not to throw any cut fastballs, when that's his best pitch, and one of the best pitches by any pitcher ever.
posted by hellisotherpeople at 9:08 PM
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