Anyone read this rediculous article on NPR?

[MadMadWorld]

Pretty idiotic. Can't wait for the follow up article about Tony Seibert.

 

[Savemeasammy]

He is getting flamed a lot. Deservedly so.


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[from_the_NEK]

Was that article written by a ghost writer named Snowlover?

 

[C-Rex]

Was that article written by a ghost writer named Snowlover?

ZING!

 

[x10003q]

NPR is really scraping the bottom of the barrel with this guy.

How is this for skiing credibility from Peter May:
"I have been skiing most of my adult life. I covered World Cup races at Waterville Valley and cross-country skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics for the late, great United Press International.

I thought I was familiar with most ski terms, from the old standards like T-Bar and Black Diamond to the newer ones more in line with snowboarding. But until former Formula One racing icon Michael Schumacher was seriously injured skiing just before New Years Day, there was one I had never seen: off-piste."

:-o

So 1980 was the last time you reported on skiing? This is why you are an authority? Yet you have never heard the term off-piste????? This guy, his editor and the publisher should all be fired.

 

[ss20]

:blink:
GAPER!
He's probably skiing o the same equipment as the skiers in the North Korea video.

 

[billski]

What a silly article. Mr. May must have had a copy deadline but had no material to write. His editor must have been happy with words to fill the page rather than the content.

Not a single reader comment coming to Mr. May's defense. I am sure we are all being trashed right now in the "Safety First" forums.

Oh, and Mr. May, about skiing, may I recommend the most appropriate skiing activitivity for you? Wii Sports - Skiing. I am pretty sure it is a safe activity, as long as you can stay on the mat!

 

[Savemeasammy]

Unbelievable. Had to make a comment on the article.
Peter May sucks.

What did you say that got deleted?!

 

[SIKSKIER]

Here is the kicker...We all are paying some of our hard earned taxes to support NPR.

 

[MadMadWorld]

All I can think about is a certain movie.....

"we've got a renegade goin' OB - we're after him!"

 

[Powderhound]

Here is the kicker...We all are paying some of our hard earned taxes to support NPR.

And then some. I'm a sustaining member of 2 NPR stations. .

 

[billski]

Here is the kicker...We all are paying some of our hard earned taxes to support NPR.

In college I worked as a security guard at the WGBH TV studios in Allston. They were rolling in the dough, even then. The amount and type of equipment they had would make NBC drool. I'm talking millions and millions of bucks in brand new equipment, and lots of it unused. While I enjoy their productions, the experience persuaded me that they don't need my contribution.

 

[drjeff]

Here is the kicker...We all are paying some of our hard earned taxes to support NPR.

It's often far more likely for it to snow in Florida in July than it is to get something or someone off the gov't "gravy train" regardless of actual need, once their on it

 

[wa-loaf]

In college I worked as a security guard at the WGBH TV studios in Allston. They were rolling in the dough, even then. The amount and type of equipment they had would make NBC drool. I'm talking millions and millions of bucks in brand new equipment, and lots of it unused. While I enjoy their productions, the experience persuaded me that they don't need my contribution.

I think big city public radio station do well with a big local donor base. It's the little guys out Montana or wherever that probably need the fed money more.

Not going to get into if they should or not as that's treading on political ...

 

[bobbutts]

seriously, wtf
You can't make this stuff up. Listen I know skiing, check out these terms I know off the top of my head:
Waterville Valley World Cup, T-Bar, Black Diamond, Snowboard

 

[Domeskier]

Sounds like most of the liberal crap thats associated with NPR these days.People can't take responsibility for themselves anymore?

I am not sure I follow. The whole tenor of the article was that the author thinks this fellow has only himself to blame for his injuries for skiing off-piste. I think this is undeniably true. When you intentionally go off trail you are assuming a greater risk of injury. It is not like the author was blaming the resort for not not roping off the area he was skiing in. I don't disagree with most of the criticisms of this article, but highlighting it as an example of a liberal conspiracy to relieve people of personal responsibility seems like a stretch.

 

[BenedictGomez]

Here is the kicker...We all are paying some of our hard earned taxes to support NPR.

That's positively disgraceful.

But sadly, since NPR overtly and unabashedly supports 1 of our 2 political parties, that money isnt going away anytime soon.

 

[JohnQ]

I am not sure I follow. The whole tenor of the article was that the author thinks this fellow has only himself to blame for his injuries for skiing off-piste. I think this is undeniably true. When you intentionally go off trail you are assuming a greater risk of injury. It is not like the author was blaming the resort for not not roping off the area he was skiing in. I don't disagree with most of the criticisms of this article, but highlighting it as an example of a liberal conspiracy to relieve people of personal responsibility seems like a stretch.

I took it as the author believing that Schumacher was stupid, irresponsible and that skiing off-piste is something that no upstanding member of society should do. Seriously, "from-the-gut feeling of rage that it was all so preventable … it’s just as irresponsible and impossible to neglect to note that the whole thing should never have happened."

He's not just noting that you are assuming a greater risk. It's that it is foolish to do so. Well, swaddle me in bubble wrap and short-rope me to a ski patrol so I don't do anything stupid--or fun--ever again.

 

[x10003q]

Here is the kicker...We all are paying some of our hard earned taxes to support NPR.

You are so right. I want my trillionth of a cent back.

 

[SIKSKIER]

I am not sure I follow. .

Your probably right that I have got off track. Point taken.