When I was younger, I used to read and enjoy columns by Frank Deford, the sportswriter. But, once I started hearing him on NPR, my opinion of him changed as he tries to make every story an earth-shattering one and introduces a lot of what can only be called faux excitement.
Another media person about whom my opinion has changed is Christopher Lydon. He was always somewhat breathy when he did the news on Channel 2. But, Lord, on his show entitled "Open Source"(?) he really goes over the top implying that the web is the be-all and end-all of all knowledge and everything new in the world and his show is the place to be to get all this hot stuff.
Neither Deford nor Lydon is a young man. You would have thought they they would have picked up some restraint, some perspective on how radio should be used when you are talking to adults. All of this emphasis on the mundane, this rapid-fire speech, this desire to be hip is quite amateurish.
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