WBUR fires Tom Ashbrook

OnPoint was head & shoulders above anything else on WBUR and Ashbrook's efforts for perfection was evident in his shows. He held guests accountable and would not let them off the hook if & when they went on with their talking points.

It was boring, sensationalist garbage of the lowest order, and was the reason Iong ago broke my regular NPR habit as he was all that was on when I wanted to listen.

but no one and I mean no one is a bigger example of an out of touch limousine liberal know it all than Jim Braude.

NPRs senior vice president of news, Mike Oreskes, was fired for the long trail of sexual harassment a few months ago.

The place is a cesshole.

Although I'd say that "sensitivity training" is not quite what WBUR needs. WEEI has a problem with being racist, sexist, homophobic assholes on the air; WBUR definitely behaves better on the air, but seems to have a management culture that enabled at least two abusive individuals. WEEI may have the same problem as well, although I imagine that their initial goal is going to be "how not to be a complete dick and constantly show your ass on the airwaves" -- a low bar indeed, but a huge step up for them.

The whataboutism of Fishy and his sockpuppets, and its transparent shit-stirring motive, is predictable and hilarious. I don't know anyone on the left whose response isn't, "Hey, what about it? Let the chips fall where they may." Fish's ploy here is just another clear indicator that he will never be the source of any solutions for any worthwhile problems.

Liberal media did nothing but sermonize against Trump's escapades all while not only envying, but topping them in-house.

Maybe they ought to stick to reporting facts and not manufacturing the appearance of a leftie utopia where there are 57 genders, and the 57 Communists in the state department can be out and proud.

The astute observer will note I'm still breathing.

Liberals care about this issue

Liberals ignore the scores of abused women, assaulted by NPR employees, choosing to point figures at other assaults in a sick and twisted one-up game.

They do not care about the issue. They care about protecting the abusers. How do you think the assault victims feel about the "dialogue" when NPR has a track record of hiding systemic abuse and only pretends to be interested when caught red handed?

unpaid undergraduates just in it for the chance to play some records they like, as I did when I was a college radio DJ. I'm sure I was a middling on-air presence at best, but I got to spin my kind of music, had a small following of local teens who were starved for then-novel punk rock, and didn't have access to the records the station got or that I hitched to Boston regularly to buy.

Harvard ain't Emerson, where many students have professional aspirations to the entertainment industry, and the station is accordingly well-equipped and -funded. It's free: what do you have to kick about?

I had no idea that Mass Eye and Ear was a leading center for Laryngology. Thanks for posting.

As for HRB, one reason I almost never listen except for Saturdays, when you have two gem shows, Hillbilly at Harvard and the Met Opera broadcast, is the QUANTITY of talking prior to each musical piece. They are talking to their faculty musicologists, not ordinary listeners. I don't need to know every minute detail of a composer, performer AND recording engineer's life before hearing their music.

with the delivery of HRB announcers. They sometime flub the pronunciation of foreign words and names, but are otherwise understandable. So I wonder if you might be thinking of the gentleman who has long announced the Met broadcasts and the vocal selections which follow them? It is my understanding, he suffered a stroke.which accounts for his current vocal state.