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David is an occasional blogger, software engineer, Nintendo fanboy, liberal, news magazine addict, voracious TiVo user, and bibliophile. He was born in St. Louis, grew up in southern Indiana, and returned to St. Louis to attend Washington University. He hasn't managed to escape yet. He's a fan of free wine tastings, too many tv shows to name, and eating out. David makes his living developing web applications used internally by his employer. He doesn't blog about work because he's heard too many stories about that causing workplace troubles. There's more on the about page. |
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4 May 2006 - 10:32 am
A few more thoughts on Louis Rukeyser and public broadcasting. His passing is getting much public attention, probably because he's been out of the spotlight for a few years now. Nonetheless, he was a PBS staple for many years and an example of the evolution of public broadcasting in general. His ouster in '02 in favor of younger talent is reminiscent of Bob Edwards' 2004 departure from NPR's Morning Edition despite the fact that Morning Edition was the most listened to morning program on radio. The lesson learned from both these moves is that public broadcasting is more and more becoming a business and it is looking more and more like its non-public competition. Whether this change is for the best, we'll just have to wait and see.
Posted by on 4 May 2006 at 10:31 AM
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