Saturday, November 29, 2008

Losing Its Mojo?

In the original version of this "All Things Considered" story (it's since been changed) about the Mumbai attacks, NPR reporter David Folkenflik brutally mangles the name of the Orthodox Jewish sect (Chabad Lubavitch) from which the rabbi and rebbetzin killed in Mumbai came. Did anyone else hear this? It was only in the initial 4 pm broadcast of the story - in subsequent broadcasts it had been corrected. I almost lost control of my car when I heard it, since you almost never hear such things mispronounced on public radio. Is NPR, supposedly the gold standard of East Coast refinement and elitism, losing its mojo?
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