Jun 21, 2011
We said no to that program because it was too expensive,” he recalls. ”More important, I didn’t like it — and I don’t like it now. It mocks the values of middle America; it’s obnoxious and elitist, and it had no place on NPR.” Today, ”A Prairie Home Companion” is the most popular cultural program on the air. Two network vice presidents were reportedly let go in the wake of the decision.
http://www.nytimes.com/1999/04/11/magazine/glow-end-dial-ira-glass-um-pause-delete-listening-perfectly-edited-world-his.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm

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